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The Senator Representing Akwa Ibom North-East (Uyo) Senatorial District, Senator Obong Albert Bassey Akpan, has observed that the recently enacted electoral act that was signed by President Muhammadu Buhari into law would deepen internal democracy among political parties in the country. Akpan, who is the chairman of Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources (Upstream), noted that the law would also guarantee increased participation in future elections. The senator, who is aspiring to be the governor of Akwa Ibom State under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) come 2023, also bared his mind on the electoral act as amended while…

• NPHCDA says 4,317,621 tests have been conducted with 254,428 confirmed cases • Faisal charts path on how country can prepare for next pandemic Two years after the first confirmed COVID-19 case in Nigeria and almost one year after the first shot of the vaccine was administered in the country, only four per cent of the 200 million population, that is 8,145,416 persons, have been fully vaccinated against the virus. Unfortunately, Nigeria and most developing countries could not achieve the World Health Organisation’s (WHO’s) set target for all countries to vaccinate 10 per cent of their populations by the end of…

• Groups, others kick on the proposed amendment • Urge National Assembly to ignore the president • Constitutional lawyer backs presidency on the planned revision • Passage is a landmark for the nation, says Garba Shehu The lead up to President Muhammadu Buhari’s assent to the long-awaited Electoral Act 2022 was attended by protests. The aftermath doesn’t appear to have ushered in much quiet either. Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), yesterday, kicked against the proposed amendment of Section 84 (12) of the Electoral Amendment Act. CDD’s Director, Idayat Hassan, maintained there was no need to alter the Act since it…

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige has said that any proposed increase in allowances and salaries by the Academic Staff Union of Universities that is not in sync with the National Salaries and Wages Commission will not scale through. The minister also advised the union to work with what was obtainable with the National Salaries Income and Wages Commission and the Presidential Steering Committee on salaries and wages. Saturday PUNCH reports that ASUU and the Federal Government had begun a series of negotiations aimed towards the suspension of the four-week strike declared by the union. ASUU during its…

Poland will not play their 2022 World Cup play-off with Russia in Moscow on March 24 due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine the president of the Polish football federation said on Saturday. The conflict entered the third day on Saturday since Russian leader Vladimir Putin unleashed a full-scale invasion that has killed dozens of people, forced more than 50,000 to flee Ukraine in just 48 hours, and sparked fears of a wider conflict in Europe. “The time for talking is over. It is time to act. Due to the escalation of the Russian Federation’s aggression in Ukraine, the Polish…

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has signed the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2022 into law. President Buhari signed the Bill at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa in Abuja, on Friday. The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo; President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, were present to witness the signing of the Bill. In his address, President Buhari said in line with established tradition, he received inputs from relevant ministries, departments and agencies of government after careful and thorough reviews of the Bill and its implications to democratic processes…

2023 presidential aspirant, Pius Anyim, has commended the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), for signing the Electoral Act Amendment Bill into law on Friday. In a statement released by his Media Office and signed by Sam Nwaobasi on Friday, Anyim commended Buhari for “acting like a patriotic National leader by signing the Bill.” The Peoples Democratic Party presidential aspirant observed that it “takes a man committed to the good of Nigeria to sign the Bill despite his objection to some provisions of the Bill.” Anyim also stated that “without the Electoral Act in place, the conduct of the 2023…

Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has said those who have lived in Lagos for 20 years have already lived in hell due to daily traffic congestion. El-Rufai said this at a ministerial press briefing in Abuja while explaining the rationale for introducing the four-day working week in Kaduna State. “I don’t know how people in Lagos survive. Every day, four hours in traffic for five days,” El-Rufai said. “I don’t know if Saturdays and Sundays are enough for them to rest. “That is why I feel that all those that have lived in Lagos for 20 years…

Paris will host this season’s Champions League final after Saint Petersburg was stripped of the match due to Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine, UEFA announced on Friday. The showpiece occasion of the European club season will be played at the Stade de France on Saturday, May 28, European football’s governing body said after holding an emergency meeting in response to the crisis. “UEFA wishes to express its thanks and appreciation to French Republic President Emmanuel Macron for his personal support and commitment to have European club football’s most prestigious game moved to France at a time of unparalleled crisis,” a…

*Al-Makura, Mustapha, Dafe kick; say it’s media game *Stakeholders insist on open contest for chairmanship *Ruling party appoints zonal congress committees Reports that President Muhammadu Buhari might have settled for a former governor of Nasarawa State, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, as his consensus candidate for the office of the national chairman, is true. But more details have also emerged on why the president settled for Adamu, despite the fact that he has seemingly unending cases with the nation’s number one anti-corruption agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Nonetheless, three other aspirants to the same office, namely, Tanko Al makura,…