Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre
13 Jun 2024
The Executive Director of the Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre (PLAC), Mr Clement Nwankwo, has underscored the significance of 25 years of civilian rule in Nigeria. Nwankwo made this observation in Abuja during a dialogue session on “Exploring Remedies for Human Rights Abuses in Nigeria, reflecting on the tumultuous history of military rule and the…
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A senior lecturer in the Electronic Engineering Department at the University of Port Harcourt, Dr. Daniel Ekpah, has been honoured with the 2024 Cisco Premier+ Award for Cybersecurity. The award, presented at the Cisco Networking Academy Partner Conference in Dubai, recognises Dr. Ekpah's outstanding contributions to cybersecurity education and digital capacity development in Africa and…
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Finland's government said Thursday it plans to keep its border with Russia closed and extend a controversial law allowing border guards to turn away asylum seekers under certain circumstances. The one-year "Act on Temporary Measures to Combat Instrumentalised Migration" entered into force on July 22, 2024, after a surge in asylum seekers arriving at…
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Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg urged the US Supreme Court on Thursday to reject President-elect Donald Trump's request to block sentencing in his hush money case. Trump is to be sentenced on Friday after being convicted by a New York jury in May of 34 counts of falsifying business records to cover up a hush…
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President Bola Tinubu on Thursday congratulated his Aide-de-Camp, Nurudeen Alowonle Yusuf, for his promotion, describing him as a reliable officer deserving of elevation in rank. Tinubu said this in a statement by his spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, on Thursday. Yusuf was promoted to Colonel by Nigerian Army Promulgation AHQ MS/G1/300/252/2 on 19 December 2024. The rank's…
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French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday welcomed the "crucial election" by Lebanese lawmakers of army chief Joseph Aoun as president after a two-year vacuum at the top, calling his victory an opportunity for reform in the country. Aoun faces the daunting tasks of overseeing a ceasefire in south Lebanon and naming a prime minister able…
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The House of Representatives Committee on Environment has expressed concern over at what it described as an abysmally low release of funds to the Ministry of Environment. The panel said the development has led to several missed opportunities to address environmental challenges facing the country. The lawmakers listed such environmental challenges as deforestation, pollution, erosion,…
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz voiced opposition Thursday to US President-elect Donald Trump's call for NATO members to raise defence spending to five percent of GDP. "That's a lot of money," Scholz told news site Focus online, adding: "We have a very clear procedure in NATO" on decision-making, with alliance members currently asked to spend two…
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The yield on the UK government's 10-year bonds hit the highest level Thursday since the 2008 global financial crisis. The increase makes it more costly for the Labour government to finance current operations and repay the debt, raising the risk it will have to make spending cuts or hike taxes. What happened? The yield on…
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At the budget defense session on Thursday, the Senate Committee on Information and National Orientation directed the National Orientation Agency (NOA) and the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) to revise and resubmit their budgetary proposals for the 2025 fiscal year. The committee, chaired by Senator Kenneth Eze (APC, Ebonyi Central), questioned the feasibility and impact…
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Bochum were handed all three points by a German FA (DFB) court on Thursday after their goalkeeper was hit in the head by a lighter thrown by fans in a 1-1 Bundesliga draw at Union Berlin in December. The court upheld Bochum's appeal against the referee's decision to play on after a delay of around…