The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday passed a bill to prohibit the exportation of unprocessed maize in large quantities, introducing a minimum one-year jail term for violators. The bill, originally passed by the House of Representatives, aims to address the country’s food crisis by curbing the export of unprocessed maize and encouraging local value addition. Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele (APC, Ekiti Central), who presented the lead debate, stated that the legislation was designed to enhance food...

Igbo Youths Progressive Forum (IYPF), a socio-political organisation has condemned the proposed tax reform bill introduced by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration. Comrade Victor Onuoha Ukeh, the National President of the organisation, has in a press statement on Wednesday noted that the bill is anti-people, unjust, and a clear attack on equity and fairness in Nigeria. He said, “At a time when Nigerians are struggling with high inflation, unemployment, and poverty, this proposed reform seeks...

The member of Anambra State House of Assembly representing Ogbaru I constituency, Hon. Noble Chukwunonso Igwe, who is the Chairman of the House Committee on Public Accounts and one of the most active members of the House of Assembly in the 7th and current 8th Assembly, has lost his father, Pa Mmadukaejiaka Igwe, popularly known as Ichie Ozioma. Until his death, Pa Mmadukaejiaka Igwe was a community leader in his village of Umuokpulukpu, Umuomaku in...