President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda has engineered constitutional changes that could see him rule for life. Daniel Irungu/EPA-EFE Moses Khisa, North Carolina State University For a period of time between 1986 and the early 2000s Uganda was considered to be a country committed to democratic reform. But in recent years the democratic space has shrunk dramatically. In a recently published ...
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Anambra Lawmaker To Produce 100 Millionaires In His Constituency
Raymond Ozoji, Awka Philanthropist and business mogul, Hon. Edward Obiefuna Ibuzo, who is also the lawmaker representing Onitsha-North two state constituency in the just constituted seventh legislature says his utmost concern is to produce one hundred millionaires in his constituency as part of his second term empowerment scheme. The German-based business magnate had in his first term carried out self-help ...
Read More »Privacy Of Asset Declarations Of Presidents, Govs: SERAP Sues CCB
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit in the Federal High Court, Lagos against the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) over the CCB’s claim that it could not disclose details of asset declarations submitted to it by successive presidents and state governors since 1999 because doing so “would offend the right to privacy of presidents and state ...
Read More »Gridlock: Osinbajo, Sanwo-Olu Visit Apapa, Inspect Ongoing Projects
…. ‘Decongestion Of Lagos Ports On Course’, Says Vice President Efforts to decongest ports in Lagos State have been intensified, with a visit to Apapa by the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo and Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Saturday. The visit to Apapa was seen as a pointer to the readiness of the Federal Government to work with the Lagos ...
Read More »Osinbajo Leaves For US
To Meet Vice President Pence, Council On Foreign Relations, Others Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, will be visiting the United States where he will be meeting with his US counterpart, Mr. Mike Pence, and other key groups and interests in the country. Ahead of his meeting with the US Vice President in Washington D.C on Wednesday, Professor Osinbajo will be meeting with ...
Read More »Anambra: ‘Ogbaru One Constituency Suffering Government Neglect’
Raymond Ozoji, Awka Noble Chukwunonso Igwe, the lawmaker representing Ogbaru 1 state constituency in the Anambra State House of Assembly has said that his constituency is suffering government neglect and abandonment. He said social amenities such as roads, schools, hospitals, good housing and a host of others were completely lacking in the area thereby making life cumbersome as well as ...
Read More »Egypt’s powerful football fans and politics: a toxic mix that could combust during Afcon
Egyptian policemen pose in front of the Cairo International Stadium in Egypt, where Afcon takes place. Khaled Elfiqi/EPA Chuka Onwumechili, Howard University When the 32nd Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) opens in Cairo, Egypt, the focus will be on the games between the continent’s top football teams to see who is going to raise the cup on Friday 19 July ...
Read More »I’ll Fulfill My Electoral Promises To Aguata — Anambra Lawmaker, Umeh
Raymond Ozoji, Awka Hon. Cater Dike Nnamdi Umeh, the lawmaker representing Aguata one state constituency in the seventh Anambra State House of Assembly, says the promises he made to the people of Aguata one state constituency during his electioneering remain sacrosanct and that he will not renege on them as he aims at delivering quality and efficient representation at the ...
Read More »Lagos Parades Two LASTMA Officers For Alleged Extortion
…Sanwo-Olu urges residents to report erring officials Lagos State Government has paraded two officers of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), who allegedly received gratification from a traffic offender. The officers whose names were not revealed were summoned to the Governor’s office on Friday, following a petition from a lawyer to the offender. The two LASTMA officials allegedly received ...
Read More »We Are Waiting For Miyetti Allah With Open Arms, Nnamdi Kanu Fumes
Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu, has totally condemned what he calls “the underhand agreement between South East Governors and Fulani terrorists that led to the idiotic call by Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN), the fouth most deadly terror group in the world, for the establishment of Fulani terrorist vigilante groups in Igboland Biafra.” In ...
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