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N3trillion Budget Padding: Civil Societies Ask Senate President Akpabio To List All Constituency Projects For Senators

9 months ago1666 min

A Coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) has written the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, demanding a Certified True Copy of the 2024 budget highlighting the projects attached to the N3trillion allegedly padded. The coalition which said the request is made under Sections 1, 4, and 9 of the Freedom of Information Act 2011, also demanded a Certified True Copy of constituency projects as benefitted by all senators in the 2024 budget appropriation. According to the...

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Senegal’s 44-Year-Old Faye Set To Become Africa’s Youngest Elected President, Vows To Govern With Transparency

9 months ago905 min

Senegal opposition presidential candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye, on Monday promised to govern with humility and transparency. BBC reports that Faye, set to be declared the next president after his main rival called him to concede defeat, thanked President Macky Sall and other candidates for respecting Senegal’s democratic tradition by recognising his victory well before official results. “In electing me, the Senegalese people have decided on a break with a past,” Faye told journalists...

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Ex-Kano Emir, Sanusi: Nigeria lost by not electing Osinbajo president

2 years ago5983 min

Former Kano Emir, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has lamented the fact that Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, is not the country’s president. According to Sanusi, Nigeria lost by not electing Osinbajo as president. He spoke at the virtual launch of a book, “Osinbajo Strides: Defining Moments of an Innovative Leader,” yesterday. Sanusi claimed that the failure of the political system to elect him as president has harmed Nigeria. The former governor of the Central Bank of...

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