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Kaduna Proposes Life Imprisonment For Rapists

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The Kaduna State Government has proposed life sentence for rapists in the new Child Right Bill forwarded to the State House of Assembly for passage into law.

Deputy Director, Civil Litigation in the state’s Ministry for Justice, Mr Irimiya Samson, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna.

Samson explained that the development became necessary, following incessant cases of rape, particularly of minors, being recorded daily in the state.

He noted that current penalty for rape in the Penal Code was very light, as such it was important to make the law more strict to curtail the ugly trend.

“The incidences of rape have become very rampant in the state. It is particularly disturbing that the offenders are mostly elderly men whose victims are toddlers, minors within the age range of three to six.

“In curbing this abominable act, the state government has decided to invoke a stiff punishment for offenders in the child right law.

“As such, when the bill is passed, anyone caught would remain behind bars for life.”

He added that the law also criminalise child trafficking, child labour, street hawking, and begging, which are common practices in the state.

“Similarly, exposing children to obscene materials like phonographic content has also been criminalised.

“Offenders would be imprisoned or made to pay fine of N500, 000 for individuals and one to five million for companies, plus a two-year ban.

“The proposed law also de-emphasise detaining or locking up children for juvenile offences, having realised that detention do not help the children in anyway.

“What the law proposed in place of detention is community service, which in all sense could instill some level of discipline in juvenile offenders.

“Education was also covered in the law, making it mandatory for every child to acquire basic education,” the official added.

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MTN Proposes To Pay N300b To Settle NCC Fine

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MTN Group Ltd. has proposed to pay 300 billion naira ($1.5 billion) to settle a record $3.9 billion fine in Nigeria for missing a deadline to disconnect unregistered subscribers, according to a document handed to reporters in the Nigerian Senate. Africa’s biggest mobile-phone company made the offer in order to settle a dispute that has been running since the fine was first imposed by Nigerian regulators in October.

The country’s Senate Committee on Communications met to discuss the matter on Thursday and concluded that the negotiations with MTN must continue with the involvement of Minister of Communications Adebayo Shittu. MTN shares have declined more than 23 percent since the fine was made public on Oct 26, valuing the Johannesburgbased company at 272 billion rand ($17.6 billion).

The penalty was imposed for missing a deadline to disconnect 5.1 million subscribers deemed by the government to be improperly registered in the country that’s battling security issues including Boko Haram’s Islamist insurgency. MTN’s management, the Nigerian Communications Commission and Shittu must report back to the Senate in two weeks with the outcome of discussions, according to the committee.

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Senate Proposes 30 Bills For 2016– Saraki

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The President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki on Monday announced 30 bills for the 2016 legislative year.

Bukola noted that the Senate has 30 bills of interest that will address governance, economic reform to fast track necessary changes.

According to him, the 30 bills to reform critical sectors of the country have been submitted by ‘my colleagues and now awaiting consideration and passage’.

“The 30 bills when passed would give backing to necessary reforms in area of security, judiciary, anti-corruption, taxation and poverty eradication.

“They are meant to drastically change business environment and promote inclusive growth especially in agriculture & other non oil sector.

“Also we have National Assembly Budget & Research Office Bill as part of the #30Bills that will be debated.

“It is our beliefs in National Assembly that diversification can only happen if we provide the necessary regulatory and legislative framework.

“The 30 bills will encourage private sector participation in railways, road construction & other transport infrastructure to create jobs.

“The bills will establish a framework for agencies of government to set goals, measure performance and submit related plans and reports to NASS,” he said.

The Senate President also added that it is the National Assembly’s belief that diversification can only happen if we provide the necessary regulatory and legislative framework.

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Man Proposes To Girlfriend 148 Times Without Her Realizing

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There are so many innovative wedding proposals online these days, it’s hard to pull off something new.

Ray Smith from Grimsby was struggling to think of a novel way to pop the question to his pregnant girlfriend Claire Bramley when he hit upon an idea that can’t have been done before: ask her 148 times without her realizing.

He took a selfie every day for five months, hiding the message “Will you marry me” on a piece of card in each picture with Claire kept in the dark until he was ready to ask her for real, on Christmas Day last year. To ensure she didn’t realize, he told her he wanted to document her ongoing pregnancy. He kicked things off in July last year.

“I have been planning to propose for a while and I knew I wanted to do something romantic, so I originally thought about popping the question in a hot air balloon,” he said. “But then in June we received some great news that Claire was expecting a baby, which put a stop to that plan. So I had to have a rethink.”

“I searched online for unusual proposals and I saw ideas like flash mobs and that sort of thing. So I decided to come up with my own idea to take a picture every day for five months.”

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FG Proposes N6trn Budget For 2016

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The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Monday approved a budget proposal of N6 trillion for the 2016 fiscal year. The proposal is predicated on 38 dollars per barrel of crude oil and a production output of 2.2 million barrel per day. The approval by council followed the adoption of the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) for three years presented to it by the Planning and Budget Ministry.

Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udoma Udo Udoma, disclosed this to State House correspondents while briefing on the outcome of the council meeting which lasted for about three hours. He said besides crude oil sale, the budget would be financed through increased revenue drive by government agencies, efficiency in income tax collection, keeping down recurrent expenses while the difference would be sourced through borrowing. The minister also disclosed that capital expenditure had been increased to 30 per cent in the current proposal down from about 15 percent in the last budget.

According to him also, all the increases made to next year’s budget which brings it to six trillion from over five trillion budgeted this year were on capital expenditure. He said the details of the proposal would be made public after a feedback from the National Assembly on the MTEF which would be forwarded to the legislature. On the exchange rate used in the proposal, the minister said they had relied on the rate given by the Central Bank of Nigeria. “We want a prudent, credible budget. We are working on the exchange rate given by the CBN. We’ll reduce recurrent,” the minister said.

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Gay Man Proposes To His Boyfriend In Church, Congregation Reacts (WATCH VIDEO)

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Trevor Harper is said to have been dating Davis, his boyfriend, for nine years. He proposed to him in church while members of the church and his pastor gave him a standing ovation when he got down on one knee.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=90&v=Esb7oBAHd7c

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Joda Committee Proposes Merger Of DPR, NERC

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The Nigerian Government may be considering the establishment within the next 30 days of an inter-ministerial energy committee that would undertake the regulatory functions of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) and the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) in the gas/electricity value chain, to ensure uninterrupted supply of natural gas from the oil companies to the power plants in the country.

Under the National Gas Master Plan, the DPR is mandated to implement a Gas Pricing Regulation framework of 2007, which provides the legal basis for gas supply to domestic market, particularly the power sector, to provide the energy required to power productive activities in the economy.

On the other hand, NERC has the responsibilities under the Electric Power Sector Reform Act to undertake the technical and economic regulation of the tariff, approval of capacity expansion and business plans in the electricity industry value chain.

To guarantee the energy necessary to drive productive activities in the economy, the Finance and Economy sub-committee of the Ahmed Joda-led Transition Committee set up by the ruling All Progressives Congress to assist the smooth take off of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration, recommended that the creation of the committee that would merge and streamline decision making processes between the two agencies and increase regulatory certainty and investor confidence in the power sector.

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