House of Representatives is seeking to separate the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation from that of the Minister of Justice. The house said the separation would remove political interference in the operations of the Attorney-General. A bill to alter the 1999 Constitution to separate both offices, sponsored by House Chief Whip Mohammed Tahir…
Read moreIn the same vein, survey conducted by NOIPolls has identified the police as the worst violators of human rights in Nigeria. According to the report conducted and unveiled in commemoration of this year’s International Human Rights Day, 83 per cent of Nigerians, who were interviewed, expressed the view that human rights violations were prevalent in…
Read moreTwo tropical storms are expected in East Africa late on Thursday and Friday, according to latest weather reports. Somalia’s semi-autonomous region of Puntland is bracing for what authorities have described as a category two storm. Weather experts say at least nine countries in the East African region are experiencing heavier than usual rains as a…
Read moreThe former Vice President and candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, – PDP Atiku Abubakar, has stormed senate to attend public hearing on the Bill for the establishment of Modibbo Adama University Yola. The public hearing is ongoing alongside that of a bill for the establishment of federal University of Agriculture and Technology, Funtua, Katsina State.…
Read moreThe Senate has passed the 2020 Appropriation bill, with an increase of about three billion naira. This followed the adoption of report of Senate Committee on Appropriation chaired by Senator Jibrin Barau at the plenary today. The budget was increase as presented by President Muhammadu Buhari on October 8, 2019. Senate also increased Oil Benchmark…
Read moreGunmen killed six people, including the head of a Japanese aid agency in an attack on their vehicle in Jalalabad in eastern Afghanistan, officials said. The ambush comes a week after a grenade attack on a United Nations vehicle in Kabul heightened fears for those doing humanitarian work amid one of the world’s longest-running conflicts.…
Read moreInspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has stressed the need for complete moral re-orientation and improvement in the way the police deal with the public to gain public trust. Adamu, who was represented by Peter Ogunyanwo, the DIG in-charge of Research and Planning, stated this during his official visit to the Oyo State Police…
Read moreMinister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has updated the Federal Executive Council (FEC) on the construction of 524 roads and bridges nationwide, saying 80 are priority projects scheduled for completion in the 2020-2021 fiscal years. The minister explained that additional N255.6 billion would be needed to complete the projects in record time, adding…
Read morePresident Muhammadu Buhari yesterday launched made-in-Nigeria military war vehicles known as Mine Resistant Ambush-Protected vehicles (MRAPs). He said the vehicles named Ezugwu and produced by the Defence Industry Corporation of Nigeria (DICON) and Command Engineering Depot (CED), would be launched into the military operation against the insurgents in the north-eastern part of the country. President…
Read moreFiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC) has begun physical verification of selected federal government capital projects across the six geo-political zones of the country, in line with the dictates of the Fiscal Responsibility Act. According to the Acting Chairman of the FRC, Victor Muruako charged the inspection team to carry out the assignments with great diligence and…
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