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Security in and around the National Assembly Complex had been tightened ahead of the arrival of President Muhammadu Buhari for the presentation of the 2020 Appropriation Bill. Men of the Department of State Services, Nigerian Police Force, Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps and Sergeant-at-arms were present at all entry points to restrict access into the premises. Apart from lawmakers …

Civil Empowerment & Rule of Law Support Initiative (CERLSI) has called on state governors in Nigeria that have adopted the Child Rights Act in the 36 states to quickly begin to implement it, to save Nigerian children from religious and cultural practices which expose them to torture and abuse. Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku, CERLSI deputy executive director, in making this call …

By Hon. Josef Omorotionmwan In contemporary Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari’s wife, Aisha, had no iota of doubt that she had a good husband. She also knew that her husband was a team player. She knew that many good Nigerians worked hard to see her husband through the 2015 elections. To her utter consternation, however, no sooner had the elections been …

The President of Trade Union Congress, Quadri Olaleye, said organised labour would not go on a warning strike before the main industrial action, if government failed to meet workers’ demand on the implementation of the new minimum wage by the close of work on Wednesday, October 16, 2019. In a communiqué issued at the end of a meeting of leaders …

The Kwara State House of Assembly has said it directed the seizure of the Alimi Chalet and an expanse of land, popularly called ‘Ile Arugbo’, allegedly acquired by a former Senate President, Bukola Saraki. The Assembly said the property belonged to the state government and there was no evidence the politician paid for them. In a statement by the Special …

The closure of Nigeria’s land borders may be impelling local rice producers to raise their capacities in response to concerns about the consequent shortage, which has induced price hike. Rice is the most popular food staple in Nigeria with local demand in excess of seven million tonnes. But until the border closure policy was enforced in August, widespread and largely …

Rights group, the Africa Network for Environment & Economic Justice, ANEEJ, has thrown its weight behind a call by the Edo State Government for a forensic probe of the activities of the Niger Delta Development Commission(NDDC).  The call by Edo State Government is premised on the shoddy, incomplete, abandoned and substandard projects executed at the cost of N20 billion by …

…Celebrates Obaseki As NUT Best Performing Governor …Says he deserves resounding mandate of Edo State voters for a second term Oredo Local Government Council Executive Chairman, Hon. Evbareke Jenkins Osunde has said that the Governor of the State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki “is steadily securing the global space for Edo State children to successfully compete in the future.” In a statement …

Confronted by serious challenges posed by his home-based political adversaries, Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State won big on Saturday as one of Nigeria’s biggest trade organizations, the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) bestowed on him, the award of the ‘2019 Best Performing Governor.’ According to the teachers, Obaseki emerged as winner of the award in recognition of his efforts …

There’s no money to maintain equipment – ManagementAbandoned electric cars, superbikes rot away in NASS complex The body and luggage scanners at the National Assembly Complex entrances have stopped working. The equipment stopped functioning during the parliament’s two-month annual recess, our correspondent learnt. Our correspondent observed that while the body scanners have since ceased to function, the luggage scanners stopped working …