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The Family Court Division of the Delta State High Court in Ughelli has started hearing a case involving the alleged trafficking and sexual exploitation of a 15-year-old schoolgirl by her mother. The suit, initiated by child rights activist and member of the Take It Back Movement Nigeria, Ighorhiohwunu Aghogho, seeks justice, protection, and an assessment
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A retired Deputy Inspector General of Police, Adedayo Adeoye, has called on President Bola Tinubu to remove police officers from the Contributory Pension Scheme to enhance their retirement benefits. He lamented that the scheme was driving many retirees into poverty. Adeoye’s advice is coming as some retired police officers under the scheme planned to embark
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A retired Deputy Inspector General of Police, Adedayo Adeoye, has called on President Bola Tinubu to remove police officers from the Contributory Pension Scheme to enhance their retirement benefits. He lamented that the scheme was driving many retirees into poverty. Adeoye’s advice is coming as some retired police officers under the scheme planned to embark
The Senate on Thursday approved the establishment of the South West Development Commission following consideration of a report by its Committee on Special Duties. Chairman of the committee, Senator Kaka Shehu Lawan (APC Borno Central) presented the South West Development Commission Bill, 2024, after which it was passed for third reading by the Senate during
Senate approves South West Development Commission
The Senate on Thursday approved the establishment of the South West Development Commission following consideration of a report by its Committee on Special Duties.
Chairman of the committee, Senator Kaka Shehu Lawan (APC Borno Central) presented the South West Development Commission Bill, 2024, after which it was passed for third reading by the Senate during plenary.
Kaka, in his presentation, said the intents and purposes of the bill are well structured for the socio-economic development of South West.
“If the Commission is established through presidential assent to the bill, it will, like other development-driven commissions established on zonal basis, receives funds from the Federation Account, donations from development partners etc to address infrastructural deficits and tackle ecological problems in the region,” he said.
The Senate accordingly moved into Committee of the Whole for clause by clause consideration of the bill after which it was read for the third time.
In his remarks after the passage of the bill, the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Jibrin Barau, who presided over the session, commended the Kaka-led committee for a job well done.
According to him, the South West Development Commission, like other ones recently established, would address the infrastructural and ecological challenges in the South West.
“The essence of the various development commissions being set up is to fast track development of the entire country.
“President Bola Tinubu has assented to similar bills passed for zonal development-driven interventions and will surely assent to this one,” he said.
An operative of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Superintendent Hussaini Gusau on Wednesday narrated to the Federal High Court in Lagos, how marijuana linked to an alleged drug baron Jimoh Suleimon, alias ‘Temo’, was seized. Gusau who was testifying in the ongoing trial of Suleimon, told Justice Deinde Dipeolu how he and his team
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An operative of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Superintendent Hussaini Gusau on Wednesday narrated to the Federal High Court in Lagos, how marijuana linked to an alleged drug baron Jimoh Suleimon, alias ‘Temo’, was seized. Gusau who was testifying in the ongoing trial of Suleimon, told Justice Deinde Dipeolu how he and his team
