68 h. ago SERAP To NASS: Reject Bill Seeking To Jail Citizens Who Fail To Vote

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the National Assembly to reject a proposed bill that aims to impose a six-month jail term or a fine of N100,000 on any Nigerian of voting age who fails to participate in national and state elections. SERAP, which made the demand in an open letter addressed […]

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3 d. ago SERAP Threatens To Sue National Assembly Over Bill To Jail Nigerians Six Months For Failing To Vote

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has demanded the immediate withdrawal of a proposed bill that seeks to punish Nigerians who fail to vote in national and state elections. The bill, currently before the National Assembly, proposes a six-month jail term, a fine of ₦100,000, or both for eligible voters who abstain from elections. […] The post SERAP Threatens To Sue National Assembly Over Bill To Jail Nigerians Six Months For Failing To Vote appeared first on Information Nigeria.

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3 d. ago SERAP demands withdrawal of bill proposing jail for Nigerians who don’t vote

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has called on Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and House of Representatives Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas, to immediately withdraw a bill seeking to impose a six-month jail term or a fine of ₦100,000—or both—on eligible Nigerians who fail to vote in national and state elections. In a letter dated March 29, Read More

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5 d. ago Ogun court jails mother, daughter for stealing ponmo, stockfish

An Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court in Isabo on Friday told a middle-aged woman, Falilatu Amidu and her daughter, Ayisatu Amidu, to go spend six months behind bars for stealing dry ponmo (cow skin), stock fish and dried meat valued at N1million. The court, however, gave an option of N5,000 fine with a condition that Falilatu and Read More

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5 d. ago Tribunal Slams N1.6m Fine On 32 Offenders For Illegal Waste Disposal In Oyo

A total of 32 persons have been fine N50,000 each by the Oyo State Tribunal on Environmental Sanitation for violating the state’s environmental sanitation laws. The 32 persons were prosecuted for indiscriminately dumping sachet water nylons, refuse, and other waste materials at road medians and unathorised places. The tribunal judge, Olumide Abifarin, disclosed this during […]

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5 d. ago ICYMI: Lagos installs speed limit monitors, imposes N50,000 fine

The Lagos State Ministry of Transportation, in collaboration with Huawei Technologies, has deployed four new Intelligent Transport System sites to monitor and detect speeding and manage traffic flows. The Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, announced this during a press briefing on Thursday, stating that the new installations would complement the existing Automatic Number Plate Recognition Read More

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9 d. ago [ICYMI] Living in darkness: Lagos community where Nigerians cross border to charge phones, fetch water

In this report, MUHAMMED LAWAL delves into the daily struggles of residents in a Lagos-Benin Republic border community, where years of power outages have left them without basic necessities The journey along the dusty roads leading to Kweme Community, located near the Nigeria-Benin border, was an arduous one. As dusk settled over the community, many Read More

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3 w. ago Nottingham Forest lose appeal over £750,000 fine for referee criticism

Nottingham Forest have failed in their appeal against a £750,000 ($968,000) fine imposed for a social media post last season that criticised Premier League match official Stuart Attwell. Forest published the post last April after a 2-0 defeat to Everton in the Premier League, a match in which the club felt they had been denied Read More

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3 w. ago Lawyer faults Soludo’s ban on public preaching, N500,000 fine

A human rights lawyer and the counsel for the Indigenous People of Biafra, Sir Ifeanyi Ejiofor, has faulted the Anambra State governor, Chukwuma Soludo, over his decision to ban public preaching and imposition of N500,000 fine against violators. Soludo, had in a viral video that circulated on Saturday, stopped a yet-to-be-identified preacher, who was preaching Read More

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3 w. ago “Take Your Message To Church, Not Market” – Soludo To Pastors

Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has cracked down on loud preaching in markets, imposing a ₦500,000 fine on offenders. Soludo warned roadside preachers using loudspeakers in public spaces, accusing them of causing noise pollution and disturbing residents. A viral video showed the governor confronting a preacher at a market, advising him to preach in […] The post “Take Your Message To Church, Not Market” – Soludo To Pastors appeared first on Information Nigeria.

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3 w. ago VIDEO: Soludo bans loud preaching in Anambra markets, threatens N500,000 fine

Tribune Online VIDEO: Soludo bans loud preaching in Anambra markets, threatens N500,000 fine He said, “If you want to preach the word of God, you go to your church. You are causing pollution. You cannot come to a marketplace and begin to disturb everybody here. VIDEO: Soludo bans loud preaching in Anambra markets, threatens N500,000 fine Tribune Online

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3 w. ago Soludo bans loud preaching in Anambra markets, imposes N500,000 fine

The Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has issued a stern warning to roadside preachers using loudspeakers in public spaces, particularly markets, accusing them of causing noise pollution and disturbing residents. Soludo stated that anyone caught violating the noise pollution order would face a ₦500,000 fine. A viral video circulating on social media on Saturday Read More

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