By Emmanuel Yashim, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Although the United States prides itself as the world’s pre-eminent democracy, where each person can have their say about who should be president, the Constitution calls for states to choose “electors” who do the actual electing. This is known as the Electoral College. This Includes the first […]
World Health Organisation officials on Tuesday said more than 100 patients including children suffering from trauma injuries and chronic diseases will be evacuated from Gaza. The organisation said the patients would be evacuated on Wednesday in a rare transfer out of the war-ravaged enclave. Rik Peeperkorn, WHO representative for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, said that […]
By Taiye Agbaje A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday, struck out the treason charge preferred against the minors who participated in the August #EndBadGovernance protest following its withdrawal by the Federal Government. Justice Obiora Egwuatu struck out the charge after the application for the discontinuance was moved by Mr Mohammed Abubakar, coinsel to […]
By Perpetua Onuegbu A coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), has presented its Citizens Memorandum on Electoral Reforms to the National Assembly’s Joint Committee on Electoral Matters on improving Nigeria’s electoral legal framework. This was contained in a statement signed by Samson Itodo, Executive Director YIAGA Africa on behalf of members of the coalition on […]