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Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, on Tuesday announced his resignation, paving the way for National Commissioner May Agbamuche-Mbu, the commission’s most senior member, to assume office in an acting capacity pending a substantive appointment. Yakubu disclosed his decision during INEC’s quarterly meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) in Abuja…Read More

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The Presidency has dismissed Atiku Abubakar’s recent statement, saying the former vice president is out of touch with the real situation in Nigeria. Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga said Atiku’s claim that hunger is ravaging the country, and his comparison of Nigeria’s situation to France before the 1789 Revolution or Russia before the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, is misleading and far from reality. According to Onanuga, the latest figures from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) show a different picture. Inflation has dropped for the fifth month in a row, and Nigeria recently recorded a…

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