News Update

The Senate on Thursday, May 9, approved the death penalty for those convicted on the charge of drug trafficking in the country. The punishment prescribed in the extant NDLEA Act is a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.

. Former Super Eagles player, Ibrahim Babangida has died in an accident along Zaira road. His brother, Tijani, who was with the wife, son and maid, was also involved in the crash.

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The clerk of Rivers Assembly, Emeka Amadi, has disowned the pro-Governor Sim Fubara’s faction of the Assembly. The clerk said the three members of the Assembly loyal to Fubara— Hon. Victor Oko Jumbo, Hon. Sokari Goodboy Sokari and Hon. Adolphus Orubimie Timothy were suspended on October 30, 2023, and cannot lay claim to be officers of the House.

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 President Bola Tinubu has appointed Chukwuemeka Woke as the new Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Ogun-Osun River Basin Development Authority. The appointment was announced in a statement by Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity.

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. A Bill which seeks to increase the salaries and allowances of judicial officers on Thursday, May 9, scaled second reading at the Senate. The resolution of the Senate followed its consideration and debate on a bill titled: “A bill for an act to prescribe the salaries, allowances and fringe benefits of judicial office holders in Nigeria and for related matters (2024).”
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 The House of Representatives has directed the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to withdraw its circular directing banks to start deducting a cybersecurity levy on all electronic transactions from Nigerians. This is coming on the heels of public outcry against the levy by the organised labour, associations of several professional bodies and commercial ventures, as well as individuals.

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 Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani, has announced plans to relocate 359 schools from high-risk areas to safer communities within the state. The governor, represented by his Chief of Staff, Sani Kila, revealed these measures during a stakeholders forum and training session for the newly established Schools’ Protection Squad.

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 Speaker of the pro-Wike faction of Rivers State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Martin Amaewhule, on Thursday, raised an alarm that Governor Similanayi Fubara was plotting to demolish the official quarters of the lawmakers. Fubara visited the quarters located at GRA, Port Harcourt, on Thursday.

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. The Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja, on Thursday, barred the immediate-past Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, his daughter, Fatimah, and son-in-law, Jalal Hamma, from travelling outside the country. Justice Sylvanus Orji ruled that they must not leave the country pending the conclusion of their N2.7bn fraud trial.
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The House of Representatives said on Thursday that the controversial Lagos-Calabar coastal highway had no National Assembly’s approval. It also resolved to investigate the procurement process of the coastal highway project.

from dailypost