by Jude Feranmi “Know Thyself” – Socrates Last Week, in Ghana’s general elections, a 26-year-old Francisca Oteng became a Member of Parliament in what was a landslide. Apart from the fact that this reiterates the notion we are now getting used to, of looking up to Ghana to set the pace in West Africa,... Read More

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December 10, 2016

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N13,000 per bag of rice, 22-year-old MP | The 5 numbers that mattered this week

N13,000 – The Lagos state government will be selling 50kg bags of rice at this price starting from December 15 at the 57 LGAs and LCDAs of the state. N1.4 trillion – The Nigerian Senate has passed a bill seeking to set this amount aside out of the N7.3 trillion 2017 budget estimate to fund... Read More

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December 9, 2016

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#GhanaDecides: 22-year-old law student wins parliamentary seat

A 22-year-old law student , Francisca Oteng has emerged Ghana’s youngest parliamentarian in history. Oteng won the Kware East parliamentary seat under the umbrella of the National Patriotic Party (NPP) polling 70,688 votes against the candidate of the ruling NDC who got 1,503 votes. Oteng is the daughter of Dr. Kwaku Oteng, an entrepreneur and... Read More

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