The speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has formerly announced his defection from the ruling All Progressives Congresss (APC) to the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The speaker made the announcement on Tuesday during plenary. The speaker announced his defection to the PDP alongside two other legislators, Edward Pwajok and Ahmed Yerima. The speaker, in September 2018 laid …
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The House of Representatives has passed the new National Minimum Wage bill, a day after conducting its public hearing. The lawmakers, during plenary on Tuesday, considered the report of the ad hoc committee clause by clause. The Senate is expected to concur with the recommendations of the House when it returns from the elections break before transmitting to the president. …
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BY ALLTIMEPOST.COM This year’s Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) presents a largely gloomy picture for Africa – only eight of 49 countries score more than 43 out of 100 on the index, according to the report released today by the global ant-corruption watchdog, Transparency International. With a score of 27, Nigeria, according to the report, remained unchanged on the CPI since …
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Index shows anti-corruption efforts stalled in most countries BY ALLTIMEPOST.COM Global ant-corruption watchdog, Transparency International, today released its 2018 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), revealing that the continued failure of most countries to significantly control corruption is contributing to a crisis of democracy around the world. “With many democratic institutions under threat across the globe – often by leaders with authoritarian …
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The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, says a living wage is aptly appropriate for Nigerian workers rather than a national minimum wage because of the country’s harsh economic reality. Mr Dogara made the assertion at a public hearing on the new National Minimum Wage bill organised by the House Ad hoc Committee on Minimum Wage on Monday …
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The Nigerian Senate has filed a case at the Supreme Court to seek clarification on the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen. Relying on an order from the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), President Muhammadu Buhari last Friday suspended the chief justice replacing him with another Supreme Court justice, Tanko Mohammed. On Monday, the Senate approached the …
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The Nigerian Bar Association has resolved to embark on a two-day boycott of courts to protest the suspension of Nigeria’s Chief Justice, Walter Onnoghen. The NBA arrived at the resolution at its National Executive Council meeting held on Monday. “The Nigerian Bar Association rising from her NEC meeting has decided to embark on a two-day warning boycott of courts all …
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Online Publishers Association of Nigeria (OPAN) has condemned the suspension of Justice Onnoghen, describing President Buhari’s action as one that has signposted institutionalization of dictatorship and the abusive use of state power for partisan political advantage, ”that has become the official currency” of his governance style. Justice Walter Onnoghen, Chief Justice of Nigeria was suspended last week by Nigerian former …
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The Commissioner of Police in Edo, Hakeem Odumosun, has said that the policeman killed by unknown gunmen in Benin on Saturday night was a member of a secret cult. The CP told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on telephone that two other persons were killed in the shoot out that claimed the life of the officer. NAN had reported …
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By Alltimepost.com with Vanguard report Port Harcourt — United States of America Consul General in Nigeria, Mr. F. John Bray has made it known that it is not the interest of his country to support any candidate in the 2019 presidential election, but will support Free, credible and violence-free elections.” The U.S envoy gave the message that sounded like that …
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