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The Senate has amended and passed the Electoral Act Amendment Bill. The lawmakers rescinded their decision on a clause in the bill. Clause 87, deals with the mode of primary election to be used by political parties to select candidates for elective offices. In the bill earlier passed by the National Assembly, the lawmakers prescribed that political parties use only a …

The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, adjourned the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), until February, after the secessionist was re-arraigned on fresh charges filed against him by the Nigerian government. The federal government filed an amended 15-count charge against him on Monday. Mr Kanu was accused of various offences, including treasonable …

Nigeria will receive no fewer than 1,030 Benin artefacts from Germany this year, Director-General, National Commission for Museums and Monuments, Abba Tijani, has said. Tijani told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan yesterday that many artefacts had been received from the European nation, but the commission would receive at least an additional 1,030 in 2022. The objects were …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has urged Nigerians to disregard claims by a chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC) Ahmed Bola Tinubu that the Permanent Voters’ Cards PVCs have an expiry date. According to the commission, Nigerians who already have the PVCs do not need to register again as the cards have not expired, adding that they remain valid …

• 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 …