The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, yesterday embarked on nationwide enforcement against all alcoholic beverages packaged in sachets and polyethylene terephthalate, PET, bottles below 200 millilitres, marking the full implementation of the federal government’s ban on the products. The sweeping crackdown, w...
•Canadian visa Canada has barred holders of visitor visas from applying for work permits while inside the country, effective immediately. This was made known by the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) yesterday, marking a significant shift in policy. “While the temporary policy was set to expire on February 28, 2025, IRCC is en...
•Exam candidates Education Minister Tahir Mamman says underage candidates will no longer be allowed to sit for secondary school leaving examinations. The minister stated this on Channels Television last night. He said the federal government has instructed the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) which administers the West African Senior Sc...
•President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana A Ghanaian court blocked a planned youth-led protest today aimed at addressing corruption, the high cost of living and the president’s failure to sign a controversial anti-LGBTQ bill into law. The protest, dubbed “The Gen-Z demo,” was organised by a coalition of civil society and pressure groups and schedule...
•Amaewhule and Fubara The Martin Amaewhule-led House of Assembly has shut down all expenditures of the Rivers State governor until Governor Siminalayi Fubara presents his budget before the House. This follows a seven-day ultimatum the lawmakers gave the governor to present his budget before the House, reports Channels TV. The Leader of the Hou...
•Supreme Court of Nigeria The Supreme Court has held that it is illegal for governors to dissolve democratically elected Local Governments. It orders the federal government to henceforth withhold allocations to Local Governments governed by unelected officials appointed by the governor. The Frontier had earlier reported that the apex court als...
•Rivers State House of Assembly A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, the state capital, today, issued an exparte order of interim injunction barring the Chief Judge of the state and the Clerk of the state House of Assembly from dealing with the Martins Amaewhule-led State House of Assembly. The order issued by […]
The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, has restrained the Peoples Democratic Party from suspending their national chairman, Ambassador Umar Illiya Damagum from office. After hearing M. O. Onyilokwu Esq., counsel for the Plaintiff/Applicant, who moved in terms of the motion paper, Justice Lifu granted an order that “The Defendants/Res...
The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered stoppage of Point-of-Sales (PoS) machines and other electronic mobile money transaction devices within police stations and other police facilities nationwide. Egbetokun said the ban became imperative following public outcry on alleged illegal and illicit transactions of PoS machine...
•Wike A Federal High Court in Abuja has restrained the Minister of FCT, Nyesom Wike, and the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) from intruding into the Centenary Economic City Free Zone along Airport Road, Abuja. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgement, also made an injunction order restraining the Federal Capital Territory Administratio...
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