The Grundnorm

Eyes bloodshot. Tears welled up. But they didn’t flow. They remained within my eyelids which refused to let them roll down and deface my face. Something, maybe my brain, told my eyelids to keep the tears dammed so I could read. And I read.

Adesina Adegbite popularly known as AA has just been declared by the Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA) as the Genera Secretary Elect.

Nigeria’s inflation rate in the month of June 2022 increased to 18.60 percent on a year-on-year basis. The National Bureau of Statistics disclosed in its Consumer Price Index June 2022 report.

The Federal Government has trained over 30 independent monitors to evaluate the ongoing Cash transfer, Home-grown School feeding programme, N-power among others in Delta State.

A National Industrial Court, Abuja on Friday ordered the Federal Government to put machinery in place for the immediate review of the salaries and allowances of the judicial officers in Nigeria.

The military got fresh marching orders yesterday from President Muhammadu Buhari: wipe out terrorists. He said the last 12 years have been the most challenging due to insecurity.

Sri Lanka’s parliament will vote on a new president Wednesday, the speaker’s office said, on Friday, following the resignation of Gotabaya Rajapaksa after he was driven out of the country.

The Federal Government has approved the sum of N400 billion under the National Poverty Reduction and Growth Strategy.

The Academic Staff Union of Universities’ National President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, on Thursday said the union was not aware of the N1.2tn that the Federal Government said it would need to meet its members’ demands.

The Peoples Democratic Party has instituted a lawsuit compelling the Independent National Electoral Commission to prevent All Progressives Congress Presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu; and Labour Party standard bearer, Peter Obi, from replacing their running mates with Senator Kashim Shettima and Senator Datti Baba-Ahmed respectively.

The World Health Organisation said Thursday it would reconvene its expert monkeypox committee on July 21 to decide whether the outbreak constitutes a global health emergency.

Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, stopped the continuation of the hearing in a suit filed against Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, over his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress.

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, on Thursday, moved to improve the quality of teaching in Taraba and donated learning materials for pupils in basic schools in the state.

The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, is considering a serving governor and three others as his running mate, The PUNCH has learnt.

Economic Community of West African States’ Court has declared “unlawful” the suspension of Twitter by the Federal Government. The court also ordered the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), “never to repeat it again”.