Insecurity: Reps urge Tinubu to sign Defence Industries Corporation, Armed Forces Trust Fund Bills into law

November 19, 2023November 19, 2023 admin

House of Representatives has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to, as a matter of national importance, assent to the two Bills recently reintroduced and passed by the 10th Assembly, which bother on providing support for the Armed Forces and the Defence. Recall that the two bills, Defence Industries Corporation (DICON) Bill and the Armed Forces Trust Fund Bill, were passed by the 9th Assembly but could not receive the assents of President Muhammad Buhari before the expiration of his administration. The Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin…

Re: S’Court Justices work for us, Plateau APC Rep boasts – The Gagdi We Know That They Don’t Know

November 19, 2023November 19, 2023 admin

By James Abu The news report with the above headline, published by the Authority Newspaper on Friday 12 November 2023, is a sad reminder that in our country, the reward for working hard is being maligned. How else does one explain how the member representing Pankshin/Kanam/Kanke Federal Constituency of Plateau State, Hon. Yusuf Gadgi, was tenuously linked to what he did not say? The spin of the story beggars belief and is in the territory of Nollywood scriptwriting. My initial reaction to seeing the headline was curiosity, which prompted me…