Anambra State Government says it is worried by the incessant and preventable fire outbreaks being recorded in different parts of the state and, therefore, urges the citizens of the state to prioritize fire safety measures in residential and public buildings, markets, and other business premises. In a press statement released in Awka on Sunday morning by the Commissioner for Special Duties, Hon. Beverly Ikpeazu-Nkemdiche, this follows the two fire incidents recorded on Friday, February 16,...

The Anambra State House of Assembly has reconfirmed the list of 21 local government transition chairmen, requested by the Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo. The transition chairmen have now served for almost two years, except for a few places like Ihiala local government and Awka North local government, where changes were made. During plenary on Tuesday, the transition chairmen were confirmed during the House of Assembly electoral college, along with members of  their transition council. The...

Anambra State House of Assembly has confirmed the re-appointment of  Transition Committee Chairmen and members of the 21 Local Government Areas in the state for another three months. This is in line with Section 208 of the Local Government Law 1999 as amended and as requested by the Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo in his letter to the Assembly for consideration for re-appointment as Caretaker Committee Chairmen into the local government areas of the...

Sixty Members of the House of Representatives have presented a Bill seeking the replacement of the current Presidential system of government with the Parliamentary system of government. Briefing Journalists at the National Assembly Complex on Wednesday in Abuja, the spokesman of the sponsors of the Parliamentary Bill, Abdulsamad Dasuki, said the Bill named parliamentary bill is sponsored by 60 lawmakers across Party lines. The Parliamentary Spokesman stated that the bill will make the government accountable,...

The Nigerian Senate President Godswill Akpabio on Wednesday announced the formation of a 37-member constitution review committee to examine the 1999 constitution. The committee would be presided over by Deputy Senate President, Barau Jibrin with one member from each geopolitical zone and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. “The committee expected to be inaugurated next Tuesday will review the laws in the area of artificial intelligence, and state police, among others. Deputy Speaker, House of...

Two days after the International Monetary Fund, IMF, suggested the stoppage of electricity subsidies in Nigeria, the federal government is already considering discontinuing the subsidy. The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, said at a press briefing on Wednesday that it has become “very difficult to sustain subsidy on electricity” because of the subsidy debt hanging on the neck of the Nigerian government. The government’s debt to electricity-generating companies is running in trillions. It currently stands...