Author: Festus Adeloye

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, on Tuesday revealed that with 1,351 bills, and 679 passed motions, the 10th House has surpassed the previous assemblies since the return of democracy in 1999. This is also has the Speaker revealed that the Green Chamber of the National Assembly in its first legislative session out of 1,351 bills introduced, 679 motions and 89 drafts has been successfully passed. He further said that 679 motions were equally introduced within the period under review to reawaken relevant ministries, departments and agencies to their mandates. It will be recalled that the…

The House of Representatives on Tuesday urged the Federal and State governments to urgently put in place measures to effectively check the outbreak of cholera in the country. The House also mandated it’s Committees on Information, National Orientation, Ethics and Values to make public orientation, enlightenment and education of citizens on the need to maintain personal hygiene at all times. The House in its resolutions further mandated the House Committee on Healthcare services to urgently liaise with relevant stockholders in the health sector to investigate the root cause of the outbreak. These resolutions followed the adoption of a motion brought…

Portugal goalkeeper Diogo Costa saved three Slovenia penalties to earn his side a 3-0 shoot-out victory after Cristiano Ronaldo redeemed himself from the spot in a dramatic Euro 2024 last 16 clash on Monday. Portugal forward Ronaldo broke down in tears after missing a penalty in the first period of extra-time in the goalless tie in Frankfurt But he recovered to convert in the shoot-out as Portugal scraped through to set up a blockbuster clash with France in the quarter-finals. Slovenia battled valiantly to keep Portugal at bay, with Jan Oblak making a stunning save to keep out Ronaldo’s penalty…

Substitute Randal Kolo Muani scored with five minutes left to send twice-winners France through to the quarter-finals of Euro 2024 on Monday after beating a disappointing Belgium 1-0. France will meet the winner of Monday’s match between Portugal and Slovenia in the quarter-finals in Hamburg on Friday. With the game looking like it was headed for extra time, Kolo Muani picked up a ball from N’Golo Kante and fired a shot that deflected off Jan Vertonghen past keeper Koen Casteels. France were in control for most of the match, with Tchouameni and Marcus Thuram finding chances on both sides of…

An explosion at the Zungeru Hydro-Electric Power Dam caused injuries to a Chinese engineer, security personnel, and several workers, and destroyed some installations. The cause of the explosion, which occurred on the morning of Monday, July 1, is currently unknown as there have been no official reports about the incident. The Chinese engineer was conducting a routine check when the explosion happened, and those injured were taken to the Minna General Hospital. A source stated that the engineer was first admitted to the emergency ward of the hospital for treatment for burns on the head and hand but due to…

Israel is close to completing the phase of eliminating the military capabilities of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, but strikes on its remnants will continue, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday. “Yesterday, I returned from a tour of the Gaza division’s location, I saw great achievements in the battles fought in Rafah. “We are nearing the end of the elimination phase of the Hamas ‘terrorist army’, the strikes against its remnants will continue,” Netanyahu said during a meeting with students, adding that Israel will achieve all military goals. Dmitry Gendelman, an adviser to the prime minister, said that the…

Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says the commission has no constitutional power to conduct local council elections except in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Yakubu said this on the sidelines of a two-day induction retreat for INEC Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs), on Monday in Lagos. Reacting to the agitation seeking constitutional backing for INEC to be saddled with the responsibility of conducting local council elections, Yakubu described it as ‘a constitutional matter’. According to Yakubu, unless necessary constitutional amendments are made, the commission will only continue to organise national and state elections. “The same section of…

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has said existing party members are not required to revalidate their membership as the ongoing membership drive is targeted at new members. National Publicity Secretary of the party, Hon. Debo Ologunagba, gave the clarification in Abuja, on Monday. He said the clarification became necessary in the light of disturbing reports that existing party members were being requested to revalidate their membership. Ologunagba said the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) had, “received reports that some existing members of our great Party in some Wards in certain States are being requested…

Mauritania’s President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani has been re-elected to office after winning 56.12 per cent of the vote, provisional results showed. His main rival, Biram Dah Abeid, an anti-slavery human rights activist, came in second place after winning 22 per cent of the vote. Hamadi Sidi Mokhtar of the Islamist Tawasul Party got 12.76 per cent. Elections were held on Saturday in Mauritania, a former French colony in north-west Africa. Results were announced late Sunday after 99 per cent of the votes were counted. Before the announcement, Abeid alleged that there was fraud, and riot police dispersed his supporters demonstrating…

The Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC, has announced that it has fixed the date to conduct local government elections in the state for October 5. The Commission, on Monday, released its guidelines in view of the conduct of the council elections in the state. This was coming as the police in the state have maintained the occupation of the local government area council secretariats following the leadership crisis rocking the councils. Following the expiration of the tenure of the elected chairmen and councillors of the 23 LGAs, the governor of the state, Sir Siminialayi Fubara, inaugurated Caretaker Committees pending…