The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, has withdrawn the Counter Subversion Bill, which sparked widespread outrage and opposition due to its draconian provisions. The bill, introduced on 23 July 2024, proposed severe penalties, including fines and prison sentences, for various offences such as refusing to recite the national anthem, destroying national symbols, and undermining the Federal Government. According to the bill, “anyone found guilty of destroying national symbols, refusing to recite the...

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has accused the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio for superintending over the National Assembly (NASS) that undermines Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMFAC) by fixing humongous salaries and allowances for the lawmakers while Nigerians go hungry, poor and unsecured. The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general elections in a press statement on Wednesday signed by his Media Adviser, Paul Ibeh, noted that Senator Sumaila Kawu has...

The Kaduna State Security Council, led by Governor Uba Sani, has removed the 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. curfew in Kaduna and Zaria towns and their environs, effective immediately. According to a statement signed by Samuel Aruwan, Overseeing Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, the decision was made after an extensive review of the security situation in the affected areas. “The removal of the curfew is effective immediately, from today Tuesday, 13th August...

…CUPP spokesperson warns of growing threat to democracy, urges Tinubu to take action An explosion unfolded at the Action Peoples Party, APP, secretariat in Rivers State early Monday at 1:00 a.m. The incident prompted a swift response from the Rivers State Police Command. According to the Police Command’s spokesperson, Grace Iringe-Koko, a bomb disposal team was immediately deployed to the scene to investigate the cause of the blast. “I cannot say if it was a...

The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Doris Uzoka Anite has said around N52 billion worth of goods were destroyed in the ongoing EndBadGovernance protest while the death toll had reached 21. The Minister in a post shared on her official X handle, lamented damages caused by the protests and the deaths, noted that the lootings from the protest are a setback to businesses and entrepreneurs across the country. “The loss of lives during...