•House of Representatives The House of Representatives of Nigeria has amended the Electoral Act to criminalise dual membership of political parties. Under the new provision, individuals found guilty of belonging to more than one political party at the same time will face a fine of N10 million, a maximum prison term of two years, or […]...
A senior officer of the Ghana Police Service has said that the persistent denial of sexual relations within marriage could amount to emotional abuse under the country’s domestic violence laws. The Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Dennis Fiakpui, disclosed this while speaking with the Ghana News Agency (GNA). Fiakpui, who is the Oti Regi...
The Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS) Act has introduced new penalties for the unauthorised disclosure of confidential information and documents by staff members. The NRS Act is among the four Bills recently signed into by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, reports The Nation. The others are: the Nigeria Yax (fair taxation) law, the Nigeria Tax Administ...
•Edo State governor, Monday Okpebholo The Governor of Edo State has signed the Secret Cult and Similar Activities Prohibition Bill, 2025, into law repealing the Edo State Secret Cult Prohibition Law, 2018. The new law recently passed by the Edo State House of Assembly and signed by Governor Monday Okpebholo takes effect from January 24, [&hell...
Two Nigerians, Olutayo Sunday Ogunlaja, 39, and Abel Adeyi Daramola, 37 will face a combined 40-year jail term for participating in a romance scam. A statement by the US Attorney, Alexander Uballez and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office, revealed through the Department of Justice, the duo were convicted [...
An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan, yesterday sentenced one Idris Rasheed, 23, to 12 years imprisonment for raping a woman in purdah. Trial judge, Justice Oyeyemi Ajayi said since the convict confessed to the crime while the doctor’s report confirmed penetration and semen was found, Rasheed was guilty of the charge, reports Vanguard. [&...
•Senator Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele The Senate yesterday, revised the bill aimed at prohibiting the export of maize, introducing a provision for a minimum one-year jail term for individuals convicted of exporting unprocessed maize in large quantities. The amended bill, originating from the House of Representatives, seeks to ban the exportation o...
Two Nigerians, Anthony Ibekie and Samuel Aniukwu, have been sentenced by a United States federal jury to 30 years combined jail term for defrauding some US citizens of $3,500,000. This was contained in a press release made available on the US Department of Justice website and obtained by our correspondent yesterday, reports The PUNCH. Accordin...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives has passed a bill targeted at adÂdressing instances of sexual harassment in institutions of higher learning in Nigeria. The bill, titled, ‘An Act to PreÂvent, Prohibit and Redress Sexual Harassment of Students in TerÂtiary Educational Institutions and for Related Matters,’ imposes stringen...
•Farouk Lawan A former member of the House of Representatives Farouk Lawan has regained freedom after serving a five-year jail term for asking and taking a $300,000 bribe from businessman Femi Otedola. He was released from the Kuje Correctional facility in Abuja today. “Today marks the beginning of a new chapter in my life as […]
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