LEGISLATURE

The refusal of the President Muhammadu Buhari not to sign the Electoral Act Amendment Bill into law is not surprising, Spokesman for the Senate, Ajibola Basiru, has said. In an interview on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ programme, however, the Senate’s spokesman said some…

On its last legislative day of the year, the House of Representatives unanimously passed into law the Infectious Disease Bill. The bill, introduced at the peak of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, was aimed at controlling infectious diseases in Nigeria. It was sponsored…

Nigerians have not heard the last of President Muhammadu Buhari’s refusal to assent to the 2021 Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, as the senate, yesterday, showed readiness for a showdown with the executive over the matter and immediately moved to override the president,…

The Senate yesterday passed the Finance Bill 2021, transmitted to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari, on December 7, 2021. The passage by the Upper Chamber of the National Assembly, followed the consideration of a report by the Senate Joint Committee…

Senate President Ahmad Lawan on Tuesday read President Muhammadu Buhari’s letter informing the lawmakers of why he withheld his assent from the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill. Lawan read the letter shortly after the upper chamber rose from its executive session at 11.40am. Buhari…

The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts (PAC), on Thursday, grilled officials of the Police Service Commission (PSC) over alleged extra-budgetary spending and unaccounted funds totalling N1,066,398,223. The committee being chaired by Dr Busayo Olluwole Oke (PDP-Osun) also kicked against the payments…

The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee has faulted the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) for engaging consultants to manage visa and passport matters in Embassies. It summoned the Minister of Interior, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, the Acting Comptroller General of…

The House of Representatives on Thursday asked the Inspector-General of Police and other heads of security agencies to immediately dismantle all road blocks from Lagos and Abuja to the Southeast. The House said this is to facilitate free flow of traffic and…

There was a mild drama at the Senate Committee on Appropriation on Wednesday when the Chairman, Senate Committee on Aviation, Senator Smart Adeyemi, warned the Federal Government against conducting the 2022 national census. He said going ahead with the exercise which would…

A Bill seeking to promote women empowerment and gender equality has again suffered a setback. The Bill which was first brought to the Senate during the 7th Assembly, was killed both in the 7th and 8th Senates. The Bill is likely to suffer the…