INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION (INEC) ACCREDITES ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY FOUR GROUPS TO SERVE AS OBSERVERS IN THE UPCOMING GOVERNORSHIP ELECTIONS IN EDO AND ONDO STATES.

INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION (INEC) ACCREDITES ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY FOUR GROUPS TO SERVE AS OBSERVERS IN THE UPCOMING GOVERNORSHIP ELECTIONS IN EDO AND ONDO STATES.

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has accredited One Hundred and Thirty Four Groups to serve as Observers in the upcoming Governorship Elections in Edo and Ondo States scheduled for September and November 2024 respectively. Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee (IVEC), Mr. Sam Olumekun, made this known in a statement issued on Monday, 15th July 2024. He disclosed that a total of 134 Observer Groups out of 153 applications received […]

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INTER-PARTY ADVISORY COUNCIL (IPAC), DESCRIBES SUPREME COURT JUDGMENT ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL AUTONOMY AS VICTORY FOR DEMOCRACY IN NIGERIA.

The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), says the Supreme Court judgment on Local Government financial autonomy is a victory for sustainable democracy in Nigeria. IPAC National Chairman, Yusuf Dantalle, who stated this at a news conference on Friday in Abuja, called for the immediate implementation of the Apex court’s judgment on the matter. Supreme Court had on Thursday in a judgment granted financial autonomy to Local Governments (LGs) in the country, […]

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NATIONAL ARTS THEATRE LAGOS, BECOMES PROFESSOR WOLE SOYINKA CENTER.

President Bola Tinubu has named the National Arts Theatre in Iganmu, Lagos, after Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka. Tinubu announced this in a letter he wrote to the iconic figure in commemoration of his 90th birthday. Tinubu said his government did not only celebrate Soyinka’s remarkable literary achievements but also his unwavering dedication to the values of human dignity and justice. He noted that despite deprivation and solitary confinement, Soyinka’s […]

July 12, 2024 25

Business

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE TO EMBARK ON INTENSIVE OVERSIGHT ON AGENCIES IN CHARGE OF AMAC

House of Representatives Committee on the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Area Councils and Ancillary Matters, has expressed its decision to embark on intensive oversight on agencies in charge of all Area Councils in the nation's capital. This, the Committee said, is due to the refusal of some of the agencies to honour its summons to present their budgetary expenditures. The Committee, led by representative Frederick Agbedi, also vowed to sanction […]

July 12, 2024 7

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SUPREME COURT TO GIVE JUDGEMENT ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUTONOMY TODAY

The Supreme Court of Nigeria will on Thursday decide whether local government councils in the country will begin to operate as a fully independent entity or remain as an appendage of state governors. Although Nigeria operates a three-tier system of government; federal, state and local governments, over the years the local governments seemed to have been subsumed into the state governments, with the states allegedly taking over the management of […]

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UN CALLS FOR RELEASE OF ABDUCTED POLITICAL ACTIVIST IN LIBYA

The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) said on Wednesday it was deeply concerned by reports of the recent abduction of a political activist whose whereabouts remain unknown. Al-Moatassim Al-Areebi, 29, was abducted on Monday in the north-western city of Misrata, located roughly 187 kilometres east of the capital;Tripoli. UNSMIL, in a statement, reiterated the call by members of the Misrata Municipal Council and community representatives urging the city’s security […]

July 11, 2024 13

Economics

LABOUR TO PRESS ON N250,000 MINIMUM WAGE DURING THE MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT

The Nigeria Labour Congress says it will press for N250,000 minimum wage during the scheduled meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the State House, Abuja, on today. The Head of Public Affairs of the NLC, Benson Upah, who revealed this to journalists in Abuja, said even the cost of living has since moved up. Labour leaders were invited to a meeting with the President in furtherance of Tinubu’s promise to […]

July 11, 2024 9

Economics

PRESIDENT TINUBU TO MEET WITH ORGANISED LABOUR ON THURSDAY OVER MINIMUM WAGE

Reports say President Bola Tinubu will meet with the Organised Labour in Abuja on Thursday to further discussions on a new minimum wage for workers in Nigeria. A top labour source said the President invited the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) to the meeting expected to be held at the Aso Villa. The Thursday meeting is coming about a month after the President […]

July 10, 2024 25

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CHIEF JUSTICE OF NIGERIA WARNS JUSTICES AGAINST GIVING CONFLICTING JUDGEMENTS

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, says the National Judicial Council (NJC) has activated the process of making errand judges who give misleading and conflicting judgements be made to face the consequence of their “despicable and horrible conduct”. He described their conduct as an embarrassment to the judiciary and would not be handled likely. The CJN spoke at the inauguration of 22 justices for the Court of […]

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