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Monday sit-at-home: NLC informs Soludo to provide vehicles and security for employees

2 years ago1024 min

In light of the Monday sit-at-home strike, Governor Chukwuma Soludo has been requested by Emeka Nwafor, Chairman of the Anambra State NLC Chapter, to provide vehicles and security for employees travelling to the state capital of Awka for work. He claimed that by doing this, employees would feel secure and at ease to forgo Mondays spent at home and instead continue to report to work on Mondays as instructed by Governor Soludo. Nwafor noted that...

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Nigeria’s democracy is in limbo as a result of constitutional interpretation

2 years ago57111 min

Bola Tinubu will take office as President and Commander-in-Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on May 29 in less than three weeks. However, election petitions to overturn his declaration as the winner of this year’s presidential election are actively underway in parallel. Given that the petitions won’t be decided before May 29, Tinubu could be facing the sword of Damocles of being forced from office. That is theoretically a possibility; otherwise, what purpose do...

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Senate unable to halt demolition at Lagos Airport —Minister

2 years ago6004 min

Senator Hadi Sirika, the minister of aviation, stated yesterday that the Senate is powerless to halt the ongoing demolition of offices belonging to organisations engaged in aviation-related work at Lagos’s Murtala Mohammed International Airport. At the conclusion of the weekly Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting, which was held in the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa in Abuja under the chairmanship of President Muhammadu Buhari, Senator Sirika made this statement. His statement came after the...

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Business & Economy News Nigeria

Tax, Import Duty Provisions in Fiscal Policy Measures in 2023 Will Harm Economy

2 years ago5835 min

According to the Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise (CPPE), some tax and import duty provisions in the federal government’s 2023 Fiscal Policy measures would significantly harm the economy and exacerbate Nigeria’s de-industrialization concerns. Dr. Muda Yusuf, CEO of CPPE, stated that the construction and transportation sectors are also vulnerable to fiscal policy-induced downturns. Some of the measures, he believes, may exacerbate inflationary pressures, which are harmful to economic growth and the manufacturing, construction,...

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Ekweremadus: Government of Nigeria still has time to take action

2 years ago6045 min

The trial of former Nigerian Senate Deputy President Senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, on charges of organ trafficking has caused stress in relations between Nigeria and the UK over the past year. The couple was found guilty of arranging the travel of a Nigerian youth to the UK for the purpose of a kidney transplant for Ekweremadu’s daughter, Sonia, who had been diagnosed with kidney failure. They were found guilty alongside a doctor...

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International

USAID, WFP stop providing food aid to war-torn Tigray, due to diverted shipments

2 years ago6164 min

After discovering that shipments were being diverted to local markets, USAID and the World Food Programme announced on Wednesday that they were freezing food assistance to Ethiopia’s war-torn Tigray region. “We have made the difficult decision to pause all USAID-supported food assistance in the Tigray region until further notice,” said Samantha Power, administrator of USAID, the main foreign aid organisation of the US government. In a statement, Power said that the organisation had...

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News Nigeria Politics

Illegal explosive manufacturers face life imprisonment

2 years ago6263 min

The Senate passed legislation yesterday to regulate the manufacture, use, importation, sale, and possession of explosives in the country. The Senate Committee on Solid Minerals, Mines, Steel Development, and Metallurgy, chaired by Senator Tanko Al-Makura, considered and adopted a report. Section 11 of the bill to repeal the Explosives Act of 1964 and enact the Explosives Act of 2023, which was passed for third reading by the Senate on Wednesday, recommends life imprisonment without the...

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Judiciary & Crime News Nigeria

EFCC, ICPC ask court to dismiss Keyamo’s lawsuit seeking Atiku’s investigation

2 years ago844 min

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to dismiss a suit filed by the Minister of State for Labour, Festus Keyamo, seeking an investigation and prosecution of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) also requested that Keyamo’s case be dismissed by Justice James Omotosho. In the suit filed on January 20, the minister, who was also a spokesman...

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News Politics

Doguwa: It’s my turn to be House of Reps speaker

2 years ago6344 min

The Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Alhassan Ado-Dogwua, has stated that he has paid his dues and that it is time to reward his stewardship in his bid to become the Speaker of the Tenth House of Representatives. On Wednesday in Abuja, Doguwa declared his intention to run for speaker of the 10th House of Representatives. “I have paid my dues; it is time to reward my stewardship to both the legislature...

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News Nigeria Politics

Senate requires tribunal to look into audit report issues

2 years ago6153 min

The Senate has begun the process of establishing a tribunal to ensure strict implementation of the Audit report, which was adopted by both chambers of the National Assembly. The Senate debated and passed a bill sponsored by its Chairman of the Committee on Public Accounts, Senator Mathew Urhoghide (PDP Edo South), to establish an Audit Report Tribunal. In his lead debate on the bill seeking an Act to provide for strict implementation of the National...

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