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Liberian Vice-President Jewel Taylor has commended Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi, for surpassing 35 percent affirmative action for women in his administration. Nigeria is a signatory to the 35 percent affirmative action agreement of 1995, Beijing, China. Apart from appointing a number of female aides, all the LGA deputy chairpersons are women. Speaking at a meeting with female appointees of Bello on Sunday, Taylor said Bello’s style of leadership should be an example for African countries. The vice-president said many politicians often talk about their vision for governance and make several commitments, but never work to realise them. She said…

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has urged President Muhammadu Buhari government to widely publish a copy of the agreement signed with the microblogging platform, Twitter. In the letter dated January 15, 2022, the group urged Buhari to direct Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, to clarify the manner and scope in which the agreement with Twitter will be enforced including whether the agreement incorporates respect for human rights, consistent with the Nigerian constitution 1999 (as amended) and international obligations. It further argued that publishing the agreement the Nigerian Government had with Twitter would help promote transparency and…

Attahiru Jega, a former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says more problems may be created if the direct primary mode is made compulsory for political parties. Speaking at a town hall meeting on the electoral bill organised by Yiaga Africa on Sunday, Jega said it is not clear if any political party in the country has a comprehensive membership register. The compulsory direct primary provision for political parties is contained in the electoral act amendment bill rejected by President Muhammadu Buhari recently. While explaining his decision to decline assent to the bill, Buhari said adopting compulsory direct…

The Nigerian Baptist Convention (NBC) has declared that it spent a whopping sum of N250 million to secure the release of its students who were kidnapped from Bethel Baptist College, Kaduna, last year. It scored the fight against insecurity by the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration as below par, considering the number of innocent lives of Nigerians that have been lost through various acts of banditry and insurgency. The president of the NBC, Reverend Israel Akanji, made the declarations on Friday during an exclusive interview with Saturday Tribune on the sideline of the 2022 International General Workers Conference for the…

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Usman Alkali Baba on Friday decorated newly promoted Senior Officers with their new ranks. Among those decorated as Commissioners of Police (CPs) were husband and wife, Kehinde and Yetunde Longe. The couple were among those promoted by the Police Service Commission (PSC) recently along with 15 other commissioners of police. While reading their citations, the Force PRO, CP Frank Mba disclosed that the couple were course mates and joined the Nigeria Police Force on the same day. The IGP also doctorate 22 other senior police officers, among which were two deputy inspector-general of police.…

Air Peace, has announced the introduction of a Priority Boarding Policy for Nigeria’s military personnel- both serving and retired. According to the Executive Chairman of the airline, Barrister Allen Onyema, this is a way of honouring them for the huge sacrifices they make for the nation. Onyema said that the airline holds in high regard the indispensable contributions of the military in securing Nigeria and defending its territory from external aggression. He further said that the uniformed men and women put their lives on the line in the course of defending the state and its interests against external armed threats,…

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recommended two new drugs — baricitinib and sotrovimab — for the treatment of COVID-19 patients. In a statement on Thursday, the global health body said the recommendation is based on new evidence from seven trials involving over 4,000 patients with severe, non-severe, and critical COVID-19 infections. According to the WHO, baricitinib — also used to treat rheumatoid arthritis — is strongly recommended for patients with severe or critical COVID-19 in combination with corticosteroids. The global health body said the “strong recommendation” is based on moderate certainty evidence that it improves survival and reduces the…

The Republican National Committee (RNC) is threatening to boycott the debates unless the body that organizes them changes its rules. US presidential and vice presidential debates have been sponsored for the past three decades by the nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD). In a letter to the CPD on Thursday, RNC chair Ronna McDaniel accused the commission of “stonewalling the meaningful reforms necessary to restore its credibility with the Republican Party as a fair and nonpartisan actor.” Absent the reforms, “the RNC will take every step to ensure that future Republican presidential nominees are given that opportunity (to debate) elsewhere,”…

The US Supreme Court has stopped a major push by the Biden administration to boost the nation’s COVID-19 vaccination rate, a requirement that employees at large businesses get a vaccine or test regularly and wear a mask on the job. At the same time, the court is allowing the administration to proceed with a vaccine mandate for most health care workers in the U.S. The court’s orders Thursday came during a spike in coronavirus cases caused by the omicron variant. The court’s conservative majority concluded the administration overstepped its authority by seeking to impose the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s…

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, visited the Lagos residence of the Head of the Interim National Government, the late Ernest Shonekan, to commiserate with the deceased family. Recall that Shonekan was at the helm of affairs in Nigeria between August 26 and November 17, 1993, after General Ibrahim Babangida stepped aside as military president. Buhari, who was on a one-day presidential visit to Ogun State to commission some projects, was accompanied to the Lugard Avenue, Ikoyi’s residence of the late Shonekan by Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, his Ogun and Yobe State counterparts, Prince Dapo Abiodun and Mai Mala Buni,…