The Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has said that it has sufficient funds to pay depositors whose monies were trapped in 23 distressed banks across the country. The Managing Director of the NDIC, Bello Hassan, disclosed this in an address on Thursday at the “NDIC Day” at the ongoing 43rd Kaduna International Trade Fair. Represented…
Below is the details of how the National Assembly voted on 68 amendments to the 1999 Constitution. A total 68 bills were considered for amendment- 47 were passed while 21 failed. 1. Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (Fifth Alteration) Bill, No. 1, 2022 (Local Government Financial Autonomy – Sections 162, 318, Fifth…
A former federal law maker, Hon.Jagaba Adams Jagaba has urged the National Assembly not to expunge 84 (12) of the Electoral Act, 2022, as requested by President Muhammadu. Buhari had while signing the amended Electoral Act into law, asked the National Assembly to expunge section 84 (12) because it disenfranchises serving political officers. The section…
By Solomon Selcap Dalung Since the passage of His Royal Majesty, Chief Edward Zhattau, the second Ponzhi Tarok the first to be selected under enacted legislation, unity has eluded the descendants of Vwarka, the ancestor of prototype Tarok who migrated from Tal in present day Pankshin Local Government Area to Lagan hills currently in Langtang…
