The Presidency, yesterday, gave reasons President Muhammadu Buhari withheld assent from Electoral Act Amendment Bill. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, in a statement, said the Presidency took the decision in the best interest of Nigerians. “The president’s decision to withhold assent from the Electoral Act … [Read more…]
President Muhammadu Buhari will sign the 2022 Appropriation Bill on Friday, his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, has said. He said the budget had been transmitted by the National Assembly and that the President would sign the bill into law by 10am on Friday. He responded to prodding … [Read more…]
A fresh initiative by the National Judicial Council to sanitise the judiciary ahead of the 2023 general election by punishing errant behaviour is a welcome development. Nigeria’s highest disciplinary judicial organ recently penalised three judges from courts of coordinate jurisdiction who recklessly granted ex parte orders to the same parties on the same subject … [Read more…]
Sub-Saharan Africa suffers from a large and growing cancer burden. In sub-Saharan Africa, there are 626,400 new cancer cases each year and 447,700 cancer deaths. It is estimated that cancer incidence in Sub-Saharan Africa will rise by 85% in the next fifteen years due to population ageing. Each year, cancer claims the lives … [Read more…]
New Year: Ghana to jail pastors who predict doom in 2022 “A person found guilty under these laws could be liable to a term of imprisonment of up to five years.” Some popular Ghanaian pastors GHANA POLICE SERVICE STATEMENT ON COMMUNICATION OF PROPHECIES AND THEIR LEGAL IMPLICATIONS 1. As the year 2021 draws to a … [Read more…]
Buhari rejected electoral reforms because they are unsustainable: AGF Malami “Are you fair to the 160 million Nigerians using their wealth just to conduct (a) primary election to produce a party candidate, despite other demands by the public?” President Muhammadu Buhari rejected the amended electoral bill because he found its prescribed reforms unsustainable, says the … [Read more…]
Don’t panic when you hear bomb blasts, govt advises Yobe residents The Yobe government has alerted residents of a planned detonation of unexploded explosive ordinances by Sector 2 Operation HADIN KAI Headquarters of the Nigerian Army in Damaturu. In a statement by the Special Adviser to Governor Mai-Mala Buni on Security Affairs in Damaturu, retired … [Read more…]
Students released after spending seven years in jail for sharing Boko Haram joke Three Cameroonian students, Fomusoh Ivo Feh, Afuh Nivelle Nfor and Azah Levis Gob, convicted for sharing a Boko Haram joke, were released after spending seven years in jail. Announcing their release in a statement on Tuesday, Amnesty International faulted the arrest and … [Read more…]
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Peace prize laureate who helped end apartheid in South Africa, has died aged 90. President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa, said the churchman’s death marked “another chapter of bereavement in our nation’s farewell to a generation of outstanding South Africans.” A contemporary of anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, … [Read more…]
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has said N1billion has been earmarked for the payment of gratuity of workers in the state from the loan facility being extended to states by the federal government. He said he had also directed his Finance Commissioner as well as Accountant General of the state to ensure … [Read more…]
Contrary to public expectations of Nigerians that the National Assembly would initiate moves to override President Muhammadu Buhari’s rejection of the Electoral Amendment Bill 2021, the two chambers of the national legislature went on Christmas and New Year holidays without any commitment on the matter. President of the Senate, Dr Ahmad Lawan, … [Read more…]
Chairman of South East Governors’ Forum and Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi, at the weekend, appealed to the All Progressives Congress (APC) to support the geo-political zone to produce next president of the country in 2023. Umahi assured that any Igbo man, who mounts the presidency would fix the problems of the country in … [Read more…]