December 2021

Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai has sought for aggressive presidential intervention to rid the state of bandits.

The governor met with President Muhammadu Buhari behind closed doors in the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Tuesday.

El-Rufai told State House correspondents that he updated the president on security development in Kaduna state where about 40 villagers were killed by terrorists three days ago.

The governor, who was accompanied by the State Commissioner for Internal Security, Samuel Aruwan, stated that he asked for the intervention of the President for more deployment of security forces and comprehensive operations.

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The Leadership of the Northern Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), has expressed dismay over the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari to reject the Amended Electoral Act.

The youths noted that President Buhari would be remembered as the President who never stood by the majority of his citizens but allowed himself to be caged by few elements who cannot win election in their various units without rigging.

Comrade Isah Abubakar, President, Northern Youth Council of Nigeria, in a statement made on Wednesday said, ‘This will not be the first time Mr President will present himself as agent that is averse to

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday has written the Nigerian Senate seeking their approval for the virement of ₦276,757,232,395 billion to fund various expenditures in the 2021 budget.

The request was conveyed in a letter dated Dec. 16 and read at plenary by the Senate President Ahmad Lawan and it comes on the day the Senate passed a bill to amend the 2021 Appropriations Act.

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The bill which was sponsored by the Senate Leader, Yahaya Abdullahi,  also scaled through second and third reading after it was considered.

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A serious fight broke out on the floor of the Ghanaian parliament yesterday as lawmakers debated a proposed tax on electronic transactions that has divided the house for weeks.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the 1.75% e-levy, which would is expected to be included taxes on mobile money payments, has been fiercely challenged by the opposition since it was first proposed last month and held up the passing of the national budget.

Members of parliament rushed to the front of the chamber after Deputy Speaker Joseph Osei-Owusu suggested the tax be debated and voted upon under a hastened …

The Minister for Labour and Employment (State), Festus Keyamo has claimed that the Federal Government has disbursed over ₦100 billion to unemployed youths and small businesses over the last 5 years.

Keyamo claimed that the money was disbursed to Nigerians in the last five years through various means by the federal government.

He made this disclosure while speaking at an empowerment programme held in Jos, Plateau State.

The minister who was represented by Abubakar Nuhu Fikpo, Director-General of the National Directorate of Employment, NDE, Keyamo submitted that the money was disbursed through the Development Bank of Nigeria.

He assured that …

Popular human rights lawyer and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana lambasted President Muhammadu Buhari over his stance on the amended version of the electoral Act insisting that he is a beneficiary of direct primary and shouldn’t go against it.

In a statement issued he on Tuesday, Falana submitted that the All Progressives Congress (APC) had also adopted the direct primary for the emergence of its presidential candidate in 2019.

His comment is in the wake of President Buhari’s refusal to sign the Electoral Act Amendment Bill into law.

The President had asked the National Assembly to remove …