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President Muhammadu Buhari, Friday, assented the Constitutional Amendment Bill that provides for the funding of State Houses of Assembly and State Judiciaries directly from the Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF) into law. A Twitter account by the President said the Bill, now an Act of the National Assembly, alters Section 121 of the 1999 Constitution. In October 2017, the National Assembly sent only 15 bills to State Houses of Assembly for adoption out of the 21 bills adopted by the National Assembly. It appeared the presiding officers of the National Assembly committed a technical error during voting on the bills and…

The Aluminium Smelting Company of Nigeria, ALSCON, Ikot Abasi, Akwa Ibom State, would come on stream later this year or latest early next year. Mr. Alex Okoh, Director-General of Bureau of Public Enterprises, BPE, said, “Government has revoked the sale to BFIG.  We have reverted to Rusal. We are in the process of conducting a Technical Audit.  Rusal has submitted to the BPE what it will take for the plant to commence operation. Okoh noted that “Nothing should prevent the plant from going into production at the end of the year or early next year.  We are not sentimental in…

Federal Government says there would be no public holiday on June 12, this year. Wednesday this week, President Muhammadu Buhari signed a press release, saying “Dear Nigerians, I am delighted to announce that, after due consultations, we decided to declare June 12 Democracy Day. A Twitter account issued by the Presidency Friday said “There have been questions regarding whether or not there will be a FEDERAL public holiday on June 12, 2018. “The answer is NO. Presidential Order says June 12 “in FUTURE YEARS will replace May 29th as a National Public Holiday in celebration of Nigeria’s Democracy Day.” Recall…

An editorial member of Straightnews, one of the vibrant Nigerian online newspapers has emerged as the Chairman of Nigerian Institute of Public Relations, Akwa Ibom State chapter. He is Nsemeke Udoakpan, a one-time secretary of the institute, is a graduate of the Department of Communication Arts, University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. Udoakpan polled 19 votes after the disqualification of Okokon Robert, the immediate past Vice chairman of the institute on grounds of re-certification. Other elected members for the institute are Joseph Eton, head of Public Relations Unit, Akwa Ibom Secondary Education Board is the Vice Chairman; Imoh Uwoh, head…

Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, said it will soon issue guidelines that will facilitate the smooth issuance and operation of Green Bonds in Nigeria. This is coming after the Federal Government raised over N10 billion in its maiden green bond programme in 2017 to fund environmental friendly projects. Meanwhile, the Debt Management Office, DMO, said it was planning to issue another federal government Green Bond in the fourth quarter of the year. Ms Mary Uduk, acting Director-General of SEC, speaking at the launch of Nigerian Green Bond Market Development Programme by FMDQ OTC Securities Exchange, said the…

to Tony, Tony The World Health Organisation (WHO), an agency of the United Nations, has warned that the ongoing Ebola outbreak is posing a significant risk of spread to nine countries bordering the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the basis of proximity to the current outbreak and the current capacity of their health systems to cope with the disease. The nine  countries are Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. WHO at the moment is supporting the nine countries to scale up their national emergency preparedness and response capacities. Just this…

Specifically, the IGP, in his suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/554/2018, prayed the court to bar the Senate from taking further steps with regards to a resolution it reached on May 9, wherein it purportedly passed a vote of no confidence on him. It will be recalled that Senate had in the said resolution, declared the police boss as unfit for any public office, following his repeated refusal to appear before it to answer questions pertaining to the spate of killings across the country and the inhuman treatment allegedly meted out on the lawmaker representing Kogi West, Senator Dino Melaye. Insisting that the…

The brick-bat between the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and the Police over Offa bank robbery continued Thursday as the former said the latter had received his response in written form. Saraki’s tweet came barely 24 hours after the police insisted on Wednesday that he must appear in person to answer questions over his roll in the robbery incident which claimed 33 lives, including nine policemen. “In line with their request, earlier today, the police received my response to their letter on the investigation into the Offa robbery case,” the Senate President tweeted Thursday. But while parading two more suspects arrested…

A mild drama ensued during the confirmation of Resident Electoral Commissioners, RECs, of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in the Senate Wednesday as Kabiru Marafa, the senator representing Zamfara Central, accused his colleague, Sulieman Nazif, of compromise. Nazif is the chairman of Senate Committee in INEC which, Wednesday, recommended the rejection of one of the four RECs, Ahmed Bello Mahmud seeking confirmation by the Senate. Trouble started after Senatro Nazif told the Senate that Mahmud was rejected by his committee, based on a petition received by the committee. Apparently incensed by Nazif’s statement, Senator Marafa protested the rejection of Mahmud,…

After 25 years of cancelled presidential elections, the late Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola who supposedly won the June 12 general elections has been posthumously declared Nigeria’s presumed winner. On Wednesday, the Federal Government conferred on him a posthumous award of Grand Commander of the Federal Republic (GCFR), the highest Honour in the land usually conferred on Nigeria’s Head of State or elected President. In a press release issued Wednesday in his Twitter account, President Muhammadu Buhari stated “June 12th, 1993 was the day when Nigerians in millions expressed their democratic will in what was undisputedly the freest, fairest and…