The Take It Back Movement has condemned the Counter Subversion Bill 2024, sponsored by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas. In a statement co-signed by the movement’s National Coordinator, Juwon Sanyaolu, and Public Relations Officer, Stephen Olabiyi, the group said the bill threatens Nigerians’ fundamental rights and contradicts the core principles of freedom of speech, movement, and assembly that underpin democracy. The bill, which is reportedly awaiting its second reading, prescribes, among others, that “anyone found guilty of destroying national symbols, refusing to recite the national anthem and pledge, defacing a place of worship with intent to…
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22 more state-owned tertiary institutions have been cleared by the Nigerian Education Loan Fund to apply for student loan. “ The Nigeria Education Loan Fund has announced that students from the following 22 state-owned tertiary institutions can now apply for loans on its portal: nelf.gov.ng “This followed a review by the committee responsible for the Student Verification System. Prior to this, 86 state-owned institutions were cleared, bringing a total of 108 institutions whose students are now able to apply,” the statement posted via @NELFUND on X said. The onboarding of the 22 state-owned institutions brings the total number of approved…
The lawmaker representing Kano South, Senator Sumaila Kawu, has revealed that he earns over N21m monthly as a total take-home package. This revelation is coming barely 24 hours after the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission said that each of the 109 senators in the upper chamber receives a total of N1.06m in salary and allowances per month. The RMAFC Chairman, Mohammed Shehu, said this as a form of clarification in response to recent controversies over the real amount each lawmaker earns per month. Based on Shehu’s disclosure, it would mean each lawmaker earns N12.72m in 12 months and the…
The Bauchi State Emergency Management Agency has confirmed the deaths of four people as floods continue to affect some communities in the state. The Director General of the agency, Mas’ud Aliyu, confirmed this in an exclusive interview with our correspondent on Tuesday. He explained that the four deaths occurred in flood-ravaged communities in Shira, Giade, and Katagum Local Government Areas of Bauchi State. “Giade, Katagum, and Shira Local Governments are the LGs most affected by the flood. “This has led to the state government sending a delegation under the leadership of the Secretary to the State Government, along with the…
The ruling All Progressives Congress has kicked against the removal of the Tony Okocha-led caretaker committee, saying the Rivers State court lacks the power to take such action. The warning comes a few hours after a Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt nullified the sacking of the Emeka Beke-led executive of the APC in Rivers State. The court presided over by Justice Sika Aprioku, on Monday ruled that the National Working Committee of the party erred in dissolving the elected executives led by Emeka Beke. The judge stated that the APC National Working Committee does not have the…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps in Jigawa State says it recovered the remains of two men from a pond in Birninkudu Local Government Area of the state. The command’s Public Relations Officer, Badaruddeen Tijjani, made this known in a statement issued on Wednesday in Dutse, the state capital. Tijjani said the deceased, identified as Abubakar Alhaji, 20, and Abubakar Abdullahi, 25, drowned while crossing the pond on their way to a market in Waza village. “The unfortunate incident occurred on Monday, at about 1100hrs. “The NSCDC Divisional Officer, Birninkudu, CSC Muhammad Garba, confirmed that the unit received a…
The Vice President of the Institute of Business Development and former president of the National Association of Nigerian Students, Mr. Orkuma Hembe, has commended the socio-economic reforms put in place by President Bola Tinubu, saying that they are in the long-term best interests of the country. Hembe in a press statement he personally signed and made available to PUNCH Online on Tuesday, however, urged the president to embrace a more direct approach to engaging Nigerians, especially youths, in mitigating the temporary side effects of the administration’s economic policies and preventing future anti-government protests. He also commended the Minister of Industry,…
British annual inflation rose back above the Bank of England’s target in July, official data showed on Wednesday. The Consumer Prices Index rose 2.2 per cent last month, compared with a 2.0-per cent gain in June, the Office for National Statistics said in a statement It means overall prices are rising faster than the Bank of England’s 2 per cent target, although an increase was widely predicted. The rise is largely due to prices of gas and electricity falling by less than they did last year. The Bank expects inflation to rise further this year before falling back again. AFP…
The immediate-past Commissioner for Health in Abia State, Dr Ngozi Okoronkwo, who resigned her appointment after being suspended by the Abia State government, was weekend received and honoured by her Item kinsmen in Bende Local Government Area of the state after she was cleared of financial embezzlement by the government. Recall that last month, Dr. Okoronkwo was suspended by the state government, and out of frustration, she resigned her appointment, after a panel cleared her of financial impropriety. Governor Alex Otti had, in a media chat with newsmen on Friday, explained that the resignation of the former Commissioner for Health,…
Japan’s unpopular Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is set to quit after announcing on Wednesday he will not seek re-election as party chief. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party, which has governed almost uninterrupted since 1945, is due to hold a leadership contest next month, with the winner to become prime minister. “In this (party) presidential election, it is necessary to show the people that the LDP is changing and the party is a new LDP,” Kishida told reporters in Tokyo. “For this, transparent and open elections and free and vigorous debate are important. The most obvious first step to show that…