LEGISLATURE

A bill seeking to make it an offence for any landlord to demand payment of advance rent from tenants of residential and office buildings and spaces beyond three months was laid before the Senate on Tuesday. The lawmaker representing Kogi West Senatorial District,…

The National Assembly is set to pass the 1999 Constitution Amendment Bill and transmit the same to the state Houses of Assembly by February for concurrence. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, made this known on Tuesday in his…

The House of Representatives has passed for second reading, the Federal Capital Territory Compensation, Resettlement and Welfare Board (Establishment, Etc) Bill 2021, which seeks to cater to the plights of Abuja indigenes forced to vacate their original habitations in the city. The…

The Senate, on Tuesday, passed the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (Amendment) Bill, 2022. The passage of the bill followed the consideration of a report by the Senate Committee on Aviation. Chairman of the committee, Senator Smart Adeyemi (APC/Kogi-West), in his presentation, said the…

The House of Representatives has called for investigation of the proliferation of illegal refineries in the Niger Delta region, especially with the alleged involvement of men of the Nigeria Police Force, Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, among others. At the plenary…

President Muhammadu Buhari will not compound the harsh economic realities for Nigerians by approving the removal of the petroleum products subsidy. Senate President Ahmad Lawan disclosed this to State House Correspondents on Tuesday after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the…

SPEAKER of the House of Representatives Femi Gbajabiamila has advocated for the amendment of Section 131(d) of the 1999 Constitution to increase the academic qualifications of would-be political holders in the country. He made the call in a social Facebook statement on Monday.…

The Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives has described the declaration by the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led federal government of having lifted its unconstitutional ban on use of Twitter in Nigeria as further demonstration of its appetite to suppress constitutionally guaranteed…

The Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Funminiyi Afuye, has said the financial autonomy granted the legislature and judiciary by Governor Kayode Fayemi would fortify democracy and enhance development in the state. Afuye attributed the level of achievements…

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Senator Ali Ndume has asked the Federal Government to name and arrest those that finance terrorism in the country. Speaking during an interview on Channels Television’s Political Paradigm, Ndume said he was prosecuted by the Federal…