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KUCHING (Sept 16): Sarawak's Oil and Mining Ordinance (OMO) 1958 and Petroleum Development Act 1974 (PDA 1974) should co-exist in the spirit of the Federation of Malaysia, said Premier Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg. He said that the coexistence of the two laws serve as a crucial r

Two ministers have been added to a cabinet that is already larger than the limited mandate of the caretaker government

The Governor of Assam has formed a five-member committee to draft legislation that would ban polygamy and inter-religious marriages by false identity, also known as "Love Jihad." The committee, which includes the Advocate General of Assam and the Assam Director General of Police, has been given 45 days to submit the draft legislation. The Assam government had previously sought public comments on the proposed law, with the majority of responses supporting the bill. The Expert Committees...

The crushing fiscal constraints currently facing Islamabad are forcing moves in various directions to tame the deficit. A number of options can be available. One rational way would be to look for...

Such a move towards centralisation could hurt the functioning of thousands of autonomous libraries in the state, library practitioners warn.

Article 299 - No immunity from statute merely because a contract is entered in the Presidents name. Glock Asia-Pacific Ltd. v. Union of India, 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 459 : AIR 2023 SC 2777 : 2023 INSC...

With all that is going on both internally and around the African continent, we must all agree that our nation needs to embark on some kind of soul-searching. We have an identity crisis that did not start today. | Pulse Nigeria

SEPTEMBER 4 — In “Know what a federation is”, I wrote that federations have some distinct and defining characteristics which make them different from other political systems,...

“Ideas outlive individuals. Ideas are the driving force behind institutions. People should merely be the vehicles for these ideas.” Dear Nigerians, I started this piece with the quote above to illustrate the significance of the age-old debate of strong individuals over strong institutions. This debate, which is ever-present in the Nigerian political discourse, often highlights […]

The State Government is on a fast track to enact the proposed law banning polygamy based on the report submitted by the expert committee.