Plans by the National Assembly to amend the 58 year old Fiscal Responsibility Act had reached its final stages with the submission of the report upon which the amendment would be predicated.

The Senate on Thursday called on the Federal Government to recover all monies borrowed from the Education Tax account by its department and agencies.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will assist the Ugandan Parliament’s bid to enact better and concise legislations to tackle the scourge of corruption in the East African country

From a global perspective, the girl child is generally considered highly vulnerable to several societal ills, especially in developing countries where it is believed that effective policies and calculated efforts are needed to safeguard the girl child from the detrimental effect of violence, limited access to education, neglect, abuse, gender disparities, among other challenges.

You often hear people say they didn’t come to count bridges in Lagos. Perhaps it sounds like a joke but that is the truth of the matter. Bridges are not just fancy sights you stand and observe from a distance. All manner of businesses are transacted under the bridges in Lagos.

In this piece, the Head, International Politics at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, NIIA, `Prof Osita Agbu and a Research Fellow at the institute, Mr. Kelechi Nwogu analysed the US 2016 Presidential Poll for Vanguard and its impact on democratic processes in the world.

The Ondo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dissociated itself from the petition written by one Poroye Biyi against the previous Appeal Court Judges sitting on the appeals filed by Mr. Eyitayo Jegede, SAN, against the order of Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court Abuja.

The All Progressives Congress, APC has accused Rivers state Governor, Nyesom Wike, Delta state Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel and the immediate past governor of Akwa Ibom state and current Senate Leader, Godswill Akpabio (all PDP leaders) of being responsible for bribery allegations by the Supreme Court Justices, Inyang Okoro and Justice Sylvester Ngwuta” against the Transport Minister, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi.

Civil Society activists have called on citizens to hold Northern governors accountable for the underdevelopment in the region.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday attributed the country’s current economic situation to bad management of the economy in the past 16 years by previous administrations.

The National Judicial Council, NJC, on Thursday, succumbed to pressure from the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, even as it agreed that all the judges being investigated over allegations of corruption should step down from the Bench pending their trial.

Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Sen. Dino Melaye has stated that Nigerian women are very special and well endowed, arguing that he doesn’t agree that their place is only in the kitchen.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed Dec. 10 for the conduct of the outstanding National and State Assembly elections in Rivers.

President Muhammadu Buhari, Thursday, assured that he will keep faith with the oath of office he swore, and treat all Nigerians equitably.

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has warned President Muhammadu Buhari about a “gathering cloud of crisis” if an end is not brought to the abduction and eventual marriage of young Christian girls to traditional rulers and Emirs in the North.