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• Lament state of insecurity, poor strategies to tackling menace• CSOs urge NASS to retransmit bill before Friday, ask Buhari to assent within one week• We will aggregate opinions from consultations with constituents, says Senate leader As the National Assembly resumes plenary today after the Yuletide break, governors elected on the platform of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rose …

This came on the heels of the amended charges filed against the IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, by the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation, scaling up the number of counts from 15 to 18. The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has engaged the services of a prominent lawyer, Mike Ozekhome, to strengthen his defence team …

Former Governor Tanko Al-Makura of Nasarawa State and the lawmaker representing Niger East, Senator Sani Musa are favoured by the leadership of the All Progressives Congress to emerge as the national chairman of the APC, The PUNCH has learnt. A top source in the party said while Al-Makura was being favoured by most of the governors, some strong forces in the Presidency …

The House of Representatives embarked on Christmas/New Year holidays on December 21. Members of the House of Representatives will on Tuesday resume plenary after their 27 days Christmas/New Year holiday. The federal lawmakers proceeded on the holiday on December 21. Before the holiday, they had worked on and passed some resolutions and important bills including the controversial Electoral Act Amendment …

Ghana’s parliament on Thursday hold the first public hearing on a new law that would make it illegal to be gay or to advocate for gay rights, its press office said. The so-called family values bill is currently before the Committee on Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, which said it had received more than 150 memoranda from individuals, groups and …

An Abuja-based human rights lawyer, Pelumi Olajengbesi, says the Federal Government is not acting in the good interest of Nigeria by filing fresh terrorism charges against the embattled leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. The PUNCH had earlier reported that the Federal Government filed fresh terrorism charges against Kanu on the eve of his trial before Justice …

“So, you see, with the kind of people we have in Zamfara State, I don’t think this issue of banditry will end very soon. Because already some people are behind it. Some people are using it.” Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State, has said he does not see banditry ending soon in his state due to the activities of the …

…Extends hand of fellowship …I look forward to working with you, Buhari tells Soludo …Urges support to confront challenges in Anambra, South East …Obi, Ngige, Ozigbo, Ohanaeze, Gbajabiamila, Olawepo-Hashim salute governor-elect Anambra State governor-elect, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, has extended a hand of fellowship to those who contested the election with him, saying they were all winners. In an interview he …

Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has faulted President Muhammadu Buhari for reportedly endorsing a ‘peace treaty’ between alleged aggressors of Fulani stock and Christians of Plateau State. The National Coordinator of HURIWA, Emmanuel Onwubiko, also asked the people of Plateau State to hold their governor, Simon Lalong, responsible for unprecedented insecurity in the state. He described appeasement of …

Edo State Government has been advised to invest in creating economic opportunities that directly impact on the lives of the people, so as to also grow its Internally Generated Revenue (IGR). The Economic Adviser to President Muhammdu Buhari, Prof. Dr. Doyin Salami who gave the advice at the Edo State Executive Council retreat also called for incentivizing the process of …