A bill that strengthens comprehensive provisions for the prohibition and punishment of sexual harassment by lecturers in tertiary institutions has been passed. The Senate passed this bill in 2020 while the House of Representatives passed theirs but with different provisions. The Chairman Senate Committee on Judiciary, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele on Wednesday said the conference committee of both chambers harmonised the different positions as he presented the report during plenary session. The proposed legislation seeks to criminalise sexual harassment by educators against students in tertiary institutions. The National Assembly has also passed a legislation to make compulsory, the inclusion of preventive…
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The office of Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Interior asserted to the statement on Thursday, 8th June, 2023. According to the press release by the Permanent Secretary, Dr. Oluwatoyin Akinlade, the holiday is in commemoration of this year’s Democracy Day celebration. Dr. Akinlade while making the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government congratulated all Nigerians on this occasion. “Nigeria’s democratic journey has, like in many other climes, encountered both stormy and smooth sails, but the ship of State, its institutions and most importantly, the Nigerian people have remained steadfast on the tenets of democratic governance. “On this memorable occasion…
President Bola Tinubu has directed the National Economic Council (NEC), led by Vice President Kashim Shettima to device an approach and begin the process of working on interventions to mitigate the impact of subsidy removal on Nigerians. Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, stated this after leading some major oil marketers on a courtesy visit to the President at the State House in Abuja. Addressing correspondents after the meeting, Abiodun, who was a former chairman of the oil marketers association, stated that the marketers expressed solidarity with the President for removing the N4trn subsidy burden, a move that can enhance…
Ovonramwen Nogbaisi (ruled 1888 – 1897), also called Overami, was the Oba (king), of the Kingdom of Benin up until the British penal expedition of 1897. Born in circa 1857, he was the son of Oba Adolo, he took the name Ovonramwen Nogbaisi at his enthronement in 1888, every Oba took a new name at his coronation, the name translates as Ovonramwen meaning “The Rising Sun” and Nogbaisi meaning “which spreads over all.” At the end of the 19th century, the Kingdom of Benin had managed to retain its independence and the Oba exercised a monopoly over trade which the British found irksome.…
George Akume has commenced duty in Aso villa office as the Secretary to the Government of the Federation after he was sworn-in by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Preceding now, Akume was the Former Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs under former president Muhammadu Buhari from 2019-2023 President Bola Tinubu in a meeting with the Progressives Governors Forum last Friday announced Akume as the SGF and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila as his Chief of Staff. However, on Wednesday morning, the President administered the Oath of Office on Akume. Akume, subsequently headed to his office located at the…
A former Petroleum Resources Minister Diezani Allison-Madueke, who has since disappeared from Nigeria since 2015 has suddenly appear, only to sue the Attorney General of the Federation and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), for alleged libel. She is demanding N100bn to be paid to her in damages, according to a writ of summons filed on her behalf at the Federal High Court, Abuja, by her team of lawyers led by Mike Ozekhome (SAN). See Writ of Summon Below: The writ which was seen on Friday night directed the “Defendants jointly and severally to pay to the Claimant the…
A State High Court sitting in Edo State on Friday struck out the notice of suspension issued against Julius Abure, the embattled National Chairman of the Labour Party, by some party members at the ward level. The judge, Justice Emmanuel Aihamoje, dismissed the suit for lack of merit. Obiora Ifoh, the Acting National Publicity Secretary of the party, confirmed the judgment. “Today they have been basically told that the charade can no longer be entertained by the court”, he said. The decision is coming following a suit filed by Abure and the executives of LP Ward 3 in Esan North…
President Muhammadu Buhari has led President -elect, Senator Bola Tinubu, on a brief tour of parts of the Presidential Villa. They had both observed their Friday prayers in the presidential villa mosque before embarking on a tour of some departments. President Buhari led the President-elect through the Council Chamber and exited at the press gallery where state house correspondents were waiting to ask him questions before his exit on Monday. However, the President walked past the waiting correspondents after the State Chief of Protocol (SCOP), Ambassador Lawal Kazaure explained the functions of the press gallery to both leaders. Earlier, the…
The Federal Government of Nigeria has declared Monday, May 29, 2023 public holiday for all workers in the country. This is tie to the administrational change event to hold on the same day in Nigeria, as President Buhari will head-over to President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu to direct the affairs of the country for the next four year term. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, in a statement on Friday by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Shuaib Belgore, said this is to commemorate the inauguration of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, and Vice President-elect, Kashim Shettima. He enjoined Nigerians to continue…
The President also directed that all outgoing officials, elected and appointed, from the Vice President downward, must collect the assets declaration form, fill and return it as he has done. He said that his strict adherence to the constitutional requirement of asset declaration before and after taking office is aimed at strengthening best practices, raising moral standards in public service, helping to build integrity and combating corruption. Speaking upon collecting his form from Professor Isah Mohammed, the chairman of the Code of Conduct Bureau, in Abuja on Friday, Buhari said no one is excluded from the constitutional duty of asset…
The federal government has commissioned Ten Operational Mail Vehicles for the Nigerian Postal Services to boost service delivery for Nigerians and the country’s economy. Unveiling the vehicles in Abuja on Thursday, the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami, said this indicates that NIPOST is on the part to transformation. “The trucks were purchased through the internally generated revenue of NIPOST, not with Federal Government’s allocation”, he stated. Earlier in his remarks, Adeyemi Sunday Adepoju, the Postmaster General of the federation and CEO of the Nigerian Postal Service, NIPOST, said the development would significantly impact the country’s digital…
The Director General, National Orientation Agency (NOA), Garba Abari, has said adopting November 16 as an annual National Tolerance and Peaceful Co-existence Day, will promote unity in Nigeria. Speaking on Thursday in Abuja at an event on national tolerance and peaceful co-existence, he explained that the day will be set aside each year to celebrate the country’s unity in diversity. The NOA boss said it would also be a day to promote awareness of national ethics such as discipline, integrity, dignity of labour, social justice, religious tolerance and self-reliance. He added that it is common-place for people to subconsciously hold…