LEGISLATURE

The House of Representatives, on Wednesday, forced a member, Simon Atigwe (PDP/Enugu) to withdraw a bill seeking to bar workers in the health sector from embarking on industrial action. According to the House, the proposal, which failed its second reading at the plenary…

The Senate on Tuesday passed a Bill that seeks to increase the number Law School campuses from six to 12. The Bill, titled: “A Bill for an Act to amend the Legal Education (Consolidation, etc) Act by establishing the campuses for the…

The House of Representatives has passed for second reading, a bill seeking to raise the academic qualification for the seat of President of Nigeria, governor of a state and other elective public offices to university degree or its equivalent. The bill, sponsored…

The Office of the Account General has said it is not aware of the location of the N1.2 trillion belonging to the federal government which banks have refused to release despite several directives mandating them to do so. At the investigative hearing into…

Should President Muhammadu Buhari sign the new Electoral Act amendment bill recently forwarded to him by the National Assembly into law, all political appointees in his government would no longer be eligible, either as voting delegates or aspirants during the conventions or…

THE power of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) over critical institutions of the judiciary has been scaled down by the federal lawmakers tinkering with the 1999 Constitution, According to Sunday Tribune report. A two-day retreat of the joint ad-hoc committee of…

The Joint Senate and House of Representatives Committee on Constitution Review has approved the separation of the office of the Minister of Justice from that of the Attorney-General of the Federation as part of the recommended amendments to the 1999 Constitution. The matter…

Spokesman of the House of Representatives, Rep Benjamin Kalu (APC, Abia) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to make the Electoral Act one of the legacies he would bequeath to Nigerians when he leaves office in 2023. Addressing newsmen on Thursday, Kalu said the…

The Senate Public Accounts Committee has faulted the payment of N13.4million as a premium to an insurance brokerage firm by the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS). The panel at its last sitting on Friday wondered why the NIS should pay the huge amount as…

The House of Representatives ad-Hoc Committee on Investigation of Operations of Real Estate Developers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) last Wednesday threatened to sanction real estate developers in Abuja for allegedly violating laid down rules and procedures in carrying out their…