A civil society organisation, Centre for law and development on Friday in Abuja protested against the use of torture by police as a tool of investigation. It called on the government to punish any policeman caught engaging in torture, just as it offered pro bono legal representation for victims of torture. A lawyer and coordinator of the group, Deji Ajare, …
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The Edo State Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Benin on Friday upturned the election of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Yakubu Gowon, as the lawmaker representing Etsako West II Constituency in the Edo State House of Assembly. Gowon had been declared the winner of the April 11 state assembly poll and returned elected to represent the constituency, where …
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President Muhammadu Buhari has dissolved the Board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation with immediate effect. The announcement was made in a terse statement issued by the Director Communications, Office of Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Alhaji Haruna Imrana, on behalf of the HoS, Mr. Danladi Kifasi. “The directive to that effect was conveyed in a letter signed …
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Washington- In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court saved the controversial health care law that will define President Barack Obama’s administration for generations to come. The ruling holds that the Affordable Care Act authorized federal tax credits for eligible Americans living not only in states with their own exchanges but also in the 34 states with federal marketplaces. It staved off …
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The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, on Thursday said President Muhammadu Buhari would not intervene in the leadership crisis currently rocking the National Assembly until the All Progressives Congress’ state governors ask him to do so. Shehu said this while featuring on Sunrise, a programme of a Lagos-based private television station, ChannelsTV. …
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The All Progressives Congress member in the House of Representatives, Nasiru Sani Zangon Daura, representing Zango/Baure Federal Constituency of Katsina State, has issued a press statement on the physical battle that ensued in the Green Chamber during plenary on Thursday. At the plenary, the tension and divided interest among the legislators led to a brawl between the two factions in …
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ABUJA– SENATOR Mohammed Ali Ndume, Borno, North East Thursday assumed the position of Senate Majority leader. He assumed office immediately after Senate President Bukola Saraki announced his name as the candidate for the North East where the position of Senate leader was zoned to. Also, Senator Bala Ibn Na’allah, Kebbi South assumed office as Deputy Senate leader while Senator Francis …
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ABUJA — The inter agency rivalry between the Department of State Services and the Nigerian Army came to head, yesterday, as the Aide de Camp to the President, Lt. Col Abubakar Lawal ordered personnel of the DSS out of the villa. The incidence which happened at the residence of the President at the Presidential Villa was extended to all other …
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A cross section of Nigerians on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to discontinue its subsidy payment policy to marketers importing fuel. The respondents told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos that removal of petroleum subsidy would be good for Nigeria’s prosperity. The Director, Centre for Bee Research and Development, Mr. Bidemi Ojelewe, said the controversy about the fuel subsidy …
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The Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has dismissed the allegation of bribery purportedly levelled against the National Chairman of the party, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, by some APC governors. The State Publicity Secretary, Godwin Erhahon, who made this known in Benin on Wednesday, was reacting to a report over an allegation of misconduct against the national chairman in …
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