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Information Commissioner Asks Collectors in Madhya Pradesh To Disclose Information on Graft in Panchayats  1 Shivanand Dwivedi, a noted social activist in Madhya Pradesh, had filed a Right to Information (RTI) application seeking information on action taken against corrupt officials of the panchayat at Rewa and a couple of other districts. However, he did not get any information even after filing his first appeal, which spurred him to lodge a complaint with information commissioner Rahul Si...

Vanguard News Bala Mohammed school of anarchism and disunity On By Owei Lakemfa THE Nigerian state has never been as divided and besieged in its 107-year Amalgamation, as it is witnessing today. The 1966-67 crises which led to the three-year Civil War was roughly between two parts of the country. In the present crises, all parts of the country are in turmoil. The North East is besieged by the Boko Haram and Islamic State terrorists, the North-West by marauding bandits who have seized territor...

Bala Mohammed School of Anarchism and Disunity By Owei Lakemfa So can Bala Mohammed’s gambit be to put himself out as champion of the Fulani herders so that if his prosecution eventually reopens, he would claim he is being persecuted for his claimed Fulani origins? Can it be that he is sending signals to the ruling All Progressives Congress that he is game and would want the case against him dropped entirely? by Owei Lakemfa Feb 22, 2021 The Nigerian state has never been as divided and besieg...

CAA”), which provides $900 billion in new COVID-19 relief funding, was signed into law on December 27, 2020. Section 324 of Title III of the CAA, the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits and Venues Act (the “ Economic Aid Act”), introduces a new $15 billion grant program through which the U.S. Small Business Administration (the “ SBA”) will provide aid to struggling live venue operators and certain related businesses. This program offers a critical lifeline from the F...

Are Confucius Institutes in the US Really Necessary? The teaching of Chinese language and culture in the U.S. will remain important, but are Chinese government funded institutes the best option? By February 20, 2021 Advertisement China’s Confucius Institutes, which teach Chinese language and culture in many countries, are again in the spotlight, following a February 8 article in the U.S. conservative website The National Pulse entitled “Biden Quietly Revokes Trump...

DNA Tech Regulation Bill needs safeguards to allay privacy, misuse concerns: India Police Foundation February 17, 2021 While the DNA Technology Regulation Bill will help India’s sparse infrastructure and promote scientific crime investigation, it needs adequate safeguards to prevent misuse and allay privacy concerns, India Police Foundation, a Delhi-based multidisciplinary think tank, told the Parliamentary Committee on Science and Technology regarding the bill. The Foundation warned that sen...

Let me state here that the event of the last protest at the Lekki tollgate in October 2020 was very peaceful until the Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu invited the military to the protest arena.

Ganduje also faulted the recent comment by Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State  who said the North-West governors were working at cross purposes, hence the escalation of security challenges in the region. Elsewhere in Bauchi, Governor Bala Mohammed said some herders were left with no option than to carry arms to protect their wealth from rampaging cattle rustlers. He also said all forests belonged to the federal government and all citizens have the right to make use of them; and lambasted ...

Twitter has an obligation to follow Indian law, but it also has to make its own assessment on whether an account or tweet is indeed breaking Indian law, said Gautam Bhatia, a lawyer and constitutional expert.

Boise State News February 10, 2021 Several new, revised and deleted policies recently were approved. Please contact Angie Zirschky in the Policy Office or the responsible party listed in the policy with questions. Approved Policy Revisions Equal Employment Opportunity (Policy 1070) – Revised 01/22/21. Policy revised adding Veterans’ Preference language under Section 4.0 stating that the University will provide veterans’ preference to eligible applicants as prescribed under Ida...