President Muhammadu Buhari is under obligation to announce a new Federal cabinet. The tenure of his present team of aides, including Ministers, Special Advisers, Senior Special Assistants and Special Assistants automatically expires on May 29, 2019. Whereas the President took six months to announce many of these appointments in 2015, the convention and the law …
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Members of the house of representatives are considering taking over the Edo state house of assembly until the ongoing crisis around the inauguration of principal officers is resolved.Most of the lawmakers who spoke at plenary supported the call to take over the assembly until the crisis is resolved.This followed a motion sponsored by Julius Ihonvbere …
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Access to country’s law-making National Assembly will be restricted, says Guild of Editors Strict new conditions for covering government proceedings and the re-arrest of a prominent journalist on terrorism charges have raised concerns about deteriorating press freedom in Nigeria. To be permitted to report on the country’s National Assembly, the highest law-making authority, journalists will …
As the president is sworn in for a further four years, the challenges of tackling corruption, poverty and conflict grow ever more intense Nigeria’s president Muhammadu Buhari has been sworn in, the former military dictator taking a new four-year tenure after a keenly contested election in February. When the results were announced, it cleanly split …
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Library of Congress This photo was used in genetics lectures at Germany's State Academy for Race and Health Film director Amma Asante came across an old photograph taken in Nazi Germany of a black schoolgirl by chance. Standing among her white classmates, who stare straight into the camera, she enigmatically glances to the side. Curiosity …
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