THE political drama playing out in Edo State House of Assembly entered another stage yesterday as the seventeen lawmakers who had been in limbo but were sworn in during week purportedly met in an undisclosed location where they called on banks to freeze the account of the assembly even as they also resolved to work with the executive arm of government. The lawmakers were believed to have met in a private residence in the GRA part of Benin City. The factional Speaker, Hon Victor Edoror told Saturday Vanguard that they also x-rayed the security situation in the state and called…
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday assented to the Companies and Allied Matters Bill, 2020 recently passed by the National Assembly. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, confirmed this in a statement in Abuja. The statement reads: “The President’s action on this important piece of legislation, therefore, repealed and replaced the extant Companies and Allied Matters Act, 1990, introducing after 30 years, several corporate legal innovations geared toward enhancing ease of doing business in the country. “Such innovations include: 1. Filing fee reductions and other reforms to make it easier and cheaper for small and…
Nigeria’s ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC), has dismissed the claim by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of uncovering a plot to rig the September 19 Edo State governorship election as evidence that the opposition party is panicking ahead of the election. The PDP, in an earlier statement on Friday, said the APC and its former national chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, were seeking to obtain extra INEC result sheets to rig the election. “Our campaign has also been made aware of how Adams Oshiomhole and certain corrupt APC leaders have been threatening and mounting pressure on the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral…
The former Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, and the incumbent Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, are expected to appear in person before the House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts to give accounts on the sum of 1.7 trillion naira appropriated for the implementation of National Social Investment Programmes from 2016 to 2019. The Chairman, House Committee on Public Accounts, Wole Oke who issued the summons during an investigative hearing into the audit queries on the financial activities of the NSIPs, frowned at the misleading information made on the National Social Investment programme’s Bank Account domiciled…
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mobile Court sitting in Abuja on Friday convicted the music superstar, Azeez Fashola, aka Naira Marley, for violating COVID-19 protocols. Naira Marley pleaded guilty to the four-count charge pressed on him by the prosecuting team and was fined N200, 000. Reading the four-count charge, Magistrate Idayat Akanni, ordered Naira Marley to pay 50 thousand Naira for each of the count as well as publish a public apology to the Federal Government of Nigeria in a National Daily. The four-count charge include; violating Presidential ban on interstate travelling, not wearing of face mask contrary to the…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday presented the All Progressives Congress flag to the party’s candidate in the upcoming Edo governorship election, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu. The presentation of the party’s flag was done during Ize-Iyamu’s visit to the State House Abuja. The Edo APC governorship candidate was accompanied by the Chairman of the party’s Caretaker Committee, Governor Mai Malm Buni of Yobe; Kano State Governor, Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje; and Chairman of APC Governors’ Forum, Governor Atiku Bagudu Abubakar of Kebbi State. The Presentation was also witnessed by the Chief of Staff to the President, Prof Ibrahim Gambari; and Senior Special Assistant to…
The Nigeria Football Federation would decide on what to do with COVID-19 palliatives released by FIFA and CAF at its Executive Committee meeting on Saturday, The PUNCH reports. NFF President, Amaju Pinnick, confirmed this to our correspondent via a message on Thursday. “The decision will be taken after our executive committee meeting on Saturday,” Pinnick said in reply to our correspondent’s enquiry. Yemiefash had reported that FIFA approved $1m as universal solidarity grant to all member associations, while an additional $500,000 was specifically assigned for women’s football. “This relief plan is a great example of football’s solidarity and commitment in…
Though the COVID-19 pandemic presents the most challenging times in recent history, it can also be a turning point for innovative thinking especially towards resolving the numerous challenges faced by humanity, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. Prof. Osinbajo stated this on Thursday at the virtual Townhall meeting of the Law Students Association of Nigeria (LAWSAN) themed “How to build the right mindset for a better Nigeria, post COVID-19”. According to the Vice President, “We are faced with a two-fold global crisis. First is a health crisis and then there is an economic crisis and the combined effects have…
The Police in Edo State have arrested seven suspected thugs in connection with the tension in the House of Assembly in Benin City on Thursday. Our correspondent gathered on Friday that the suspected thugs had prevented the 17 elected lawmakers who attempted to make their way to the House for plenary early on Thursday. The lawmakers later retreated to an undisclosed location in Benin City where they elected a new Speaker, Mr Victor Edoror, and impeached, Mr Frank Okiye. The thugs identified as Festus Agbonrenren (25 years), Odion Osayande (23 years), Ogbeiwe Wilfred (52 years), Morgan Uwaigboe (47 years), Osayomore…
President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered a sweeping but unspecified ban on dealings with the Chinese owners of consumer apps TikTok and WeChat, although it remains unclear if he has the legal authority to actually ban the apps from the U.S. The twin executive orders — one for each app — take effect in 45 days. They say they are necessary because the China-owned apps “threaten the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States,” and call on the Commerce Secretary to define the banned dealings by that time. While the wording of the orders is vague and…