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The Senate has passed the National Health Insurance Bill, 2019. The bill was passed on Wednesday during the Plenary. Titled, National Health Insurance Act, 2003 (Repeal and Re-enactment) Bill 2019, it was named Senate Bill 278. Earlier in the day, chairman, Senate Committee on Health, Senator Lanre Tejuoso (PDP- Ogun Central), had presented the report of the committee. Senator Philip …

The Nigerian Senate has passed the Police Reform Bill, 2019. The Senate passed the bill on Wednesday during the Plenary. Titled, Senate Bill 683, the bill was passed after the third reading. At the Plenary on Wednesday, Senator Tijjanj Kaura (APC-Zamfara North) had presented the report, and it was seconded by Senator Mao Ohuabunwa (PDP-Abia North). They both asked the …

The Federal Government has declared Friday, April 19 and Monday, April 22, public holidays to mark the 2019 Easter celebration. Mrs Georgina Ehuriah, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, announced the holiday in a statement quoting the minister on Wednesday in Abuja. The Minister of Interior, Lt.- Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau(Rtd), who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, enjoined …

Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has said that, as an oil producing country, sale of electric cars in Nigeria should be frustrated. “This will enable us to sell our oil,” Ekweremadu argued. Ekweremadu spoke at the Plenary on Wednesday as the senators debated a bill sponsored by Senator Ben Murray-Bruce (PDP Bayelsa East ). The News Agency of Nigeria reported that Murray-Bruce …

Presidency has condemned in totality, the statement made by the Nollywood legend, Omotola Jalade Ekeinde, wherein she said that Nigeria under President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo was in hellish. The Personal Assistant to Buhari on New media, Bashir Ahmad, has called Omotola’s attention in some issues, saying that most of the problems the country is currently facing …

The Nigeria Customs Service will from Wednesday begin the process of recruiting about 3,200 personnel to fill existing vacancies within the agency The move is part of ongoing reforms being implemented in the last four years under the leadership of the Comptroller-General of Customs, Col Hameed Ali (rtd) Speaking at a media briefing on Tuesday at the headquarters of the …

•Area Commanders, DPOs, others to be held responsible; culprits to face murder charger LAGOS—Acting Inspector General of Police, Mr Mohammed Adamu, yesterday in Lagos, said that henceforth, the nation’s policemen will start using stun guns for routine patrols because the Police under the current leadership can no longer tolerate abuses associated with the Police.  He spoke on the heels of …

Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia, a dismissed judge of the Federal High Court, seen making a phone call at an Ikeja High Court before being apprehended by the EFCC on Tuesday. The anti-graft agency, EFCC, has said that it acted legally by rearresting a former judge who was discharged by the court on Tuesday. PREMIUM TIMES reported how Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia was re-arrested at the …

A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court on Tuesday discharged the suspended Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Mounir Gwarzo, of the charge of fraud filed against him. Mr Gwarzo’s co-defendant, Zakwanu Garba, who was the Executive Commissioner of the commission, was also discharged and acquitted. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) had arraigned …

There was a drama at the premises of an Ikeja High Court as officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arrested Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia, a former judge of the Federal High Court, after corruption charges against her were struck out. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that about 10 officials of the EFCC surrounded Mrs Ofili-Ajumogobia as …