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The Federal Government has declared Wednesday, June 12 as public holiday to commemorate this year’s Democracy Day. A cross-section of members of the Nigerian Army Women Corps during the Democracy Day Parade at the Eagles Square in Abuja on June 12, 2022. Credit: Channels TV The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo in a statement on Tuesday by the Permanent Secretary …

Almost one year after they were inaugurated, no fewer than 24 of the 109 senators drawn from all parts of the country are yet to sponsor any bill in the upper chamber of the National Assembly. However, each of the other 85 senators has at least one bill to his or her name. The 10th Senate, which was inaugurated on …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has visited soldiers wounded during an attack by assailants in Okomu Community. The governor, who expressed his displeasure over the incident, vowed that the State Government will fish out individuals and groups behind the attack. The governor was represented during the visit at the Military Hospital in Benin City, by the Edo State Commissioner …

Narendra Modi has been sworn in as India’s prime minister for a third term in a grand ceremony at the presidential palace in Delhi. The leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party took his oath, saying he would “do right to all manner of people without affection or ill-will”. Mr Modi’s BJP-led National Democratic Alliance won the general election with 293 …

The Federal Government has unveiled a series of events to mark this year’s Democracy Day. Details of the celebration were shared in a notice issued by Abdulhakeem Adeoye on behalf of the Director of Information and Public Relations in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation on Sunday, according to Tribune. The celebration will commence on …

Blasts govs for rejecting N60,000; labels their action wicked Pay rise may not bode well for economy – Experts President Bola Tinubu’s position on the N62,000 just agreed on by the Federal Government and the Organised Private Sector as the new minimum wage will determine Organised Labour’s next line of action on the matter, the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) said yesterday. President of …

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron said Sunday he was dissolving the National Assembly and calling a snap legislative election after his party suffered a heavy defeat in elections for the European Parliament. In an address to the nation from the Elysee presidential palace, Macron said: “I’ve decided to give you back the choice of our parliamentary future through the …

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Sunday said it had reduced checkpoints on the Lagos Badagry Expressway by 50 per cent, explaining that the move was to position the officers more strategically.  The Controller, Seme Area Command of the service, Comptroller Timi Bomodi, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Seme near Badagry. According …

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has initiated legal proceedings against President Bola Tinubu’s administration to ensure financial transparency. The lawsuit, filed last Friday at the Federal High Court in Lagos, seeks to compel the publication of detailed spending reports and agreements concerning loans acquired by previous administrations, including those of former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Umaru Yar’Adua, Goodluck Jonathan, …

In the twilight of his administration, former President Muhammadu Buhari hastily sought and got the National Assembly’s approval to convert a N22.7 trillion ($49 billion at the time) borrowing from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) into bonds. Borrowing a sum that huge from the bank violated the law that limits the advance the Nigerian government could take from the CBN to …