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Senate Passes LG Autonomy Bill
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Senate Passes LG Autonomy Bill

The Nigerian Senate, on Tuesday, passed the Bill granting full autonomy to the local government and council areas in Nigeria. Ninety-Two members of the red chambers voted overwhelmingly in support of the Bill, after a clause-by-clause consideration at the Committee on the Whole. Source: Daily Post
Buhari Writes Senate, Seeks Amendment Of Section 84 In Newly Signed Electoral Act
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Buhari Writes Senate, Seeks Amendment Of Section 84 In Newly Signed Electoral Act

President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Senate to amend section 84 (2) subsection 12 in the 2021 Electoral Act. President Buhari had on February 25 signed the Electoral Act Amendment Bill into law. During the signing, he criticised the section, which he said “constitutes a disenfranchisement of serving political office holders.” Read Also: House Of Representatives Passes Electoral Bill Without ‘Direct Primary’ Clause Section 84 (12) states that “No political appointee at any level shall be a voting delegate or be voted for at the convention or congress of any political party for the purpose of the nomination of candidates for any election.” President Muhammadu Buhari Buhari in his letter to the Senate insisted that the amendment is necessary as the clause constitutes a ...
Senate Tells FG To Declare Known Terrorist Leaders Wanted
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Senate Tells FG To Declare Known Terrorist Leaders Wanted

The Senate has called on the President, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) led Federal Government to declare all known leaders of terrorists wanted. The call was made on Wednesday in a six-point resolution reached by the chamber, following a motion considered on the urgent need to stem the increasing spate of kidnappings and insecurity across parts of the country. The motion entitled, “urgent need to surmount all kinds of kidnappings, banditry and related security challenges in Wasagu-Danko, Sakaba, and Yauri Local Government Areas of Kebbi State”, was sponsored by Senator Bala Ibn Na’allah (Kebbi South). The motion was co-sponsored by 12 other Senators, according to a statement by Dr. Ezrel Tabiowo, the Special Assistant to President of the Senate, titled, ‘Senate to...
Supreme Court Declares Executive Order 10 Unconstitutional
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Supreme Court Declares Executive Order 10 Unconstitutional

The Supreme Court has declared as unlawful and unconstitutional the Executive Order 10 (EO10) issued by President Muhammadu Buhari on the funding of State Judiciary and Legislature. In a split decision on Friday, majority of the court’s seven-member panel agreed that the President exceeded his constitutional powers in issuing the EO10. Six out of the seven members of the panel proceeded to void and set aside the EO10. The majority decision also held that it was not the responsibility of the Federal Government to fund the capital and recurrent expenditures of the superior courts created for States under Section six of the Constitution. See Also: Buhari Won’t Sign Electoral Bill If Amended For Selfish Reasons – Malami  All the seven members agreed that the States were...
Buhari Won’t Sign Electoral Bill If Amended For Selfish Reasons – Malami 
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Buhari Won’t Sign Electoral Bill If Amended For Selfish Reasons – Malami 

The Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), has hinted that President Muhammadu Buhari may withhold assent from the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill if it is considered to have proposals based on personal interests. According to the minister, the bill, which the National Assembly transmitted to the Presidency the second time on Monday last week, just got to him on Monday for legal advice. Malami made this known while appearing on Politics Today, a current affairs programme on Channels Television which our correspondents monitored on Monday. Buhari had withheld assent to the first version of the bill last year after consulting the Malami and the Independent National Electoral Commission, among others, on the bill. When asked if h...
Terrorism Charge: Nnamdi Kanu Never Denied IPOB In Court – Lawyer
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Terrorism Charge: Nnamdi Kanu Never Denied IPOB In Court – Lawyer

The leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, never denied being the leader of the Igbo nationalist organisation while taking his plea at a Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday, his lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, has said. According to the lawyer, the clarification became necessary because of what he described as “deliberate misrepresentation/falsehood and wrong narratives being perpetuated by some mischief makers” and gaining prominence in social media. Ejiofor said this in a statement on Thursday titled, “Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu never denied being the leader of IPOB – Let the records be set straight”. According to him, it was pertinent to provide clarification and clear the doubt. Read Also: BREAKING: Court Adjourns Nnamdi Kanu’s Trial Till Wednesday He said, “S.M...
House Of Representatives Passes Electoral Bill Without ‘Direct Primary’ Clause
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House Of Representatives Passes Electoral Bill Without ‘Direct Primary’ Clause

The House of Representatives on Thursday passed the Electoral Act Amendment Bill after the compulsory direct primary clause was revised by the lawmakers. The bill was passed after the removal of clause (84) which required political parties to only select candidates through direct primaries. Read Also: 2023: Time Running Out For New Electoral Bill, Says INEC It had been reported that the Senate on Wednesday included the consensus mode of primary in the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill as suggested by President Muhammadu Buhari. Both chambers of the National Assembly, the Senate and the House of Representatives, however, deleted compulsory direct primaries from the bill. While the House gave options of parties adopting direct or indirect primaries, the Senate included direct and ind...
Ex-Imo Speaker Reacts Angrily As Constituents Tell Him Not To Re-contest Over Poor Performance
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Ex-Imo Speaker Reacts Angrily As Constituents Tell Him Not To Re-contest Over Poor Performance

A trending video has shown a lawmaker and former Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Chiji Collins, spilling kolanuts in anger during a meeting with constituents. In the video, the lawmaker was seen pushing down a table angrily after a member of his constituency slammed his performance in office. Read Also: PDP’ll Take Over If APC Leaders Fail On Convention – Buhari Speaking in Igbo, the young man had stated that Collins shouldn’t re-contest over poor performance. Infuriated by the comment after trying to silence the young man down, the lawmaker angrily pushed the table with refreshment moved towards the critic. Chiji was elected in 2019 under the All Progressive Grand Alliance, he became Speaker of the state's Assembly after he defected to the Peoples Democratic...
AMCON Lists 7,912 Names Owing N4.4tn As Deadline Expires Today
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AMCON Lists 7,912 Names Owing N4.4tn As Deadline Expires Today

The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria is set to publish the names of 7,912 debtors owing it a total of N4.4tn, it has been learnt. The move follows the expiration of the 30-day ultimatum given by the National Assembly to debtors to regularise their debt status with the bad debt manager. The one month notice elapses on Wednesday (today), January 5, 2021. The corporation confirmed on Tuesday that the agency had no choice but to obey the directive of the National Assembly asking it to publish the names of debtors who have refused to repay their loans. The spokesperson for AMCON, Mr Jude Nwauzor, said debtors who were yet to provide a repayment proposal risked having their details published in the media after the 30-day grace period given by the National Assembly. He said,...
Budget: National Assembly Faults Buhari, Insists On 6,576 Extra Projects
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Budget: National Assembly Faults Buhari, Insists On 6,576 Extra Projects

Members of the National Assembly have insisted on the amendments made to the 2022 Appropriation Bill, including the reduction of allocation to 10,733 projects and insertion of 6,576 new ones. The lawmakers stated that by the power of appropriation conferred on the National Assembly by the constitution, the parliament has the right to tinker with the Federal Government’s budget like any other bill. Read Also: BREAKING: Buhari Signs N17.126trn 2022 Budget Into Law, Laments ‘Worrisome Changes’ According to the members, who spoke to Punch, in separate interviews on Sunday, the changes made and the response by President Muhammadu Buhari, showed that the legislature was not a rubber stamp of the Executive, as being alleged by Nigerians. Buhari had on Friday while signing into law...