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Niger Delta Group To Unveil Five Demands Feb 2022

Niger Delta
An urgent need for the Nigerian Constitution to be revised as recommended in the National Conferences convened in recent times, was top among five critical demands included in the NigerRead More

Northern Governors: Power Shift Not In Constitution

Northern governors
Condemn statement by the southern govs that power must move to south Oppose states’ collection of VAT, say it will lead to multiple taxation The fault lines of a dividedRead More

Court Sacks Mai Buni As Ruling All Progressives Congress Party’s Acting National Chairman

Chairman of the APC National Caretaker Committee, Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State
A Delta State High Court sitting in Asaba has restrained the Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni and other erstwhile members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Caretaker/ ExtraordinaryRead More

Afenifere, Ohanaeze, Middle Belt Seek National Conference To Birth New Constitution

Leaders from the Middle Belt and the South
Say dialogue, restructuring only ways to address Nigeria’s challenges The leadership of major socio-cultural groups from Southern and Middle Belt part of Nigeria yesterday charted a new path for theRead More

Constitution Review: Senate Suspends Next Week’s Plenary

Nigerian Senate
The Senate will not meet in plenary next week, President of the Senate, Dr Ahmad Lawan, has said. Lawan, who made this known at Wednesday’s plenary, said the week willRead More

Ilorin Indigenes Seek Buhari’s Intervention On Hijab Controversy

Hijab controversy in schools
The indigenes of Ilorin, under the aegis of Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU), at the weekend appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene on the violence that trailed theRead More

Create Pathway To New Constitution, Ekweremadu Charges NILDS

Former Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu
Former Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, on Friday tasked the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies, NILDS, on creating a pathway for the making of aRead More

Constitution Review: Supreme Court Wants Retirement Age Of Justices At 75

Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
One year after its inauguration, the Senate Committee on Constitution Review yesterday began a two-day retreat with the revelation that the Supreme Court was canvassing for the increase in theRead More

Senate: National Assembly Can’t Produce New Constitution

Nigerian Senate
The Senate yesterday asked Nigerians who are agitating for a brand new constitution in the country to perish the thought as the National Assembly lacks the powers to do so.Read More