COVID-19: Abia Civil Society Coalition Laud Ikpeazu For Inclusion In Stakeholders Forum
Civil societies in Abia State under the aegis of Abia Civil Society Coalition Against COVID-19 (ASCSA COVID-19) has commended the state governor, Dr Okezie Victor Ikpeazu for incorporating the body into the stakeholders' forum of the State on COVID-19, saying it will create room for broad-based participation, more accountability and openness in the enforcement of Covid-19 containment. ABN TV...
Relocation Of Almajiri: Wike Accuses FG Of Hypocrisy
Relocation Of Almajiri: Wike Accuses FG Of Hypocrisy The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has accused the President, Muhammadu Buhari government of playing politics with the relocation of Almajiri to their various states in the North. Many State governments are taking the measure to contain the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. Daily Post reports that Governor Wike spoke at the Government...
Senate Await Details Of Buhari’s N850bn Domestic Loan Request
Senate Await Details Of Buhari’s N850bn Domestic Loan Request The executive arm of government had yet to furnish the Senate with details and breakdown of projects expected to be executed with the N850bn domestic loan request of the President, Muhammadu Buhari. ABN TV reports The red chamber had last week Tuesday given accelerated approval to the loan request expected to...
All Public Office Holders Have Failed — Dino Melaye
Former senator representing Kogi Central, Dino Melaye, on Tuesday, said all past and present public office holders in the country, including himself, had failed. ABN TV reports that former Senator, Dino Melaye, in a tweet, bemoaned the economic situation of the country, following decades of prosperity from international oil trade. In March, the international oil benchmark, Brent crude, plunged to its...
Senate Asks FG To Suspend 5G Network Deployment
The Senate on Tuesday asked the Federal Government to suspend the planned deployment of the Fifth Generation, 5G Network in Nigeria. The red chamber stated this after the deliberation on a motion by Senator Uche Ekwunife, drawing the attention of the senators to the status of the 5G network in the country. Ekwunife said her motion was borne out of the...
National Health Emergency Bill Passes First Reading In Senate
The Senate version of the Quarantine law, titled ‘National Health Emergency Bill’, scales first reading on Tuesday. The PUNCH had exclusively reported last week that the proposed legislation would surface on the floor of the Senate on Tuesday. The National Health Emergency bill was sponsored by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Primary Healthcare and Communicable Disease, Senator Chukwuka Utazi. The House of Representatives version...
National Health Emergency Bill Introduced For First Reading In The Senate
A National Health Emergency Bill has been introduced for the first reading in the Senate. The National Health emergency bill was sponsored by the lawmaker representing Enugu North senatorial district, Senator Chukwuma Utazi, at the resumed plenary on Tuesday in the Senate Chamber of the National Assembly in Abuja. It is not clear if the bill is similar to the controversial...
Infectious Diseases Bill To Go Through Public Hearing – Gbajabiamila
The controversial Control of Infectious Diseases Bill, 2020 being debated on the floor of the House of Representatives will be put to public hearing, the Speaker has said. Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, who seemed to have bowed to public pressure to put the bill to the public hearing, stated this during Tuesday’s plenary at the lower chamber of the National Assembly...
Infectious Diseases Bill: Lawmakers Desperate To Force Vaccine On Nigerians – CSOs
Over forty Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Nigeria, on Tuesday, alerted that the House of Representatives was acting too fast in its bid to pass the Control of Infectious Diseases Bill. The bill to make vaccines compulsory was co-sponsored by the Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, Reps Pascal Obi and Tanko Sununu. The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) already alleged that the Green Chamber...
BREAKING: Tribunal Strikes Out Bayelsa Deputy Governor’s Application On Forged Certificate
The Bayelsa State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja has struck out an application filed by the Deputy Governor, Lawrence Ewrujakpor. The application, which was dismissed by the tribunal sought to bar the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the first respondent, from producing the alleged forged documents submitted to it by the deputy governor, 4th respondent. The tribunal resumed for...
