Oyo State House of Assembly has passed the Amotekun Bill into law with members bringing in a little drama. Dressed in leopard skin regalia, members of Oyo State House of Assembly, on Tuesday, passed the Oyo State Security Network Agency Bill, 2020 codenamed Operation Amotekun. The session started with a clause by clause consideration of the bill before its eventual …
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The Senate on Tuesday passed for second reading, a bill to establish the Armed Forces Service Commission. The legislation mandates the proposed agency to ensure that the President strictly adheres to the Federal Character Commission principles in the appointment of service chiefs. The law will also make it possible for aggrieved Nigerians to sue the Commission if they felt that …
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Expectedly, Imo citizens are mourning instead of jubilating as every corner of the state, including the Government House staff are sad over the decision of the Supreme Court in not setting aside its judgment of January 14, 2020. The Supreme Court, in a six to one judgment, had earlier Tuesday refused to set aside its judgment that removed Hon. Emeka …
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The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, said on Tuesday that the Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Chikwe Ihekweazu, has been quarantined for 14 days. Ehanire stated this when he appeared before the Senate leadership to provide an update on the activities of his ministry to curb the spread of coronavirus in the country. He told the …
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The House of Representatives on Tuesday resolved to suspend plenary for two weeks to screen and detect symptoms of the deadly coronavirus, currently spreading fear across the country. The House said the period will allow the Management of the National Assembly and principal officers, provide screening and detection facilities at the complex. The decision to close the Green Chamber, came …
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The Supreme Court in a six to one judgment refused to set aside its judgment that removed Honourable Emeka Ihedioha as Governor of Imo State and replaced him with Senator Hope Uzodinma. The Supreme Court in the split judgment held that it lacked powers to sit on appeal in its own judgment. The court held that the application by Ihedioha …
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Senegal confirmed its first case of the novel coronavirus on Monday, marking just the second infection in sub-Saharan Africa amid concerns over the continent’s vulnerability to outbreaks of contagious diseases. A French man who lives in Senegal visited France in mid-February, contracting the virus before returning to the West African country and being quarantined in the capital Dakar, Senegal’s Health …
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•EFCC moves for forfeiture of 2 mansions traced to suspects set for prosecution•Perm Sec got N120m cash, 2 Honda cars for new wife from contractor in lieu of NAF refueling job Graphic details of how two defence ministers, top presidential aide, Inspector General of Police and Permanent Secretary connived with a contractor to divert and share a whopping N35 billion …
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The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, says the Deputy Governor-elect, whose certificate scandal cost the All Progressives Congress the Bayelsa State governorship seat, is on the verge of committing suicide. Sylva said this on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Monday. The governor-elect, David Lyon; and the governor-elect, Senator Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo, were sacked by the Supreme Court on …
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The US Supreme Court on Monday agreed to once again review former President Barack Obama’s signature health care law, the target of repeated political and legal challenges over the past decade. The top court, which had upheld the law in 2012 and 2015, will examine a suit brought by Democrats seeking to counter lower court rulings that put in question …
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