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By Rahul Narayan When the Delhi Assembly summoned Facebook honcho Ajit Mohan to depose before its Peace and Harmony Committee, it unwittingly provoked a litigation that may have far-reaching implications on Federalism, the Separation of Powers and Fundamental Rights in India. Parliamentary privileges Parliamentary Privileges are a set of rights and immunities that are essential for the functioning of Parliament. The right to free speech in the House, guaranteed to the Commons since 1688, and th...

Translate One-third of elective positions should be contested by women in party structures – Tallen On By Victoria Ojeme and Fortune Eromosele The Minister of Women Affairs, Dame Pauline Tallen, yesterday, said that one-third of all elective positions should be contested by women in party structures as well as inclusion of more women in leadership positions. Dame Tallen, stated this during a press briefing in commemoration of 2021 International Women’s Day, with the the...

Sodiq OyelekeThere was a protest over the non-implementation of the financial autonomy for the judiciary at the gate of the National Assembly i...

Punch Newspapers Sections Sodiq Oyeleke There was a protest over the non-implementation of the financial autonomy for the judiciary at the gate of the National Assembly in Abuja on Tuesday. Members of the Parliamentary Workers Association of Nigeria, who held the protest, threatened to shut down all State Assemblies in the country if their demands are not met. In a video clip, President of the Parliamentary Workers Association of Nigeria, Mohammed Usman,  said, “Enough is enough! When there ...

Stages dharna inside Assembly Bengaluru: The Budget Session of the State Assembly, which began this morning with a debate on ‘ One Nation – One Election’  became stormy with Opposition Congress members staging dharna in the Well of the House terming it as ‘RSS agenda.’ As the House assembled, Assembly Speaker Visveshwara Hegde Kageri started reading out proposal for ‘One Nation – One Election’ which aims at holding Lok Sabha and Assembly elections simultaneously in order to cut...

We are from RSS and are proud of it: Chief Minister Yediyurappa

His, is a classical example of grass to grace. Starting out in 1970 as a Typist Grade III to being a Court Clerk, Administrative Officer, Qualifying as a Lawyer, Assistant Lecturer, Chartered Arbitrator, General Counsel, Senior Advocate of Nigeria and Acting Director-General of Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Professor Paul Oboarenegbe Idornigie, SAN went down memory lane in a chat with Onikepo Braithwaite and Jude Igbanoi, narrating the odyssey of his life as he reaches the plati...

Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has commiserated with the government and people of Zamfara over Friday’s abduction of 317 female students of

COVID-19: Taraba overtakes FCT, others as NCDC reports 600 new cases, 11 deaths Published The total number of confirmed cases since February 2020 has jumped to 155,076. The public health agency made the announcement on Friday night while giving the daily report on its official website. NCDC also confirmed 11 deaths due to complications from the virus as total fatality now stands at 1,902. According to the report, 522 patients have also been discharged from Lagos, Kwara, Rivers and Osun States i...

"The Federal Government cannot expect the states to provide security of life and property in their domain, without giving them control over internal security. This is now a necessity."