• EFCC: Supreme Court Reserves Judgement on Lawsuit by 16 States

    EFCC: Supreme Court Reserves Judgement on Lawsuit by 16 States0

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    • October 22, 2024

    The fate of the anti-graft agency, the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), continues to hang in the balance as the Supreme Court of Nigeria on Tuesday reserved judgement on the suit filed by some states of the federation seeking to scrap the commission. The seven-member panel of justices led by Justice Uwani Abba-Aji, after listening

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  • NBC Condemns Invasion of Urban FM, Apologises to Listeners

    NBC Condemns Invasion of Urban FM, Apologises to Listeners0

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    • October 22, 2024

    Following the reported incident of the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) operatives invading Urban Radio 94.5 FM in Enugu state, the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has apologised to the people of Enugu and the members of the public listening to the radio. In a statement titled “INCURSION INTO URBAN RADIO 94.5FM”, issued by the NBC

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  • Judgement: Local Government Autonomy Births New Challenges in the States

    Judgement: Local Government Autonomy Births New Challenges in the States0

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    • October 21, 2024

    The Supreme Court judgement affirming the autonomy of the third tier of government by directing that it should be presided over by democratically elected executives and their allocations credited directly to their accounts and the way the judgement is being implemented has highlighted reasons why democracy has not grown and flourished as expected in Nigeria.

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  • Ondo Governorship Election: Important Voter Advisory Notes

    Ondo Governorship Election: Important Voter Advisory Notes0

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    • October 21, 2024

    Twenty-seven days before the Ondo State off-cycle governorship election, residents expect the electoral process to be free, fair, and credible. The electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission, has committed to conducting a successful poll. Off-cycle governorship elections in the country resulted from judicial decisions that removed elected governors after protracted legal tussles. In the

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  • Different Strokes: Nigeria’s Unending Politics of the National Minimum Wage

    Different Strokes: Nigeria’s Unending Politics of the National Minimum Wage0

    …Federal Government N70,000.00 …Lagos, Rivers States N85,000.00 …Ogun, Gombe, Ondo, Kogi, Others to Pay Over N70,000.00 The political play around the payment of the national minimum wage to workers in Nigeria has begun to take different forms with the bold moves of some state governors who have started announcing the amount of money their states

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  • Judicial Inquiry into Journalist Pelumi Onifade’s Death Begins in Lagos

    Judicial Inquiry into Journalist Pelumi Onifade’s Death Begins in Lagos0

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    • October 18, 2024

    The judicial inquiry into the cause of death of Mr. Pelumi Onifade, a 20-year-old reporter with Gboah TV who died during the #EndSARS protests in October 2020, began in Lagos on October 17, 2024, with the investigating magistrate promising a thorough and impartial investigation to uncover the truth, assign responsibility for his death, if necessary,

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