Not to know what happened before you were born is to remain forever a child.” Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BC-43 BC), renowned statesman, lawyer, philosopher, poet and ‘the greatest forensic orator Rome ever produced’, was right! We have to go into the past to understand today! The present conundrum in the...
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By JOY ADARA , Abuja- Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas to “promptly disclose the exact amount of the monthly running costs of millions of naira currently being paid to and received by...
A rights group, Human Right Monitoring Agenda (HURMA), has faulted the passage of Police Act Amendment Bill, which allows the Inspector- General of Police to remain in office until the end of the term stipulated in his letter of appointment. HURMA’s Executive Director, Mr Buna Balogun, faulted...
The African Center for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL), has called for the urgent passage of the Whistleblowers Protection Bill to strengthen the fight against corruption in the country. The Coordinator of the non-governmental organisation (NGO), Dr Chido Onumah, made the call at a one-day workshop for Law...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Member representing Jere Federal Constituency at the National Assembly, Rt. Hon. Engr Satomi Ahmad FNSE, has appealed to National Union of Borno State Students (NUBOSS) and by extension their counterparts in the North East sub- region to shelve any plan of joining...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – The National Assembly has commenced the process of repealing and enacting the NIMC Act No. 23 as part of efforts aimed at strengthening the regulatory function of the National Identity Management Commission (MIMC). Head, Corporate Communications Unit of the Commission, Kayode Adegoke,...
Four officials of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), were on Wednesday detained over their inability to answers questions raised by the House of Representatives Committee on Basic Examination Bodies, during an investigative hearing. This followed a motion by a member of the committee, Rep.Uchenna Okonkwo, during the...
The National Assembly has thrown its weight behind Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited’s ongoing efforts to boost Nigeria’s crude oil production and grow its reserves. The efforts comprised stiffer consequences for crude oil thieves and vandals of the nation’s critical hydrocarbon infrastructure. This is contained in a...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has commiserated with the National Assembly and the Kaduna State Government over the demise of Rep. Ekene Adams (LP-Kaduna). Adams, represented Chikun/Kajuru Federal Constituency of Kaduna State in the House of Representatives, died in the early hours of Tuesday at the...
A pan-African students’ movement, Progressive Students’ Movement (PSM), on Monday, urged the National Assembly to enact a law that would stop governors from conducting local government elections. President of PSM, Bestman Okereafor, said in a statement in Enugu that it was imperative to make the financial autonomy granted...
.. The Senator representing Kogi West, Sunday Karimi has assured that the National Assembly would ensure full compliance by the various state governments the judgment on the financial autonomy granted the nation’s 774 Local Government Areas by the the Supreme Court Senator Karimi, who is the Chairman...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), and the House of Representatives Committee on National Population, are seeking areas of collaboration towards the achievement of the Commission’s mandate and fostering a harmonious working relationship. To achieve this objective, a retreat themed...
National Assembly pledges speedy passage of digital economy and e-Governance bill The National Assembly has expressed its commitment to speedily pass the National Digital Economy and e-Governance Bill to revolutionalise the economy. The Chairman, Senate Committee on ICT and Cybersecurity, Sen. Shuaib Salisu, made the commitment on Tuesday at...
President Cyril Ramaphosa, on 30 June, announced his new cabinet almost five weeks after the 29 May general election. . This new executive is the result of extended negotiations after the African National Congress (ANC) lost its ruling majority and Ramaphosa was forced to secure a coalition agreement in order...
Former Director-General of the Labour Party (LP) Presidential Campaign Council , Dr Doyin Okupe, has said the proposed single-tenure rotational presidency is a great idea for a developing country like Nigeria. Okupe, a former presidential spokesman,who made the remark in an interview with the News Agency of...
The House of Representatives has expressed shock over the death of a Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) officer at the National Assembly in Abuja ,while attending a committee meeting. Rep. Akin Rotimi, Chairman of the House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, said, in a statement on Tuesday, that...
In 1989, the call of duty and pull of family necessitated that I travel from my London partial base to New York. I was checked in on a British Airways flight from London to New York. We were set to leave Heathrow shortly after the usual...
A Civil Society Organisation, the Coalition of Rivers State Leaders of Thoughts, has urged the National Assembly to holistically amend the laws governing local government administration in the country. The group’s Convener, Chief Sunnie Chukumele, said at a press briefing in Port Harcourt on Thursday that the amendment...
President Bola Tinubu has said it is imperative for Nigerians to have a change of value system for the nation to make progress. The President said this in Lagos when he received a delegation from the National Assembly who came to felicitate with him on the occasion...