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US Senate passes first gun control bill in decades
The US Senate has passed a gun control bill – the most significant firearms legislation in nearly 30 years. Fifteen Republicans joined Democrats in the upper chamber of Congress to approve the measure by 65 votes to 33, reports the BBC. It follows mass shootings last month at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York,
Trump’s election challenge ‘a murder-suicide pact’
US government lawyers threatened to quit en masse as then-President Donald Trump hounded them almost daily to help overturn his 2020 election defeat, a congressional inquiry has heard. Justice department officials said they told Trump there was zero evidence for his claims of mass voter fraud, reports the BBC. The attorneys also testified that
Electric car falls from China offices killing two
Chinese electric carmaker Nio says that two people were killed when one of its vehicles fell from the third floor of its headquarters in Shanghai. One member of staff and a person from a partner company died in the crash, reports the BBC. The incident took place on Wednesday at around 17:20 local time,
Brazil: Bodies of Phillips, Pereira returned to families
The bodies of UK journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira have been handed over to their families in Brazil, according to local media. They were killed in the Amazon earlier this month while returning from an expedition in the Javari Valley, reports the. BBC. On Thursday a fourth suspect handed himself into
2023: Why INEC should prosecute vote-buying suspects, by Falana
Renowed human right lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN) yesterday asked the Independent NationalElectoralCommission (INEC) to prosecute any politician arrested in connection with vote-buying and voteselling during elections. The Senior Advocate of Nigeria decried the allegations of vote-buying and selling during the June 18 Ekiti State governorship election won by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Fuel Crisis: NNPC threatens to blacklist depot owners
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has threatened sanctions against private depot owners found selling fuel above the governmentapproved ex-depot price of N148.17 per litre. Fuel queues resurfaced in the major cities of Lagos,Abujaandpartsof Ogunstate thisweek, forcingmotoriststo spendhoursatfilling stations. Manyresortedto purchasing the product in the black market for as much as N250 per litre against
Drama as lawyer dressed as traditionalist appears in S’Court
There was a mild-drama at the Supreme Court yesterday as a Lagos-based human lawyer – Malcom Omoirhobo – appeared in the full traditional attire of an “Olokun priest” to attend court proceedings. Omoirhobo said he dressed to court in that manner to exercise his fundamental human rights, following the judgment of the Supreme Court that
FG saves N10tn with TSA operation, says Arabi
The Director-General of the Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR), DrDasukiArabi, has said that the Federal Government has been able to save N10 trillion with the implementation of the Treasury Single Account (TSA) under President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. Arabi made this disclosureyesterday whileresponding to questions at a media conference organised by the Presidential Communication Team
Why I can’t pay salaries, by Ortom
Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, yesterday, linked his inability to pay workers’ salaries in the state as and when due to rising cost of overhead, the inability of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to remit funds to the Federation Account as well as low income generation occasioned by the worsening insecurity in the
Rising Insecurity: Protect people of South East, Reps tell FG
The House of Representatives, yesterday, passed a motion urging the Federal Government to protect the people of the South East region from the rising incidents of insecurity, especially as the 2023 elections draw near. This followed the adoption of the motion, which was sponsored by Hon Dozie Nwankwo (APGA, Anambra) and seconded by Hon Jerry
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