By GFDNews Correspondent The proposed Police reforms initiated by both the Federal and State Governments through the investigation of brutality and prosecution of erring police officers would bring an end to impunity in the country, said Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. Osinbajo, who spoke to the delegation of the United States (US) said the reform...
Read MoreBy GFDNews Correspondent Apparently, in response to the widespread violent disruption in some parts of the country, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has postponed the 15 senatorial and state bye-elections slated for October 31 in 11 states. In a statement by its National Commissioner and Chairman Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye,...
Read MoreThe Nigerian Senate on Tuesday called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately address the nation on the raging #ENDSARS protests embarked on by youth to protest Police brutality in the country. A former Kebbi State governor Adamu Aliero also called on President Buhari to adopt the use of force if dialogue fails. Seconding Tuesday’s...
Read MoreBy GFDNews Correpondent The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has vowed not to sign off the 2021 budget, if it failed to make provision for compensation for the victims of police brutality and address the demand of the Universities lecturers currently on strike. Gbajabiamila, who was addressing his colleagues at the...
Read MoreBarely 20 days to the November 9, end of the tenure of the Chairman of the Nigerian electoral body, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, there is no clue from the government on who will succeed him in office. Yakubu, a professor was confirmed by Nigeria’s upper legislative chamber as the chairman...
Read MoreThe deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege has questioned the rationale behind a part of the federation take charge of the mineral resources of the country against the dictate of the constitution. Contributing to debate of the 2021 budget proposal, Omo-Agege said a situation where Zamfara State was allowed to sell gold to the Central...
Read MoreFormer officials of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, a scheme designed to rehabilitate ex-militants in the oil-producing Niger Delta region have not been able to account for N712 billion allocated by the government for the prosecution of the scheme, according to the National Security Babagana Monguno. Monguno told state house correspondents after presenting the recently...
Read MorePresident Mohammadu Buhari has urged the Ondo State electors to vote for continuity in governance by the Governor Rotimi Akeredolu led government. The President in a video message to party supporters at the Grand Finale of the All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign in the state, urged the electorate to turn out en masse to...
Read MoreMany Malians heaved a sigh of relief on Tuesday as the leaders of the sub-regional bloc Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) has lifted the sanction placed on the landlocked country in the wake of the military coup that led to the overthrow of the civilian government two months ago. The West African...
Read MoreNigeria Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo has said that the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic has further worsened the unemployment situation and deepen the poverty level in the country, saying “our nation has millions of extremely poor people.” Osinbajo who spoke at the closing ceremony of the two-day executive-legislative leadership retreat held at the Presidential...
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