By Luminous Jannamike, Vanguard News Nigeria The Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures in Nigeria has expressed its readiness to support the amendment of the 1999 Constitution to ensure gender parity and enact laws to improve the fortunes of women and girls in the country. This was just as a network of over 100 women
By Sahara Reporters The attorneys general in Nigeria’s 36 States have sued the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, for non-remittance of stamp duties fund generated from the States. According to a court document, the attorneys sued Malami because funds generated from stamp duties are not remitted into States’ coffers,
By Oge Udegbunam and Mary Izuaka, Premium Times Twelve out of Nigeria’s 36 States paid the least attention to the implementation of real and people-impacting projects, classified as capital expenditure in the 2019 Budget, recording a less than 30 percent performance, a new report says. A report by the civic advocacy group, BudgIT, said among