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Members of House of Representatives, Wednesday, sang discordant tunes following planned insertion of technological device into the Electoral Amendment bill. Trouble started when Section 16 of the bill which had to do with the card reader was raised for consideration at the Committee of the Whole, chaired by the Deputy Speaker, Lasun Yussuff. This development made some PDP lawmakers to stage a walk-out of the chamber to register their grievance. As soon as the chairman of the Committee on Electoral and Political Party Matters, Aishatu Dukku, read the motion, presiding officer, Lasun informed his colleagues of the importance of the bill…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), presidential candidate says 40 percent of his cabinet will be made up of women and youths, if he wins next year’s election. Atiku Abubakar noted that Nigeria became the world headquarters for poverty under incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari, his policy document for Nigeria is ready. “Nigeria under Buhari is now the world HQ for extreme poverty. If we are to change that, we must empower women and youths,” the former vice-president said. “Therefore, I give an undertaking that if by the grace of God, I am elected by you the good people of Nigeria, at…

The Federal Government has spent a total of N2.7 trillion on infrastructure development across the country. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, stated this in his presentation, entitled ”Nigeria’s National Unity: Toward Participation and Shared Values”, at The Chatham House in London Wednesday. He said the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, since coming into office in 2015, had embarked on an unprecedented renewal of the nation’s infrastructure, investing an unprecedented N2.7 trillion on roads, rails, power and other similar projects. Beyond embarking on these projects, the minister said the spread of such projects cut across all the…

The National Judicial Council, NJC, Wednesday, rebuffed the previous suspension of Justice Uwani Abba-Aji on the basis of a petition by the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN, and restated its stand to elevate him to the Supreme Court bench. The Council, in a statement signed by its Director of Information, Mr. Soji Oye, said its attention was drawn to a publication by Civic Society Network Against Corruption, urging President Muhammadu Buhari not to forward Justice Abba-Aji’s name to the Senate for confirmation. Noting that the group threatened to go to court if…

The Akwa Ibom State government has spent a whopping N678.8m on life-touching projects aimed at reducing poverty in rural communities in the state, a commissioner has revealed. Barr. Ekong Sampson, the state Commissioner for Economic Development, Labour and Manpower Planning, stated this Wednesday in uyo, during the presentation of Award/Certificate to ten benefiting communities that executed micro projects with funding provided by the state government. Sampson, who said the intervention became necessary after the state government carried out a poverty survey in the 31 local government of the state, listed the projects executed to include; health care centres, school buildings,…

The country’s inflation sluggishly rose from 11.23 per cent in August to 11.28 per cent in September 2018. The rise was the second consecutive rise in headline inflation after 18 consecutive months of decline in the rate. This was contained in the Consumer Price Index of National Bureau of Statistics released on Tuesday. “The Consumer Price Index, which measures inflation, increased by 11.28 per cent year-on-year in September 2018. This is 0.05 per cent points higher than the rate recorded in August 2018 at 11.23 per cent,” the NBS said in the inflation report. It stated that on a month-on-month…

A serial killer and rapist of a six-year-old girl was, Wednesday, hanged at a prison in Lahore, Pakistan. Imran Ali was convicted of raping and murdering Zainab in Kasur, a city 50 kilometres from Lahore. The 23-year-old was executed this morning in Kot Lokhpat Central Jail in the presence of Magistrate Adil Sarwar, the girl’s father the girl’s uncle. Ali’s brother was also present along with two of his friends. An ambulance was also present during the hanging. The girl’s father had earlier filed a petition for his public hanging, but it was dismissed, as per PTI. A two-member Lahore…

October 1 every year is usually set aside for Nigerians and friends alike to join in commemorating the country’s independence gotten from the British colonial masters in 1960. Unlike the military era where the some celebration anniversaries were done in a low key form, the 58th independence anniversary was marked with pomps across the country. The civilians including school children took part in the march past and the military did parade and mounted Guard-of-Honour to mark the event. While the military and Nigerian legionnaires were marking the event on October 1 in grand style and also celebrating the country’s 18th…

TheNational Security Trust Fund Bill Tuesday passed a second reading at the House of Representatives.  The bill seeks to basically provide security agencies  with military and security hardware, infrastructure and technologies to aid in ensuring national security. Sponsor of the bill, Hon. Rimamnde Shawulu (PDP Taraba) at plenary said that the bill if successfully passed into law would settle the issue of budget constraints and poor renumeration of security personnel, inadequate equipment, poor state of available equipment, low level of training, limited manpower and poor maintenance culture. He said: “Budgetary constraint and the changing nature of security…

The Labour Party said Tuesday it will not field any candidate for the 2019 general elections as the party could not hold an all-inclusive National Convention as directed by the court. Mrs. Ebere Ifendu, National Publicity Secretary of the party, stated this at a news conference in Abuja, adding that the all-inclusive national convention involving all parties was necessary as directed by an Abuja Federal Court. “On October 2, 2018, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had written to the party to comply with the order of the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court to conduct an all-inclusive National Convention.…