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The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, has called on the House of Representatives to pass the Electoral Offences Commission Bill. Executive Secretary of the Commission, Tony Ojukwu, made the call in a statement on Thursday. The statement noted that passing the bill will enable the country to deal with cases of electoral violence, which has characterized previous elections. It observed that although Section 145 of the Electoral Act 2022 empowers […]

Abia State Police Command has stressed that the ban on the sale and use of fireworks is still in force. A statement signed by the command Police Public Relations Officer, Geoffrey Ogbonna, stressed that all extant laws prohibiting the sale and use of fireworks have been activated. The statement noted that the Surveillance and tactical teams of the Command have as well been mandated for its enforcement before, during and […]

Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has signed N179.7 billion 2023 appropriation bill into law. While signing the law, Ortom revealed that the 2023 appropriation bill earmarked 106.1 billion for recurrent expenditure and N73.5 billion for capital expenditure. He, however, thanked the Assembly members for their support and speedy work done on the budget and for approving and presenting it to the executive. The Deputy Speaker of the State House of […]

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, has faulted the federal government’s directive to polytechnics to stop awarding degrees. ASUP National President, Anderson Ezeibe, stated that polytechnics have the required manpower, facilities and curricula to award degrees. According to Ezeibe, the directive is an extension of the discrimination against Nigerian polytechnics whose foundation was laid and is still nourished by policies of the Nigerian government as seen in the infamous […]

The Senate has postponed the passage of the 2023 budget. Senate President Ahmad Lawan, who announced the postponement during plenary, said the budget will be passed on Wednesday, December 28th, 2022. Lawan noted that the Senate is postponing the budget passage because of some challenges in receiving the report on the 2023 budget from the appropriations committee. The Senate President added that the Senate Appropriations Committee kick started a process […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has said the new cash withdrawal limits policy was approved without political consideration. CBN’s Deputy Governor, Financial Systems Stability, Aisha Ahmed, explained that the CBN is an independent body that takes well-thought-out decisions. Ahmed noted that 94 percent of all cash transactions in the country fall within the initial N100,000 while 82 percent of corporate transactions are below the N5 million threshold. The Deputy […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the reappointment of Shekarau Omar as Executive Director, Small and Medium Enterprises for a second tenure. A statement issued by the Senior Assistant Media to the Minister of Trade and Investment, Ifedayo Sayo, revealed that Omar whose first tenure would be expiring on March 5, 2023, will now serve for another four years. The statement noted that the President also approved the appointment of Mabel […]