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Farmers protest against the new agricultural laws in Mumbai on December 22. | Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters The Supreme Court on Tuesday stepped right into the middle of the 45-day-long agitation by farmer groups against the laws that seek to deregulate agriculture. It put a stay on the implementation of the laws and set up of a committee – staffed entirely by those who have supported the bills – to “listen to the grievances” of the protesters. It also suggested that t...

Senate President Lawan Senate President Ahmad Lawan says the National Assembly will ensure the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), amendment of the Electoral Act as well as Constitution review between January and December 2021. Lawan stated this when he fielded questions from State House correspondents shortly after the signing of the 2021 Appropriation Bill into law by President Muhammadu Buhari, in Abuja on Thursday. He said that efforts would be intensified by NASS to ensure the pa...

By Nalucha Nganga Ziba Country Director, ActionAid Zambia As the year 2020 comes to an end, ActionAid Zambia has witnessed with concern a downward spiral in relation to the socio-economic, political governance, and human rights violations in the country. 2020 can be described as a difficult year for Zambia on the economic front, where most of the economic fundamentals deteriorated drastically. The nation’s economic growth was projected at 3 percent; however, it plummeted to negative 4.2 perce...

Lawan. Photo/TWITTER/DRAHMADLAWAN/TOPEBROWN Senate President Ahmad Lawan says the National Assembly will ensure the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), amendment of the Electoral Act as well as Constitution review between January and December 2021. Lawan stated this when he fielded questions from State House correspondents shortly after the signing of the 2021 Appropriation Bill into law by President Muhammadu Buhari, in Abuja on Thursday. He said that efforts would be intensified by ...

Lawan. Photo/TWITTER/DRAHMADLAWAN/TOPEBROWNSenate President Ahmad Lawan says the National Assembly will ensure the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), amendment of the Electoral Act as well as Constitution review between January and December 2021. Lawan stated this when he fielded questions from State House correspondents shortly after the signing of the 2021 Appropriation Bill into law by President Muhammadu Buhari, in Abuja on Thursday. x He said ...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 18 December 2020 SUNDAY ABORISADE examines plans by the National Assembly to ensure true federalism in Nigeria by adopting recommendations of the 2014 Constitutional Conference and the All Progressives Congress Committee on True Federalism to set an agenda for a comprehensive constitution review Obviously aware of the concerns being raised by various sections of the country over the glaring imbalance in the nation’s social, political and economic structures...

And how much evidence from the intelligence committee report suggests that the president was trying to abuse his office to cheat the election. >> i dont know the answer of each of these. this did seem like the republicans trying to showcase on television their best arguments but as ari and their best argument is really narrow and the guy giving it is really couching it and hedging, oh, i like trump even as my dog. if we change the constitution a little tiny bit, maybe hes on the clear. >> maybe ...

Revolution, thomas payne said the times have found us. we think the times have found us now, not that we place ourselves in a category of greatness of our founders, but we do place ourselves in a time awful urgency on the threat to the constitution, a system of checks and balances that is being made. it is -- they fought for our independence, they declared independence, they fought and won. they established a democracy. thank god they made the constitution amendment. also we could always be expa...

Gillibrand and james clyburn of south carolina are teaming up to push for the voter empowerment act. congressman clyburn is with me now. the constitution is so tricky here. can you -- im told you can -- change these local state laws when theyre being manipulated in many cases by republican legislatures? >> well, i dont know if we can legislatively change the state laws, but we can, in fact, change laws as they relate to federal elections, and so to the extent that a state law will have impact or...

guests, lewis black. >> you got so angry tonight you actually shook your microphone off. >> did i really? >> ive never seen that happen before. it actually blew off you. also only in america, what ive learned about passions on both sides of this issue. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. we begin with a big story. tonight president obama comes out in favor of gay marriage. listen to what he told abc news robin roberts. >> at a certain point ive just concluded that for me pe...