Law Making
The Senate has called on the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, to investigate and prosecute foreigners who maltreat Nigerians in various parts of the country. They made the call in reaction to a motion by Senator Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo during Tuesday’s plenary in the upper chamber of the National Assembly in Abuja. Senator Degi-Eremienyo raised […]
The House of Representatives has rejected the constitutional amendment that seeks to confer life pension on Senate President, Speaker and their Deputies. The bill failed to get the required 240 votes as provided in the 1999 constitution as amended. The bill got 193 ‘No’ votes, while 162 lawmakers voted in support of the bill. There […]
Wife of the President, Aisha Buhari paid a surprise visit to the Senate chamber on Wednesday to witness proceedings of the upper chamber. She thus becomes the first Nigerian First Lady to visit the senate to witness proceedings of the House. The first lady was at the chamber to witness the laying of the Report […]
The House of Representatives has on Wednesday, February 9, 2022, called on the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency on ritual killings in Nigeria. The lawmakers made the call following a motion sponsored by Deputy Minority Leader of the House, Toby Okechukwu. The house also charged the National Orientation Agency (NOA), parents, schools, religious […]
The Senate lobby of the National Assembly Complex on Tuesday was filled with water with the cleaners battling to clean and control water from flowing into the Senate Chambers. The water was leaking directly from the roof, but visitors and Senators coming into the Senate chambers at about 11.00 am became bewildered where such amount […]
The Senate on Wednesday passed a Bill prohibiting discrimination between first degree and Higher National Diploma (HND) holders for the purposes of employment and promotion, into law. The decision followed the consideration and adoption of a report on the Bill presented by the Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFund, at plenary.
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has announced plans to repeal the Public Office Holder (Payment of Pension Law 2007) in the state. He made the announcement on Tuesday while presenting the government’s budget proposal for the 2021 fiscal year to members of the Lagos State House of Assembly in Alausa, Ikeja. “Mr Speaker and honourable […]
The House of Representatives is set to petition President Muhammadu Buhari over the refusal of some agencies of government to appear before its Committee on Public Account to answer questions over financial irregularities traced to them or clarify some records provided by other agencies. The House Committee on Public Account is particularly not happy with […]
Imo State House of Assembly has felicitated with Muslims in the state as they celebrate this year’s Eid-el-Kabir. House Committee chairman on information and judiciary, Honourable DOMINIC EZERIOHA who spoke on behalf of the lawmakers urged the Muslims who resides in Imo to continue praying for state. While wishing all Muslims a pleasant celebration, He […]
South East Governors have mandated their various Houses of Assembly in the zone to commence enactment of state security laws that will give legal backing to the establishment of regional security in line with its joint security programme for the zone. The Governors who held joint meetings with Ohanaeze Ndigbo and other political leaders […]
