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Vanguard News National Assembly Passes N13.58trn budget for 2021 On *** Jerks it by N505 billion ***Benchmark Price of Crude Oil pegged at $40USD Per Barrel; Crude Oil Production at 1.86mbpd; Exchange Rate at N379/US$; and Gross Domestic Production (GDP) Growth Rate at 3.00 percent. ***2020 budget: N’Assembly won’t approve another extension request, says Lawan ***Adjourns plenary till 26th January, 2021 By Henry Umoru & Levinus Nwabughiogu The National Assembly, Monday passed the 2021 Appr...

Punch Newspapers Sections Leke Baiyewu, Abuja A bill seeking to give more powers to the Police Service Commission, including to take complaints, investigate and punish men of the Nigeria Police Force passed second reading at the House of Representatives on Tuesday. The Police Service Commission (Reform) Bill, which is a product of the recent protests against police brutality and human rights abuses, tagged #EndSARS, was introduced at the House on November 24. It is titled, ‘A Bill for an Act ...

Nseobong Okon-Ekong presents the outcome of monitoring the recent national by-elections conducted by frontline free and fair advocates, Yiaga Africa and certified by its Director of Programmes, Cynthia Mbamalu The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on December 5, 2020 conducted bye-elections into Six Senatorial Districts (Bayelsa Central, Bayelsa West, Imo North, Plateau South, Cross-River North and Lagos East Senatorial District) and nine state constituencies ((Kosofe II State Co...

It is perhaps not a matter of sheer coincidence that as Nigeria marked her 60th year of Independence from colonial rule, the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, was also marking its two decades of existence. Recall that the agency was created by an Act of Parliament in 2000, a year after the country returned to democratic rule after long years of military dictatorship. Advertisement In the 20 years of its existence, indeed ICPC has passed through three ch...

By Olayinka Oyegbile It is perhaps not a matter of sheer coincidence that as Nigeria marked her 60th year of Independence from colonial rule, the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, was also marking its two decades of existence. Recall that the agency was created by an Act of Parliament in 2000, a year after the country returned to democratic rule after long years of military dictatorship. In the 20 years of its existence, indeed ICPC has passed through th...