Governance & Policy

Hungary Welcomes Ukraine’s Minority Education Bill as EU Talks Remain at Stake

Leave a Comment / Europe, Governance & Policy, Politics, World / Marylyn Oparaugo

Hungary has welcomed a bill submitted to Ukraine’s parliament that would strengthen legal protections for education in minority languages, including Hungarian. Budapest’s response raises the prospect of progress in parts of Ukraine’s European Union membership negotiations, though the proposed changes have yet to become law. Ukraine’s parliament registered Bill No. 16119 on 1 October. Its official

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Algeria’s Lower House Approves Death Penalty Expansion for Forest Arson

Leave a Comment / Africa, Governance & Policy, North & Central Africa, Politics / Marylyn Oparaugo

Algeria’s lower house of Parliament has approved amendments that would expand the death penalty for deliberately setting forests and fields on fire, following deadly wildfires in the country’s northeast. The National People’s Assembly voted on Thursday, 1 October, to approve the bill. Associated Press reported that it passed by 307 votes to 17, with seven

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Otti Rejects Return Of Petrol Subsidy, Urges Support For Production

Leave a Comment / Governance & Policy, Politics / Trivane News

Abia State Governor Alex Otti has rejected calls for Nigeria to restore the petrol subsidy, arguing that government support should be directed towards production rather than making consumption cheaper. Otti said removing the subsidy was the right decision despite the financial pressure the policy initially placed on Nigerians. The Labour Party governor made the remarks

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FG Suspends 20 NSCDC Officers, Orders Independent Probe Into Deaths of 37 Detainees

Leave a Comment / African Politics, Governance & Policy, Politics / Trivane News

The Federal Government has suspended 20 officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and established a 10-member independent committee to investigate the deaths of 37 detainees in Niger State. The victims died while being held by the NSCDC after operations targeting suspected illegal mining around the M.I. Wushishi–Lukoto area of Minna. Interior Minister

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PFIPC Probe: Reps Trace 58 Bank Accounts as Questions Grow Over Purported Government Agency

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Nigeria’s House of Representatives has released preliminary findings from its investigation into the purported Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, uncovering a network of about 58 bank accounts allegedly connected to its disputed Director-General, Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi. The findings go beyond the accounts. Lawmakers say their investigation has so far found no Act of the National

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Hungary Welcomes Ukraine’s Minority Education Bill as EU Talks Remain at Stake

Algeria’s Lower House Approves Death Penalty Expansion for Forest Arson

Otti Rejects Return Of Petrol Subsidy, Urges Support For Production

FG Suspends 20 NSCDC Officers, Orders Independent Probe Into Deaths of 37 Detainees

PFIPC Probe: Reps Trace 58 Bank Accounts as Questions Grow Over Purported Government Agency

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