Prison
Prisoners’ Rehabilitation and Welfare Action (PRAWA) has hailed the landmark ruling of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, which declared that vagrancy laws are inconsistent and inconsonant with the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights, Children’s Rights Charter and Women Rights Protocol.
According to PRAWA, the judgement is a major boost to the campaign to decriminalize and declassify petty offences in Africa. The group therefore called on the government of Nigeria to take immediate action by repealing laws that are in breach of Articles 2,3,5 and 6 of the African Charter.
“Sadly, Nigeria is one of the countries that still retain some aspects of colonial laws that criminalize poverty, in their lawbooks.
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Reps move to limit tenure of EFCC Acting chairman
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By Levinus Nwabughiogu – Abuja
House of Representatives has elected to set a limit and timeframe for any person appointed as the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on acting capacity.
The House is also providing the Commission power to retain a percentage of loot recovered to run its operations.
Similarly, the parliament will also restructure the composition of the Commission to include members of independent organizations in its membership, establish operations review committee, set up a witness protection unit, detention unit and compensation of victims of financial crimes.
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Introduction
The Finance Act s enactment in January 2020 was heralded as a milestone event due to the far-reaching amendments it made to several tax statutes.
The Stamp Duties Act is one of the tax statutes amended by the Finance Act, the first amendment since the law was enacted in 1939.(1) The main amendments to the Stamp Duties Act are the introduction of electronic documents as chargeable instruments and providing for electronic receipts and electronic stamping.
(2)These amendments clearly demonstrate the government s aim of increasing government revenue by taking into account the impact of technological advancements on commercial transactions. In addition, on 30 June 2020 the federal government inaugurated an Inter-Ministerial Committee on Recovery and Audit of Stamp Duty and announced its intention to position stamp duty as the next major revenue source for Nigeria as oil and gas revenues continue to dwindle due to a global fall in demand and price.