The National Assembly on Tuesday granted financial and administrative autonomy to all the local governments across Nigeria. This was done when the lawmakers voted on 68 Constitution Amendment bills at their plenary. The voting was done electronically. Both chambers of the National Assembly during voting on the Constitution Amendment voted in favour of Local Government…
President Muhammadu Buhari, will on Tuesday depart Abuja for Nairobi, where he is billed to participate in the Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations Environmental Programme, scheduled for 3rd – 4th March 2022 in Nairobi, Kenya. He will thereafter proceed to London for routine medical checks that will last for a maximum…
*Africa will overcome its current governance and human rights challenges, VP adds *Commends Court for development of human rights jurisprudence & proposes way forward For Africa to achieve the desired level of attainment, issues such as poverty, socio-economic rights, environmental and sustainable development alongside concerns about democracy and unconstitutional changes of governments, have to be dealt…
The United States has asked 12 Russian United Nations diplomats to leave the US, accusing them of “espionage activities,” as Russia continues its attack on Ukraine. The Russian diplomats were asked to leave due to their alleged engagement in “activities that were not in accordance with their responsibilities and obligations as diplomats,” Ambassador Richard Mills,…
The Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest Development and Litigation, NBA-SPIDEL, Dr Monday Ubani, has said that it’s time to enforce the fundamental objectives and directive principles of state policy in Nigeria. According to Dr Ubani, the continuous non-enforceability of fundamental objectives and directive principles of state policy in the constitutions…
The Senate has received a letter from President Muhammadu Buhari seeking an amendment of section 84 (2) subsection 12 in the 2021 Electoral Act. Specifically, President Buhari wants the National Assembly to amend section 84 (2) Subsection 12 which states that no political appointee shall be a voting delegate or be voted for at the…
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Monday refused to grant bail to the detained former Commander of Intelligence Response Team (IRT), Force Intelligence Bureau, Nigerian Police Force, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari. Justice Ekwo held that already there is an order of the court which had granted the…
The largest plane in the world Ukraine’s Antonov-225 cargo plane, was destroyed by Russian strikes outside Kyiv on the fourth day of Moscow’s invasion, Ukraine’s state-owned Ukroboronprom group said Sunday. “Russian invaders destroyed the flagship of the Ukrainian aviation, the AN-225” at the Antonov airport in Gostomel near Kyiv, the group said in a statement….
* VP to talk on “The African Court and the Africa we want.” * To hold bilateral meeting with Tanzanian Vice President Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN will today depart Abuja for Arusha, Tanzania to attend the formal opening of the 2022 Judicial Year of the African Court for Human and Peoples’ Rights. Last year,…
Ukraine filed an application with the International Court of Justice accusing Russia of “planning acts of genocide in Ukraine”, the Hague-based court said Sunday. In the application filed on Saturday, Ukraine also accused Russia of “intentionally killing and inflicting serious injury on members of the Ukrainian nationality”, the ICJ said in a statement. There has…