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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas “to immediately withdraw the oppressive bill which contains repressive provisions to jail any Nigerian of voting age for six months and/or

Constituents have begun a process to recall the Senator representing Edo South senatorial district, Neda Imasuen over alleged corruption and other political and or legal infractions. Imasuen’s Edo South Senatorial District constituents and the human rights community, on Friday, March 28,

Valentine Ozigbo should be evaluated on merit, not political blackmail or controversy” Former Anambra State Governor and candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the February 25, 2023 presidential election, Mr. Peter Obi, has denied any planned meeting with the

The Delta State Government has ordered the withdrawal of a disciplinary query issued to a nursing student, Osato Edobor, who participated in the viral video where the wife of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Senator Oluremi Tinubu was alleged to have been

A coalition of about 30 civil society bodies has filed a petition to the secretary of the Human Rights Committee of the United Nations at 760 United Nations Plaza in Manhattan in New York, United States of America, over the declaration

To revisit proposed withdrawal of immunity for VP, others The House of Representatives on Thursday – yesterday, March 27 –  approved for second reading, a bill proposing 60 years as the maximum age limit for presidential and gubernatorial candidates in

Three bills seeking to return the country to a parliamentary system of government are set for second reading in the House of Representatives, Daily Query can report. The bill seeks to create the office of Prime Minister, who will be the head of government and office

The Northern Youth Council of Nigeria on Thursday – yesterday, March 27 – expressed strong opposition to the proposed bill seeking to convert 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in Lagos State to Local Government Areas (LGAs), which recently passed its

Seeks right for elected officeholders to serve as ad hoc delegates at party conventions The Senate on Wednesday – earlier today, passed for second reading a bill seeking to amend the Electoral Act 2022 to cut the cost of elections