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A member of the House of Representatives, Rep. James Faleke (APC-Lagos), has disagreed with the death sentence for hate speech as proposed by a bill currently before the Senate. In an interview with journalists on Wednesday in Abuja, Faleke, said though that there was need to curb hate speech, the...

  The Chairman of the board of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Mr Olufemi Lijadu, has stressed the need for exploration of the country’s non-oil sector for economic growth and development. Lijadu said that exploration of the non-oil sector, especially the capital market, would enable Nigeria attain its full...

  The Nigerian Senate has opposed the idea of banning the importation of power-generating sets to address the challenges in the country’s power sector. Chukwuka Utazi, senator representing Enugu North, moved a motion for an urgent solution to the perennial problems in the power sector. He asked the Senate to...

  The enforcement of the new vehicle number plates will commence from 1st January 2020. The Joint Tax Board made this known in a communique issued at the end of its 14th meeting in Abuja. According to the board, “the enforcement of the new vehicle number plates shall commence with...

  A Bill to regulate the use of social media by Nigerians on Wednesday scaled second reading in Senate. The controversial Bill titled: “A Bill for an Act to make provisions for the protection from internet falsehood and manipulations and for related matters, 2019,” was sponsored by Senator Mohammed Sani...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja urged the National Assembly to fast-track the passage of the Special Crimes Court Bill. He made the call while speaking at the National summit on ‘‘Diminishing Corruption in the Public Service’’ organised by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC)...

The Department of State Services on Tuesday said that it was yet to release pro-democracy campaigner and Publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, from its detention facility in Abuja because it doesn't want him to get knocked down by a vehicle on his way out. Spokesperson for the agency, Peter...

  …swears-in Abdullahi Danbaba The Senate on Tuesday received six aviation sector bills from President Muhammadu Buhari for consideration and passage into law. The request was contained in a letter addressed to the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan and read on the floor during plenary. The letter reads: “Pursuant...

  The Kogi State Governor-Elect, Yahaya Bello, on Tuesday, rubbished claims that he was owing salaries, stressing that such were “lies.” Bello said his administration met salary backlog owed workers in the state, but insisted that his administration did not owe workers. The governor-elect, who said this while featuring on...

  The women leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Wada Aro campaign council, Ochadamu ward of Kogi state, Mrs Acheju Abuh, has reportedly been burnt alive in her home by alleged thugs celebrating the victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state’s governorship election. The...