Tag: Law
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Gov Bello signs Pension Act into law
Governor Abubakar Bello of Niger State has signed into law a bill establishing the new Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) for employees in the state civil service. TheNewsGuru.com reports that the bill was passed by the state House of Assembly in 2015, after it was presented to the state legislative arm. Bello after signing the bill,…
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No law says Buhari should hold FEC meeting every week – Adesina
Special adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on media and publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, yesterday said there is nowhere in the Nigerian law which states that the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting must be held every week. Recall TheNewsGuru.com had earlier published that Buhari cancelled the FEC meeting he was supposed to hold for this week…
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Jordan repeals law allowing rapists to marry victims
Jordan’s Lower House of Parliament repealed a law on Tuesday that allowed rapists to escape punishment by marrying their victims. A royal committee had suggested abolishing the controversial Article 308 in February, among its suggestions to amend the country’s 1960 penal code. Earlier on Tuesday, Human Rights Watch called on lawmakers to remove the article…
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Onagoruwa: The Man who returned from the Lion’s Den – Owei Lakemfa
By Owei Lakemfa. Dr. Olu Onagoruwa, armed with a PhD in Law, a glorious practice in journalism, solid experience in the classroom, rich political activism, a sword and shield of righteousness and a burning sense of patriotism, went into the den of military dictatorship. That was in 1993.He was engaged in a vicious fight in…
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Egyptian law imposes up to 7 years jail term for exam cheats
Egypt has amended its law against cheating in national school examinations with penalties including two to seven years prison term if caught. The Egyptian education ministry announced in a statement on Monday that President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi ratified the law last week to curb exam violations, local media Al Ahram reports. “Anyone who prints, publishes, broadcasts…
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JUST IN: Ortom signs anti-Open Rearing, Grazing bill into law
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State on Monday signed the bill prohibiting Open Rearing and Grazing into law. TheNewsGuru.com reports that the Benue State House of Assembly on Thursday, May 4 successfully passed the bill prohibiting Open Rearing and Grazing into law. Ortom, at a stakeholders’ meeting in Makurdi, the Benue State capital on Monday…
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Cleric seeks dissolution of marriage over threat to life
Bamidele Asimiyu, an Islamic cleric, on Wednesday sought from an Ile-Tuntun Customary Court in Ibadan, the dissolution of a 24-year-old marriage between him and his wife, Idiat. He said his prayer was based on threat to his life by his wife, adding that Idiat was also extravagant. Narrating his ordeal, Bamidele said that his wife…
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Respite as Senate moves to pass PIB into law
The Senate on Thursday received the much anticipated report on the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill from its joint petroleum committee on petroleum (downstream and upstream) and gas. TheNewsGuru.com reports that the bill has been in the works for over a decade and been redrafted several times but was never passed by the previous assemblies. Speaking…
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[Updated] See new regulation that sent Adeboye, Kumuyi, others out of office as ‘General Overseers’
Some leading church founders in Nigeria maybe on their way out of office as General Overseers with the new legal requirements set up by the Financial Regulations Council, TheNewsGuru.com reports. This is further confirmed as the General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye announced his retirement and named a…
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Buhari signs Endangered Species Bill into law
President Muhammadu Buhari has assented to the Endangered Species Control of International Trade and Traffic Amendment Act 2016, earlier passed by the National Assembly. Sen. Ita Enang, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), made this known while briefing State House correspondents on Friday in Abuja. He said that the…