LEGISLATURE

The House of Representatives has summoned Transportation Minister Rotimi Amaechi to explain the award of a multi-million dollar Deep Blue contract to a company which the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) said has no records of registration in Nigeria. Chairman of the House Committee…

The Senate, on Wednesday, passed the Proceeds of Crimes (Recovery and Management) Bill, 2022. The passage of the bill followed the consideration of a report by the Senate Joint Committee on Anti-Corruption and Financial Crimes; and Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters. Presenting the…

The Senate on Wednesday threw out President Muhammdu Buhari’s Bill seeking to amend the Electoral Act, 2022. The Bill titled: “A Bill for an Act to amend the Electoral Act 2022 and for related matters, 2022,” was overwhelming rejected by Senators, a development…

The Senate president, Ahmad Lawan, on Tuesday, constituted a seven-man conference committee on the Sexual Harassment of Students in Tertiary Institutions Prohibition bill. Members of the committee are expected to meet with their counterparts in the House of Representatives to harmonise the…

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Tuesday, rejected a court pronouncement stopping the National Assembly from amending the recently signed Electoral Act by President Muhammadu Buhari. A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, barred President Muhammad Buhari, the Attorney-General of…

The House of Representatives on Tuesday rescinded its rejection of three gender related bills during voting on the constitutional amendment. The three bills failed to get the required 240 votes on Tuesday. Others were are the bills on citizenship, indigeneship and 35 percent affirmative…

Some members of House of Representatives have pinpointed economic meltdown as a reason for obvious gaps between lawmakers and their people, adding that solving personal issues of constituents is not part of the reason why they were elected. They argued that town…

The National Assembly is to engage governors of the 36 states of the federation to ensure smooth endorsement of the ongoing process of constitutional amendment by the Houses of Assembly. The lawmakers are also to sustain the current engagement with Speakers of the…

Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila has said that the National Assembly will soon start another batch of amendments to the 1999 Constitution. Gbajabiamila stated this to reporters in Ilorin, Kwara state capital. He added that the lawmakers would also devolve more powers from the exclusive…

The House of Representatives has called on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to, in the public interest, introduce stringent regulations and guidelines including sanctions on the Point of Sale (POS) business operations nationwide. This followed the adoption of a motion moved…