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Jun
14
2023
By The African Mirror
Nigeria swears in lawmakers, focus shifts to president’s cabinet nominees

Nigeria swears in lawmakers, focus shifts to president’s cabinet nominees

NEWS
NIGERIA'S new lawmakers were sworn in following the February elections, setting the stage for President Bola Tinubu to submit cabinet nominees in a process likely to signal how he intends to tackle a struggling economy and growing insecurity. The swearing-in ceremony in the capital Abuja also saw Tinubu's allies elected as Senate President and House Speaker, to mark the official start of legislative duties for newly elected officials. Advertisement · Scroll to continue Nigeria's Senate wields significant influence in Nigeria's bicameral legislature, including scrutinizing and confirming the president's cabinet nominees. Tinubu has up to the end of July to name his cabinet…
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Apr
04
2023
By The African Mirror
Kenya prosecutor stops case against MPs after protests suspended

Kenya prosecutor stops case against MPs after protests suspended

NEWS
HUMPHREY MALALO KENYA'S top prosecutor has dropped charges against four lawmakers over anti-government protests, a day after opposition leader Raila Odinga suspended the demonstrations, their lawyer said. Odinga said on Sunday he was ready for talks with President William Ruto, as long as authorities halted arrests connected to the protests, and addressed his concerns about the rising cost of living and reforms to the electoral system. "The case has been withdrawn ... for the sake of peace, dialogue and justice between the accused persons and the state," lawyer Danstan Omari told Reuters. Thousands took part in three marches over the past two…
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Jan
04
2023
By The African Mirror
Nigeria to pay $4 bln extra in 2023 if lawmakers reject loan-bond swap – president

Nigeria to pay $4 bln extra in 2023 if lawmakers reject loan-bond swap – president

NEWS
FELIX ONUAH NIGERIA will pay 1.8 trillion nairas ($4 billion) extra interest in 2023 if parliament rejects a loan-to-bond swap request on the central bank's overdrafts to the government, President Muhammadu Buhari said after signing the 2023 budget into law. The Senate last week delayed a decision on the president's request to convert $53 billion worth of central bank overdrafts to the government into 40-year bonds after some lawmakers questioned the plan. In a speech on Tuesday, Buhari said the government currently pays a 3% margin above the central bank's lending rate of 16.5% but his administration has negotiated a rate of…
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Nov
01
2022
By The African Mirror
Trump asks U.S. Supreme Court to block lawmakers from obtaining tax returns

Trump asks U.S. Supreme Court to block lawmakers from obtaining tax returns

WORLD
ANDREW CHUNG FORMER President Donald Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in his fight to prevent a U.S. House of Representatives committee from gaining access to his tax returns for reasons he claims are politically motivated. Trump filed an emergency request to put on hold a lower court ruling against the Republican former president that upheld the Democratic-led House Ways and Means Committee's request for the tax materials as a justified part of its legislative work while his attorneys prepare an appeal. "If allowed to stand, it will undermine the separation of powers and render the office of…
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