Constitution amendment bill on power to summon President and governors has suffered major setback, following President Muhammadu Buhari’s withholding of assent. Refusal of presidential assent to the alteration and 18 others became a source of concern to President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, yesterday. Buhari had, last Friday, assented to 16 of the 35 alteration […]
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A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed an application filed by the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari and three others asking that the charge against them be quashed. Kyari and others had argued that the charge against them was premature, insisting that the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) ought to […]
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In this file photo taken on May 12, 2022 The price of fruit and vegetables in pounds sterling is displayed on a trader’s market stall in London. – British annual inflation unexpectedly accelerated in February despite central bank efforts to tame a growing cost-of-living crisis, official data showed on March 22, 2023. “Food and non-alcoholic […]
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Urge aggrieved parties, candidates in 2023 polls to seek judicial redress, avoid sponsoring Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, may be in for fresh trouble as over 250 Constitutional and Human Rights lawyers have called on the National Judicial Council to direct all courts in Nigeria not to entertain cases brought […]
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The Southern Women’s Forum (SWF), a regional and non-partisan platform promoting and advancing the cause of political participation of women in Southern Nigeria, has lamented the decline in women’s political representation, just as it condemned the electoral violence and voter suppression that characterized the 2023 general elections across the country. In a statement yesterday by […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari voting during the election The United States has called on the Federal Government to bring to justice everyone that was involved in violence, including intimidation of voters and suppression of voting during the last election. It also said it was considering taking all available actions, including additional visa restrictions, on individuals believed […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari flanked by his Chief of Staff, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari (right) and Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami Photo: Philip Ojisua President Muhammadu Buhari has approved exemption of Digital Economy sector from five per cent excise duty payment to lessen the suffering of Nigerians. The Federal Government had, on September […]
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President-Elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu displaying his Certificate of Return following his victory at the February 25 Presidential Election. He is surrounded by his wife Oluremi, INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, 2nd Left, and others U.S. demands prosecution of perpetrators of voter suppression, violence in governorship polls IPAC demands announcement of Enugu result Dare defeats Matawalle, […]
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• As CBN tightens credit squeeze, raises interest to historic 18 per cent • MPR in sync with economic realities, experts argue • Impacts of SVB’s failure on Nigeria, other African markets in focus at US summit • CBN has taken steps to insulate local banks from risks, Emefiele assures In the face of excruciating […]
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By Atah Pine I congratulate Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on breasting the tape of the presidential poll as the gold medalist. It was such a laborious, witty and windy walk to Aso Rock, the rock of power and abode of the powerful. That he navigated unscratched through the wreckage of primordial primitive political traps, scheming and […]
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