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The Senate And Its Legislative Arrogance, By Bolaji O. Akinyemi The Senate And Its Legislative Arrogance, By Bolaji O. Akinyemi Vigilance must be in motion to ensure that Legislatures delivers on their constitutional mandates and terms of engagement with the electorate. Every Legislatures and Legislative houses must be kept on their toes to ensure they give quality representation to the electorates.  We should no longer be contented with criticisms of their failures and consequently of governm...

Lauretta Onochie Beyond all reasonable doubt, Lauretta Onochie, senior special assistant (New Media) to President Muhammadu Buhari since October 2016 should never have been nominated at all as a commissioner in the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). It is just as well that the Senate has rejected Onochie’s nomination. The Constitution, in the Third Schedule, Part1 (F) (14(1) (b) requires a member of the commission to “be non-partisan and a person of unquestionable integrity.�...

Ugwummadu This position paper sets out to examine the crucial place of an organic constitution in consolidating the logic of democracy as the best known mechanism for effective regulation and coordination of human affairs in any given political setting. It emphasizes the early faith that the founding fathers of Nigeria had in the philosophy of federalism and presents the dangers inherent in a dysfunctional federation in the management of a heterogeneous and plural society. It traces the journey...

Maurice Info Search 74. Quarantine Act 2020 amended The Quarantine Act is amended – (a) in section 2 – (i) in the definition of “communicable disease”, in paragraph (a),by deleting the word “Schedule” and replacing it by the words “First Schedule”; (ii) by inserting, in the appropriate alphabetical order, the following new definition – “Fixed Penalty Notice” or “FPN” means a notice in the form set out in the Second Schedule; (b) in section 3 – (i) i...

Bola A. Akinterinwa In Nigeria, dishonesty and fraud always take precedence over honesty and forthrightness in political governance. The foundation of political governance in Nigeria was largely predicated on untruthfulness in attitude, self-denial in policy making, chicanery and fraud in nation-building. Even though the founding fathers of Nigeria, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, etc, are said to have been more forthright in their governance of the countr...

NCC, Lawmakers to take over INEC’s mandate on electronic transmission of results • 52 for electronic voting, 28 against, 28 absent as Senate passes amendment bill • Gaya votes against own report • Abaribe, Boroffice, Ordia, Olujimi, Aduda among Yes voters • Omo-Agege, Ndume, Tinubu, Kalu, Adeola, Bamidele voted No • Reps exchange blows over the electronic transmission of results • PDP, Tambuwal condemn Senate’s position on re-transmission It was a raucous scene at both chambers...

Tuesday, 13 Jul 2021 11:18 AM MYT BY OPALYN MOK Department of Environment officers found e-waste inside a container that was illegally brought into the country and have issued an order to have the container sent back to its country of origin. — Picture courtesy of the DoE Follow us on Instagram and subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates. GEORGE TOWN, July 13 — The Department of Environment (DoE) has returned a container to its country of origin, the United States, after it...

Deji Elumoye in Abuja The fate of two out of the six nominees for the position of national commissioner of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) whose names were forwarded to the Senate for confirmation by President Muhammadu Buhari last year hangs in the balance as the upper chamber receives the report of its committee on INEC on Wednesday. The two nominees are a presidential aide, Ms. Lauretta Onochie, and Professor Sani Adam. THISDAY gathered that the Senate committee will make th...

According to the data of Sensitive Price Index (SPI), sugar prices soared to Rs98-110 per kg in major cities of Pakistan in FY21. — Reuters/File KARACHI: Despite higher sugar production and heavy imports, consumers paid Rs20-25 more to buy a kilo of the sweetener in 2020-21. In another development, the wholesale price in Karachi’s Jodia Bazaar rose to Rs100 per kg from Rs92 in the first week of the latest fiscal year, which starts on July 1, forcing the retailers to charge Rs105-110 per ...

ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue has proposed changes in collection of General Sales Tax on sugar and now the manufacturers would collect GST on retail price. With this step, the FBR will get...