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Press Release: March 28, 2013   Ijaw National Congress (INC) Election of National Executives: The Dawn of a new era in Ijaw Nation. We, Ijaw National Congress (INC) –Europe and North America Chapters, wish to use this medium to congratulate the newly elected National Executive Council of INC at the recent election which took place in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State on 16 March 2013. As delegates and International Observers, we unanimously adjudge the election as free and fair within limits of human imperfections. Participants were screened by security operatives before admission into the conference hall where the election took place.　 We also observed that Delegates and Candidates conducted themselves in a peaceful and orderly manner. Delegates chose their preferred candidates in the privacy of the polling booths and then cast their votes in the designated transparent ballot boxes in public glare thus ensuring the principle of: "one man, one vote".　　 At the conclusio...

Subsidy removal: Where does the media stand? Subsidy removal: Where does the media stand? Sunday, 15 January 2012 16:00 Daniel Obi Currently, information is increasingly becoming a critical resource and the news media, including the social media, plays a crucial role in the production and dissemination of that information. Democratic societies and organisations who understand that the media is fundamental to their political life have weaved the media around their polity. Most nations know that the media matters. This is because what the media says and how it says it, obviously matters. The Nigerian government is presently battling with opposing public on its policy of removal of fuel subsidy, which has hiked fuel pump price by over 120 percent. Slant of media reports on the protests so far indicates that more media organisations differed with the policy and have toed the line of the opposing public. While others subscribed to the policy as they seem to understand the obje...