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  The Zamfara State Government has spent the sum of ₦2.9 billion on the purchase of essential commodities for distribution to various categories of people as Ramadan welfare. This is according to the Commissioner for Information, Ibrahim Dosara, who disclosed this via a statement he issued on Sunday in Gusau, the state capital. He said the government had appointed the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Nasiru Magarya, as the Chairman of the main committee for distribution of this year�...

Governors, Speakers, Buhari’s chief of staff meet over judiciary workers’ strike The governors appealed to the striking judiciary workers to call off their strike which has crippled court activities nationwide since April 6. 3 min read Representatives of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) and the Conference of Speakers of State Assemblies, on Thursday, met with President Muhammadu Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Ibrahim Gambari, in Abuja, over the ongoing nationwide strike of ...

Image credit: Elections Commission of India Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has organized several major elections: those for the Bihar’s Legislative Assembly in November 2020 and indirect elections of the Rajya Sabha (Upper House) held in March and June 2020. On 6 April 2021, State Assembly elections were organized in four Indian states and one union territory, calling alltogether 185 million eligible voters to decide the faith of 824 Assembly...

Eshwarappa’s complaint against Yediyurappa brings BJP rift into the open Updated: Updated: Minister has alleged interference by CM in his department Share Article AAA Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister K.S. Eshwarappa speaks in the Legislative Assembly at Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru on March 15, 2021. Photo: Special Arrangement   Minister has alleged interference by CM in his department Some leaders in the party believe that the situation is similar to that during the BJP rule i...

Translate Home » Columns » Afe for Vanguard » NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE: Impracticable and unfair: Commendation for national assembly (2) NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE: Impracticable and unfair: Commendation for national assembly (2) On By Aare Afe Babalola, CON, OFR,SAN “Owing to the disparity in the standard of living across all the states of the federation, it will be unreasonable, unfair, unjust and inimical to wellbeing to set a standard minimum wage for all workers in both t...

Ex-Militant Leader, Asari Dokubo Dares Buhari, Declares Biafra Government At all events, proper dialogue and any desired constitutional changes should take place in a rational manner, at the National and State Assemblies. by SaharaReporters, New York Mar 14, 2021 A former militant leader, Asari Dokubo, has dared President Muhammadu Buhari as he has constituted a Biafran government after declaring same. Buhari had in 2017 said his government would not allow dismemberment of Nigeria. Asari Dokubo...

JUDGMENTS THIS WEEK1. Supreme Court Asks Govt Employees Holding Post Of State Election Commissioner To Immediately Step Down As SECCase Title : State of Goa and another v Fouzia Imtiaz Shaik Citation...

Channels Television     The Director-General of the Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF), Salihu Lukman has berated the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) for protesting against the decentralization of minimum wage. Lukman in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday said the campaign for the retention of the minimum wage in the exclusive legislative list under the 1999 Nigerian Constitution as amended, is being handled by the leadership of organised labour, especially Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) ba...

The chairman of the National Council of Traditional Rulers of Nigeria and Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, on Thursday, said the regimes of Generals Aguiyi Ironsi, Yakubu Gowon and Olusegun Obasanjo relegated the traditional institution to the background with no constitutional role. Speaking in Abuja at a meeting with the Steering Committee […]

Supreme Court of India will on Friday hear a plea challenging the legislative competence of diverse State Assemblies in adopting Resolutions against central statutes like CAA and farm laws which...