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When the People’s Democratic Party was in power for 16 years, from 1999 to 2015, many Nigerians, especially members of the opposition, complained of the party’s haughtiness, highhandedness and fixation with victory. PDP was accused of seeing election as a “do-or-die affair.” The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), was a member of the opposition then. The President-elect, Senator Bola Tinubu, whose election in February has been condemned as… Read the full article here

During a recent briefing, one of our governors described his Kaduna State counterpart, Nasir el-Rufai, as his ‘senior brother’. It is popularly known that they are not blood brothers; the speaker was just being civil and recognising the fact that  El-Rufai is older than him. As a matter of fact, the speaker is regarded as one of the most youthful governors in this dispensation. They were discussing the Supreme Court’s judgement that ordered President Muhammadu… Read the full article here

Internet availability has helped with job creation and the reduction of poverty in African countries like Nigeria, the World Bank has disclosed. Despite this development, many people are not taking advantage of the benefits of the Internet, according to the global bank. In its ‘Digital Africa: Technological Transformation for Jobs’ report, the bank said, “These impacts attributable to faster internet are net positive job increases and sizable in magnitude,… Read the full article here

DEBORAH TOLU-KOLAWOLE writes that the President-elect, Bola Tinubu,  as he assumes office on May 29,  will inherit multiple problems in the education sector including low funding, brain drain and poor infrastructure For a sector widely regarded as the bedrock of any society, Nigeria’s education sector has over the years suffered from a wide range of issues. The issues have ranged from incessant disruptions of academic calendars, due to strikes by unions, to… Read the full article here

Shaun Murphy’s recent golden run was brought to a shuddering halt as he slipped to a 4-3 defeat to world No. 111 James Cahill in the last 64 of the WST Classic in Leicester. Murphy is guaranteed to be part of the elite eight-man Tour Championship at the end of the month in Hull (March 27-April 2), but could not maintain his winning touch on Monday at the Morningside Arena. The 2005 world champion’s exit is a surprise after he performed at the peak of his powers in lifting the Players… Read the full article here

Venezuela’s oil minister has resigned amid a widening corruption probe into Petróleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA), the state oil company.Tareck El Aissami, a longtime insider of the authoritarian government of Nicolás Maduro, announced his resignation on Twitter on Monday afternoon.“In light of the investigations that have begun about serious occurrences of corruption at PDVSA, I have taken the decision to present my resignation as Minister of Petroleum, with the intent to support,… Read the full article here

Decentralized finance (Defi) analytics platform DefiLlama appears to have resolved the internal conflict within its team that had earlier threatened a “forking” of the platform. Potential trouble at DefiLlama was first revealed when developer 0xngmi claimed in a March 19 Twitter post that DefiLlama was “undergoing a hostile takeover,” with the launching of a token called “LLAMA” without employee approval or support. In response, the parent company of DefiLlama accused “0xngmi and… Read the full article here

Amanda Bynes has reportedly been placed under a 72-hour psychiatric hold, a source close to the situation told NBC News on Monday, March 20. While the 36-year-old actress’ longtime attorney shared that he was not in a position to comment on the situation, the insider added that “she hasn’t been in contact with her family for quite some time.” The former Nickelodeon star was reportedly seen walking through downtown L.A. without any clothes on Sunday, March 19,… Read the full article here

Drugs that stimulate the β2-adrenergic receptors (β2AR) can facilitate the relaxation of lung airway muscles and alleviate airway constriction observed in asthma and other lung conditions.Prolonged use of these drugs is associated with a decline in their therapeutic efficacy and the potential worsening of asthma symptoms.Using a combination of computational simulations and laboratory experiments, a recent study identified new molecules that selectively enhance the therapeutic effects of… Read the full article here

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party has been returned the winner of the 2023 governorship election in Rivers State. Sim Fubara scored 302,614 votes to win the election in the Niger Delta state, INEC officially declared on Monday after collating results from all the local government areas at its state headquarters in Port Harcourt. Coming behind Mr Fubara, Tonye Cole of the All Progressives Congress had 95,274 votes while Beatrice Itubo of the Labour Party scored 22,224… Read the full article here