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Yobe Assembly Commences Amendment Of Hisba Bill
Yobe State House of Assembly has given accelerated consideration to a bill seeking the amendment of Hisbah Commission law. The bill, which was presented by the executive arm of government, scaled through second reading on the floor of the House after extensive deliberations by members on Tuesday. Leading the debate on the bill, the Majority Leader of the House, Hon. Nasiru...
Electoral Malpractices: NOA Seeks Collaboration With OSSIEC
The National Orientation Agency, NOA, Osun State chapter, has sought for collaboration with the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission, OSSIEC, for joint campaign against electoral malpractices and violence in the forthcoming local government elections billed for February, 2025. The State Director, NOA, Bola Morgan stated this while paying an advocacy visit with her management team to the Chairman of OSSIEC,...
Alleged Attack On Protesters: CSO Seeks Reps, Senate Intervention, Accuses EFCC Of Lawlessness, Impunity
A Coalition of Civil Society Organizations, comprising no fewer than sixty-four registered CSO groups have petitioned the Senate Committees on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters and House of Representatives Committee on Human Rights against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC over the alleged attack on peaceful protesters at the Commission's headquarters in Abuja last week. The Coalition in...
Since Prison Was Called Correctional Centre, Nigeria Has Recorded More Jailbreaks — Akpabio
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has said Nigeria has experienced more jailbreaks since the change of name from prison service to correctional centers. He stated this during plenary on Tuesday in Abuja, while commenting on two legislations billed for concurrence. They are the bill to repeal and enact the law establishing Revenue Mobilsation Allocation and Fiscal Commission, and bill to repeal the...
We Will Introduce Legislation To Check High Cost Of Cement – Reps
The House of Representatives has assured that it would put legislation in place to checkmate the excessive hike in the price of cement. The Speaker of the House Tajudeen Abass stated this on Tuesday in Abuja at a public hearing on the investigation of the unabated rising cost of cement in Nigeria. READ ALSO: Rainstorm Injures Three, Damages 200 Houses In...
We’ll Have No Mercy For Public Office Holders Stealing Public Funds — EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said it will deal ruthlessly with office holders who steal public funds. The EFCC Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, stated this on Monday during the first President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua International Leadership Conference and Awards organised by the Global Initiative for Leadership Success in Abuja. He said the commission was resolute about enforcing the law...
Rainstorm Injures Three, Damages 200 Houses In Plateau
Rainstorm has injured three persons and damaged over 200 houses in Miango District of Bassa Local Government of Plateau State. The Publicity Secretary, Miango Youth Development Association, Nuhu Nga, told the News Agency of Nigeria that the sad incident occurred on Monday afternoon. Nga listed affected structures to include residential houses, a clinic, schools, shops, and livestock pens. According to him, the rainstorm...
“PDP Will Reclaim Ondo”, Says Gov. Makinde
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has claimed that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will reclaim Ondo State from the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the November 2024 governorship election. Makinde made this assertion on Monday while hosting leaders of the party from the South-West geopolitical zone, who converged on Ibadan to kick-start the process of reconciling PDP factions in...
APC Kicks, Rejects INEC Verdict On Ondo Guber Primary
The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ondo State has kicked against the report submitted by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, which alleged that the party’s primary held on April 20 was marred by irregularities. APC, which expressed disbelief at the report, termed the verdict of the electoral body as “shocking.” Amid the revelations of irregularities sighted in the report, the...
Emulate Yar’Adua – EFCC Chair, Olukoyede Urges Nigerian Leaders
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede has urged Nigerian leaders to study and emulate the leadership character of former President of Nigeria, Umaru Musa Yar’adua. Olukoyede made the call in Abuja on Monday at the maiden President Umaru Musa Yar’adua International Leadership Conference and Awards. Drawing inspiration from Yar’adua, the EFCC’s boss said he displayed...
