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Public outrage continues to trail the purchase of a new presidential jet by the Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration. The government’s decision to allocate over N150 billion for the purchase of the aircraft, at a time when Nigerians are grappling with a tough economic environment and a lingering cost of living crisis, has angered many. Mr…
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Some opposition lawmakers in the House of Representatives staged a walkout from the Green Chamber on Wednesday over the increment of the controversial Central Bank of Nigeria ways and means lending to the Federal Government. The protest happened during the debate on the amendment of Section 38 of the CBN Act to increase the borrowing…
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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Thursday insisted that the 26 Rivers House of Assembly lawmakers who left the party for the All Progressives Congress, APC, were no longer members of the state legislature. PDP National Legal Adviser, Adeyemi Ajibade, SAN, told newsmen shortly after Justice Donatus Okorowo of a Federal High Court, Abuja, adjourned…
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One of Ohio’s “three most powerful lawmakers” was arrested Tuesday in a raid of his rural Glenford farm, reports NBC News. House Speaker Larry Householder was taken into custody as part of a $60 million bribery investigation, as were adviser Jeffrey Longstreth, former Ohio GOP chair Matthew Borges, and high-profile lobbyists Neil Clark and Juan Cespedes.…
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Late singer Aretha Franklin inspired women to get some “respect” but she never saw herself as a “feminist heroine” even though the message in some of her most famous anthems empowered them to greatness. Former U.S. security officials issued scathing rebukes to President Donald Trump, admonishing him for yanking a top former spy chief’s security clearance…
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Adams Oshiomhole, the national chairman of Nigeria’s leading party All Progressives Congress (APC), has encouraged disgruntled lawmakers to leave if they wish to join the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Image: Adams Oshiomhole Oshiomhole expressed his opinion in Abuja on Thursday during a caucus meeting at the House of Representatives. According to a report from Sahara…
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The Nigerian Senate on Thursday rejected a bill which aimed at approving the use of skirts by female members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). Media reports confirm the legislative proposal was sponsored by Sen. Emmanuel Bwacha (PDP-Taraba), and debated by lawmakers in the House on 8 March, 2018. Speaking against the bill, Senator…
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In what has been Spain’s most tumultuous days in modern politics, the government maintained its stand against Catalonia’s separatist leaders who defied the country’s constitution with an unlawful declaration of independence. The regional government and its parliament were dissolved on Friday 27 October, 2017, and the question is: will a new election bring an end…
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A new bill nicknamed the “Snooper’s Charter” has been presented by lawmakers in the United Kingdom. If passed into law, all internet providers in the country will be mandated to keep a comprehensive list of websites visited by citizens. Internet providers will be required to make a yearly presentation of such records to about 50 government…
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Pennsylvania lawmakers have made “history” by passing a bill which protects the identities of police officers who shoot people “for whatever reason”. That’s a licence to kill and also a warning to citizens that “the police may not be your friend after all”. Pennsylvania’s recent bill reminds us of the strained relationship between the general public,…
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