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A group named Concerned Nigerians has urged the Department of State Services’ (DSS) and the Federal Government to respect citizens’ rights to peaceful assembly and expression. The group Convener, Deji Adeyanju, who made this call on Wednesday in Abuja while responding to the warning by the DSS, urged the authorities to face bandits, terrorists and…
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President Bola Tinubu has promised to preserve and strengthen democratic institutions and to deliver more dividends of democracy to Nigerians. Tinubu made this statement during his National Democracy Day speech on Wednesday. He said Nigeria has established a tradition of holding “transparent, open, and fair elections,” which gives credence to the country’s democratic bearing and…
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President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday said that Nigeria’s economy has been in desperate need of reform for decades. Tinubu said this during his Democracy Day Speech, adding that he understands the economic difficulties Nigeria faces as a nation. “Our economy has been in desperate need of reform for decades. It has been unbalanced because it…
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‘Democracy without democrats and remarkable dividends’ aptly captures the mood of most Nigerians on the commemoration of the June 12 anniversary that now symbolises the peak of the struggle for democracy in the country .
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A former vice president and presidential aspirant in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, and other Nigerians, yesterday, toed a different path from President Bola Tinubu’s “understanding” of the country’s economy and the pains felt by the citizenry.
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