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• Doing nothing not an option, act fast, Saraki charges NASS• CSOs berate Gbajabiamila, call for his resignation• PDP Reps caucus vows to mobilize members to override President• Override Buhari, listen to Nigerians, PDP, Northern group tell lawmakers• PGF DG: Rework bill, send back to Buhari• Group asks NASS to reconsider bill with consideration for PWDs, others After some chest-thumping and …

The Federal Government has declared Monday 27th, Tuesday 28th December 2021, and Monday, 3rd January 2022 as public holidays to mark Christmas, Boxing Day, and New Year’s Day celebrations respectively. The declaration was contained in a statement issued Wednesday in Abuja and signed by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Interior, Dr Shuaib Belgore. “Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf …

The Jigawa State House of Assembly, North-west Nigeria, on Tuesday passed a bill to protect children from abuse, but says the legislation will not regulate the age of marriage because “it’s controversial and alien to predominant religion and culture of the residents.” This is coming a few weeks after stakeholders across Africa gathered in Niamey, Republic of Niger, to adopt …

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has said the National Assembly would decide the fate of the Electoral Act Amendment Bill upon resumption from the Christmas and New Year holidays. The lower chamber adjourned for the holidays after it received a letter from President Muhammadu Buhari declining assent to the Electoral Bill transmitted to him 30 days …

The National Assembly recently passed the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2021 wherein, among others, electronic voting and transmission of results were given a nod of approval, thereby empowering the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to determine the mode of conduct of elections and transmission of results.  Back in 2018 when the National Assembly presented a Bill for the amendment of the …

–Briefs Buhari on the murder of 40 in state The Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai has said that there is nothing like repentant bandits and that the state believes in dispatching the terrorists attacking innocent people to their creator. Governor el-Rufai stated this on Tuesday while briefing State House correspondents after he met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the …

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, yesterday, lamented his administration’s helplessness following the inability of security operatives to locate the hideout of bandits terrorising the state. El-Rufai spoke to journalists after his meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House, Abuja to brief him on the security situation in the state, where terrorists recently killed no fewer than 40 persons. He …

The last may not have been heard over the gruesome murder of Ikpomwonsa Omoruyi as concerned youths and elders of Ekiugbo in Uhumwonde Local Government Area of Edo State on Tuesday called on to the Inspector General of Police, Alkali Baba Usman to ensure that justice is served in this case. The community said despite having sent a petition to …

Popular Edo political enforcer, Tony Kabaka gave his life to Christ yesterday at the Rock of Ages Church Assembly International, Benin. He was welcomed into the fold by Pastor Charles Osazuwa, the founder and head pastor of RACA. Tony Kabaka presented himself at the altar, alongside some of his reported members. In an online video, Tony recalled that his property …

The House of Representatives has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to take the voters’ registration closer to the people to ensure that Nigerians were not disenfranchised from exercising their voting rights in future elections. The resolution of the lawmakers followed the adoption of a motion of urgent national importance that was sponsored by Hon. Odebunmi Olusegun at the …