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The sponsor of the controversial Nigeria Press Council (NPC) and the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) amendment bills, Segun Odebunmi, on Tuesday said that the House has agreed to suspend the bills. Mr Odebunmi who doubles as the chairman of the House committee on information, national orientation, ethics and values, said the reprieve would avail the lawmakers time for proper consultations …

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has told members of the National Assembly that his regime is ready to use everything within its powers to end insecurity in the country and bring perpetrators of criminal activities to book. The President, spoke on Tuesday at a dinner with members of the National Assembly, held at the State House Conference Centre, …

The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has urged nations across the globe set aside $50bn to vaccinate 40 per cent of the world population, a development she said was key to economic recovery. Okonjo-Iweala spoke at a panel interview with the Atlantic Council on Tuesday. She said the supply chain scarcity of vaccination could be solved. …

Pope Francis on Wednesday left the Rome hospital where the head of the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics had undergone an operation on his colon on July 4. The 84-year old was whisked away from the Gemelli University Hospital in a car with tinted windows and was later spotted returning to his home within the Vatican’s walls. He stopped off on …

Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN) has disclosed that poor record keeping and management were the major challenges preventing effective and efficient implementation of the Freedom of Information (FoI) Act by public institutions. He added that lack of willingness ‘in many quarters’ to accept the new information regime imposed by the FOI Act …

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered in Lokoja on Wednesday that the traditional ruler was returning to his community from Okene, also in Kogi, when he was kidnapped. Confirming the incident, police spokesman in Kogi, DSP William Aya, said that Adembe was kidnapped at about 5:20 pm on the Okene -Eganyi Road. He said that the gunmen took advantage …

Insecurity is holding down development, President Muhammadu Buhari told senators and House of Representatives members Tuesday night. He said the menace has inhibited his administration’s ability to build infrastructure and engage in other development targets it set for the country. According to him, the prevailing situation requires hard choices and difficult decisions that must be taken with diligence and patriotism. …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday praised the resilience of Nigeria to remain a united entity. The President spoke at State House, Abuja, while receiving the report of the National Security Summit held on May 26, by the House of Representatives. The report was submitted by a team of House members, led by the Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila. He said: “We are …

Edo’s 28-man Judicial Panel of Inquiry constituted to investigate police brutality, human rights abuses and extrajudicial killings by the disbanded police unit, Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in the state, on Tuesday submitted its report to the state Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki. Receiving the report from the Chairman of the Panel, Hon. Justice Ada Ehigiamusoe, at the Government House, Benin City, …

Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration of Edo State has issued over 6,500 Certificates of Occupancy (C-of-O) in three years and digitized over 30,000 files carried on from the Midwest Region through Bendel and Edo State. Managing Director, Edo State Geographic Information Service Agency (EdoGIS), Arch. Frank Evbuomwan, disclosed this in a chat with journalists in Benin City, Edo State. Evbuomwan noted: …