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The House of Representatives has passed a bill for an Act to proscribe ransom for kidnap victims.The executive bills were speedily passed through the 1st, 2nd and 3rd reading after lawmakers convened an emergency session on yesterday.The first bill is to repeal the Terrorism Prevention Act, 2011 and Terrorism Prevention Amendment Act, 2013, and enact the Terrorism Prohibition and Prevention Bill, 2022....

University students took to the streets for the second straight day in protest against the strike embarked by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. Tagging them ‘The University of Streets’, the protesters walked along the Ugbowo-Lagos expressway in Benin-City. The walk was expected to terminate at the Ring-Road area of the city. ...

The Abia State Government has declared today as a public holiday to enable residents participate in the ongoing voters registration exercise in the state. A statement from the government said the one-day holiday is to enable those who are yet to take part in the exercise to do the needful in the fulfillment of their civic rights and responsibilities. The government believes public...

Southwest leaders in the All Progressives Congress (APC) have scheduled a meeting with presidential aspirants from the zone. The party’s founding Chairman BISI AKANDE and former Ogun State Governor OLUSEGUN OSOBA, and other stakeholders are the conveners of the parley billed for Lagos State Government House in Marina, on Friday. Expected to attend are: Presidential aspirants...

Telecommunication companies are proposing a 40 per cent increase in the cost of calls, SMS, and data to the Nigerian Communications Commission as a result of the rising cost of running a business in the nation. Based on their proposal, the price floor of calls will increase from 6.4 naira to 8.95 naira while the price cap of SMS will increase from 4 naira to 5.61 naira. This was r...

The United Nations Secretary-General, ANTONIO GUTERRES, has arrived at the UN House in Abuja today and is expected to perform the laying of wreath ceremony in honor of the victims of the August 26, 2011, suicide bomb attack. ANTONIO GUTERRES, arrived Nigeria Yesterday on a two day official visit. GUTERRES while briefing newsmen in Borno state, expressed happiness that Nigeria is tackli...

THE Chairman of the Southern Governors’ Forum and Governor of Ondo State, ROTIMI AKEREDOLU, has insisted that the southern part of the country must produce the next president of the country. ROTIMI AKEREDOLU, in a statement has warned the national leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress against giving the presidential ticket to a northern aspirant so as not to put the party in a crisis. ...

Ekiti State Governor and Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, KAYODE FAYEMI has joined the list of Presidential aspirants ahead of the 2023 elections. The Chief Press Secretary to the Ekiti state governor, YINKA OYEBODE in a statement, said Governor FAYEMI will formally declare his intention at an event in Abuja scheduled for tomorrow. The statement said that...

President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has downplayed claims that he has a favoured candidate for the 2023 elections, saying he will hand over to whoever Nigerians elect. The President made the remark  while answering questions from journalists after observing the Eid-el-Fitr prayers at the Mambilla Barracks parade ground in Abuja. According to BUHARI, he has no special candidate to repl...

The press is a critical agent for the protection of democracy and development and must be supported to enable them to effectively discharge their constitutional duties as the watchdog of the society, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has said. It observed that Nigerian journalists fought very hard to achieve the nation’s democratic status and deserve a better deal, unlike the current situation where many of them stru...