A bill for a law to establish the Anambra State Independent Electoral Commission and for connected purposes 2024 has passed through second reading at the floor of the state Assembly. The Executive bill which was presented before the house by the majority leader, Mr Ikenna Ofodeme will enable and empower the executive arm of government to conduct local government election in the area when passed into law. According to Mr Ofodeme, the bill which has...
…Commences Repeal of Electoral Law Anambra State House of Assembly on Tuesday during plenary, considered the committee report on the bill for a law to establish the Anambra State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission. After consideration of the report, the bill was read for the third and final time and thereafter passed into law. Similarly, the Assembly also considered the committee report on the Anambra State Market Safety Bill, 2024, and the bill was passed...
The Nigerian Senate passed a bill on Thursday, 28th May 2024, to reinstate “Nigeria, We Hail Thee” as the country’s official national anthem. This legislation, titled the National Anthem Bill 2024, seeks to replace the current anthem, “Arise, O Compatriots,” which has been in use since 1978. “Nigeria, We Hail Thee” served as the national anthem during Nigeria’s first years of independence, from 1960 to 1978. The bill breezed through both the first and second...
To ensure a healthy environment, Benue State Governor Hyacinth Alia has signed an executive order banning open grazing, open defecation, urination, loitering, and driving against the normal flow of traffic. The executive order underscores the government’s commitment to maintaining law and order, with measures in place to enforce regulations and promote public safety throughout Benue State. Others affected by the law are abandonment or parking of vehicles on traffic lanes or driveways, overspeeding and overloading...
A Kano High Court has directed the Police Commissioner to evict the deposed Emir of Kano Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero from the mini palace on the state road in Kano. The court presided by Justice Amina Adamu Aliyu who gave the order on Monday, May 27, 2024, also ordered the deposed Emirs of Kano, Bichi, Gaya, Rano, and Karaye to stop parading themselves as Emirs Those restrained are Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, Alhaji Nasiru Ado Bayero,...
Taraba State Government has inaugurated a committee to investigate the activities of the Taraba State Television following the suspension of the General Manager of the station. Inaugurating the committee on behalf of Governor, Agbu Kefas, the Taraba State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Yakubu Maikasuwa, urged members to adhere strictly to the terms of reference. He urged them to be just and fair in their assignment and distance themselves from witch-hunting any person. The...
…Charges Opposition To Accept Verdict The All Progressives Congress (APC) has commended the judgment of the Kogi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal affirming the November 11, 2023 election victory of Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo. The congratulatory message signed by Felix Morka, Esq., National Publicity Secretary of the party read, “We congratulate Governor Ododo on his victory at the election petition tribunal. And we thank our teeming members, supporters and the good people of Kogi State...
…Tells Opponents To Support Gov Build State The Kogi State Government has lauded the judiciary for affirming the victory of Governor Usman Ododo as duly elected governor of Kogi State. It will be recalled that the Kogi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, on Monday, affirmed Usman Ododo as the valid winner of the gubernatorial contest that was held in the state on November 11, 2023. The Justice Ado Birnin-Kudu-led three-member panel dismissed...
Professor Gregory Akenzua, one of the Benin Royal Family, was suspended on Monday “for his acts of rebellion against the Benin Traditional Institution.” Akenzua, an uncle to the revered Oba of Benin, is the suspended Enogie (Duke) of the Evbo-Obanosa community in Orhiomwon local government area of Edo State and is currently in court with the Benin Palace to seek legal redress over his suspension. Prince George Eweka while reading the text of the statement...
Afenifere, the pan-Yoruba socio-cultural and socio-political organisation has said that the frontline leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, is not dead and asked the general public to disregard the rumour making the rounds. Clarifying the position on Sunday, the National Publicity Secretary of the organization, Comrade Jare Ajayi in a statement issued at Ibadan, Oyo State capital. It would be recalled that late on Saturday evening, an unfounded rumour surfaced on the...
