• MRA Wants Federal Government to Obey Court Order Preventing Attacks On Journalists

    MRA Wants Federal Government to Obey Court Order Preventing Attacks On Journalists0

    Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has called on the Federal Government to comply with the orders of a Federal High Court in Abuja directing it to take measures to prevent attacks on journalists and other media practitioners and to investigate, prosecute, and punish perpetrators of all attacks against journalists. In a letter dated August 12, 2024,

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  • Obasanjo, IBB Absent as Council of State Passes Vote of Confidence on President Tinubu

    Obasanjo, IBB Absent as Council of State Passes Vote of Confidence on President Tinubu0

    Almost fifteen months after assuming office President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday presided over his first National Council of State meeting, with the former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Ibrahim Babangida conspicuously absent. The Council passed a vote of confidence on Tinubu’s administration. Constitutionally, members of the council are the President, Vice President, former Presidents and Heads

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  • President Tinubu Signs Bill Granting Jumbo Salaries to Judges into Law

    President Tinubu Signs Bill Granting Jumbo Salaries to Judges into Law0

    On Tuesday, efforts to strengthen the nation’s judiciary were consolidated when President Bola Ahmed Tinubu signed into law a bill seeking to increase the salaries and allowances of judges in the country by 300 percent. This comes at the twilight of the tenure of Justice Kayode Ariwoola, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, who retires on

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  • Kebbi Residents Petition INEC Chairman to Recall Lawmakers

    Kebbi Residents Petition INEC Chairman to Recall Lawmakers0

    The residents of Kebbi State South Senatorial District have petitioned the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), demanding the recall of the lawmakers representing them at the Senate and the House of Representatives, Senator Garba Musa Maidoki and Hon. Garba Umar Uba, for their poor performance and failure to attend to their needs

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  • Final Day: Security Agents Use Teargas, Live Bullets to Disperse Protesters in Abuja

    Final Day: Security Agents Use Teargas, Live Bullets to Disperse Protesters in Abuja0

    …Plateau Governor Parleys With Protesters On the final day of the ten-day #endbadgovernment protest, the atmosphere was tense in the Federal Capital Territory where for two and a half hours, security agencies battled against the protesters who held their ground defying odds of teargas and live bullets. The 10-day #EndbadGovernace protest against hunger and hardship

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  • Nigerian Brand of Democracy Too Complex to Understand Says Okutepa (SAN)

    Nigerian Brand of Democracy Too Complex to Understand Says Okutepa (SAN)0

    Nigerian Brand of Democracy Too Complex to Understand Says Okutepa (SAN) It was a day many speakers scored Nigeria’s democracy low but a legal luminary and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Chief Jibrin Samuel Okutepa as the keynote Speaker, on Thursday X-rayed the nation’s judiciary and gave a damning verdict: “True democracy is far from

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