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Nigerian lawmakers move to insulate judges from CCB/CCT trial

Nigeria, Feb. 6 -- The House of Representatives has passed, for a second reading, a bill seeking to insulate judicial officers from prosecution by the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB). The bill, sponsore... Read More


Constitution Review: Reps panel receives 31 requests for new states' creation

Nigeria, Feb. 6 -- The House of Representatives Committee on Constitution Review has received 31 state creation requests in the ongoing constitution amendment process. Deputy Speaker and Chairperson ... Read More


2025 Budget: N1trn for solid minerals, N1.5trn for BOA - details of Tinubu's request

Nigeria, Feb. 6 -- On Wednesday, President Bola Tinubu wrote to the National Assembly seeking an increment to the 2025 budget proposal. In the letter read on the floor of both chambers, the president... Read More


Yiaga Africa applauds Tinubu for requesting INEC RECs' removal

Nigeria, Feb. 5 -- The Election Observer group, Yiaga Africa, has commended President Bola Tinubu for requesting the Senate to remove three INEC Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) for misconduct.... Read More


NIN/SIM Card Link: Nigerian lawmakers to probe major breach in national identity system

Nigeria, Feb. 5 -- The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate a major breach in linking telephone numbers to the national identity system. The breach involves linking multiple phone num... Read More


Financial Inclusion: South Sudan moves to launch country's first instant payment system

Nigeria, Feb. 4 -- The Bank of South Sudan (BoSS) is set to launch the country's first National Instant Payment System (NIPS) in collaboration with the AfricaNenda Foundation. This announcement was c... Read More


Zamfara Assembly Crisis: 10 APC, PDP lawmakers seek National Assembly's intervention

Nigeria, Feb. 1 -- Ten members of the Zamfara State House of Assembly, currently under suspension, have called upon the National Assembly to intervene in the ongoing crisis in the state legislature. ... Read More


Experts, CSOs, politicians decry death of strong opposition in Nigeria

Nigeria, Jan. 29 -- Experts and politicians have called for a more vigorous opposition in Nigeria to serve as a check on the current administration. This was one of the resolutions reached at a two-d... Read More


El-Rufai alleges plot by APC to 'destabilise' opposition in Nigeria

Nigeria, Jan. 28 -- A former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has alleged a plot by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to destroy the opposition parties in the country. Mr El-Rufai, ... Read More


Why I conceded defeat within 14 hours after close of polls- ex-Ghana's VP

Nigeria, Jan. 27 -- A former Vice President of Ghana, Muhamadu Bawumia, says his decision to concede defeat early in the last presidential election in his country was aimed at preventing political vio... Read More