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Nigerian Senate: Full list of 197 bills passed since 2015
The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday passed the much-awaited Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB), with approval of five per cent levy on fuel sold across the country. This was sequel to unanimous adoption of the report on the Bill presented by Chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum (Upstream), Sen. Tayo Alasoadura, to the lawmakers during plenary. The process began under former President Olusegun Obasanjo in 2000, with the establishment of Oil and Gas Implementation Committee (“OGIC”). On Thursday, the Senate released full list of bills so far passed by the chamber since…
Read MoreScale of police security operation on royal wedding day revealed
Metal barriers, airport-style scanners and extra patrols will be employed when Prince Harry marries Meghan Markle in Windsor on May 19. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s post-wedding carriage ride route may be closed to latecomers if the 100,000 revellers expected become a safety issue. Details of Thames Valley Police’s operation to safeguard the newlyweds, their guests and spectators have been released, with airport-style security scanners and bag searches also planned in Windsor. Metal barriers will be erected in the Berkshire town to deter attackers from using vehicles, like the terrorist…
Read MorePope Francis to have cataracts surgery next year
Pope Francis revealed the news as he bid farewell to prisoners at Rome’s Regina Coeli prison, after he performed the Holy Thursday ritual of washing the feet of 12 people. Francis, who frequently tells inmates they need to keep hope alive, told them that they must clear their eyes every day so they can see and spread hope. He said cataracts often make it difficult to see. He says “at my age, for example, cataracts come and you don’t see reality well. Next year I have to have an operation.”…
Read MoreTwo teenagers found dead seven hours after crash in Hampshire
The wreckage of a car in which two teenagers died was spotted seven hours after the vehicle crashed into trees at the side of a busy main road in Hampshire. Police believe the crash happened at 10.30pm on Tuesday, but the white Fiat 500 was spotted and reported by a passing motorist at 5am on Wednesday morning. Ella Alford and her friend Aimee Clayton, both 18, were pronounced dead at the scene. Hampshire constabulary said it was impossible to say whether the teenagers’ lives could have been saved if the…
Read MoreGroup protests new import duty on solar panels
A private sector renewable energy group, Renewable Energy Association of Nigeria (REAN), has rejected the new 5 – 10 per cent import duty on solar panels imposed on its members by the Nigerian Customs Service. Speaking at a press conference in Lagos Wednesday, Segun Adaju, President of REAN, said there was no justification for the duty on the strength that under the CET code 8541.4010.00 – a classification for import duty tariff – import duty on solar panels should be zero per cent. Mr. Adaju said discharge of goods from…
Read MoreSchool teacher remanded in prison for defiling 7-year-old pupil
A Kasuwan Mama Upper Area court on Thursday ordered that a 23-year-old teacher, Moses Danladi, be remanded in prison for allegedly defiling a 7-year-old pupil. The police prosecutor, Mr E.A Inegbenoise, told the court that the victim’s uncle, one Cpl. Zakka Peter of III Division, Maxwell Khobe Cantonement, reported the matter at the Bassa police station on March 15. Inegbenoise said that the complainant told the police that the victim told him that her teacher molested her. The offense, according to the prosecutor, contravened Section 285 of the Penal Code…
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