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Proposed database for cows by Senate sparks social media outrage
A bill seeking to create a database for cows in the country has elicited a flurry of reactions. The Nation learnt the bill for an […]
Petrol may cost more than N200 per litre in April — NNPC
Indications have emerged that Nigerians may likely pay more for petrol in April. This was disclosed Thursday by the Group General Manager (GMD) of the […]
Senate Rejects Bill Giving NASS Power to Appoint And Sack Service Chiefs
A bill that would have conferred on the National Assembly the power to appoint and sack Service Chiefs has been rejected by the Senate on […]
Trump urges Congress to amend ‘wasteful’ coronavirus aid bill
US President Trump has urged Congress to amend a bumper coronavirus stimulus bill to increase stimulus payments to $2,000 (£1,500) per American. In a video […]
Lagos Assembly passes public complaints, anti-corruption Bill into law
Lagos State House of Assembly has passed into law a bill to establish the Lagos State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission and for connected purposes. […]
Presidency rejects Ecological Fund bill
The Presidency has expressed its opposition to a bill in the House of Representatives seeking to regulate the Ecological Fund. The Secretary to the Government […]
Buhari assents to Police Bill 2020
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law the Nigeria Police Bill, 2020. The signing of the bill into law was reported in a statement by […]
FG, National Assembly bringing rejected water bill through the back door, says Soyinka
Playwright and social critic, Prof Wole Soyinka, has faulted attempts by the Federal Government with the connivance of the National Assembly to return the National […]
Anambra Assembly passes Legislative Fund Management bill
By Lucy Osuizigbo-Okechukwu Awka – Anambra House of Assembly has passed the state legislative funds management bill to ensure accountability, transparency, effectiveness and efficiency in […]
Ekiti Assembly passes bill establishing Lands, Housing Mortgages Board
By Idowu Gabriel Ado-Ekiti – Ekiti House of Assembly on Tuesday unanimously passed the bill for the establishment of State Lands, Housing Mortgages Board after […]
Buhari signs Amended Companies and Allied Matters Bill, after 30 years
By Ismaila Chafe Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday assented to the Companies and Allied Matters Bill, 2020 recently passed by the National Assembly. […]
Buhari’s speech at signing into law of revised 2020 budget
Speech by His Excellency, Muhammadu Buhari, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria at the signing into law of the Appropriation (Repeal and Amendment) Act, […]
POCACOV lauds Senate for passing Sexual Harassment Bill
By Stanley Nwanosike Enugu – The Police Campaign Against Cultism and Other Vices (POCACOV) has lauded the Senate for passing the Sexual Harassment Bill for […]
Okowa again sends revised 2020 appropriation bill to State Assembly
By Mercy Obojeghren Asaba – Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Tuesday sent a revised 2020 appropriation bill of N282 billion to the State Assembly […]
Senate passes sexual harassment prohibition bill
A Bill that seeks to protect students in the nation’s tertiary institutions was passed for third reading in the Senate on Tuesday. The Bill titled: […]
Advertising practitioners seek harmonisation of billboard taxes in Imo
By Chidi Opara Owerri – Outdoor advertising practitioners in Imo have called on the state government to harmonize fees and taxes for bill board placements […]
Court dismisses Melaye’s suit against Infectious Disease Bill
By Taiye Agbaje Abuja – The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, dismissed a suit by Senator Dino Melaye, challenging some provisions of the controversial […]
Nigerians To Pay More For Electricity In July – Minister Of Power, Sale Mamman Insists
The Minister of Power, Sale Mamman has insisted that Nigerians will pay higher electricity tariff from July this year. Sale Mamman made this known in […]
Bill to fund, regulate faith-based health institutions in Plateau passes second reading
By Peter Amine Jos – A bill for a law to provide funds and regulate approved faith-based health institutions in Plateau and other matters […]