Thoughts on government, the cost of governance, and citizens livelihood The news hit like a dirty slap, sometime in June 2023: NNPC Limited, Nigeria’s official petroleum provider had increased the official price of petrol from ₦185/ litre to ₦488/ litre.…
Lagos Assembly makes fresh demand for state police
The Lagos State House of Assembly has passed a resolution urging the National Assembly to begin fresh process of the amendment of the 1999 Constitution for the establishment of state police. The House passed the resolution in a vote conducted…
Tinubu returns today, may present ministerial list after Sallah
President Bola Tinubu is scheduled to fly in from London today ahead of Eid-el-Kabir celebrations, The PUNCH has learnt. The Presidency had on Saturday said the President headed for the UK from France, where he had been attending a summit…
Akpabio elected Senate President
A former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio, has been elected as the Senate President of the 10th Assembly. Akpabio is the preferred candidate of the All Progressives Congress. The voting in the election of a new Senate President…
Court nullifies sections of CAMA 2020 for infringing on citizens’ fundamental rights
A Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja has nullified some sections of the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA) 2020 which were considered to infringe on the fundamental human rights of the Nigerian citizens. Justice James Omotosho, who struck out the…
Labour Party wins 1st National Assembly seat
The Independent Electoral Commission has declared Hon. Ginger Onwusibe of the Labour Party as House of Representatives member-elect for Isialangwa North and South Federal constituency. Ginger a former Council Chairman, defeated Governor Okezie Ikpeazu’s preferred candidate and his immediate past…
NIDO official urges NASS to pass Diaspora Voting bill
A President of Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation (NIDO) in the U.S., Dr Adeola Popoola, has urged the National Assembly to pass the Bill for an Act to Alter the Provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999…
President Buhari signs N21.8t 2023 budget
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law the Appropriation Bill, 2023 totalling N21.83 trillion. Speaking at the signing of the eighth and final annual budget of this Administration, the President said the aggregate expenditures of N21.83 trillion, is an increase…
Senegalese MPs jailed for attacking pregnant legislator in parliament
Two Senegalese opposition MPs were handed six-month jail terms on Monday for physically attacking a female colleague in parliament. In a case that sparked anguished debate about democracy in Senegal, pro-government legislator Amy Ndiaye was slapped and then kicked in…
Buhari sends N819.5b supplementary budget to National Assembly
President Muhammadu Buhari has sent a N819.5 billion supplementary budget to the National Assembly. The budget is expected to be funded by domestic borrowings. This will increase the budget deficit to N8.17 trillion. According to a letter read by the…