•Nigerian Senate The Senate has passed a bill seeking to amend the National Senior Secondary Education Commission Act No. 45, 2023, in a move aimed at strengthening the regulation, administration and coordination of public senior secondary education across the country. The bill, titled, National Senior Secondary Education Act (Amendment) Bill,...
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has rejected proposed legislation seeking a six-month jail term or ₦300,000 fine for healthcare professionals over delays in emergency medical treatment. This is contained in a statement issued by the NARD President, Dr Ogar Idoko, in Calabar today. Idoko described the proposed amendment to t...
•House of Representatives A Bill for an Act to Regulate Rental Payments, Prohibit Compulsory Multiple-Year Rent Demands, Housing Agency Practices and Rent Increases in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), to Establish a Unified Digital Register for Housing Agents, Prescribe Agency Fees, Protect Landlords and Tenants has scaled Second Reading i...
•Policemen The states that have approved state police are now 24. So, the constitutionally-required 24-state endorsement benchmark needed for the state police bill to become law has been met. Vanguard gathered that more states will conclude deliberations next week. Below is a complete list of the states that have approved and the one being awa...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate today passed, for third reading, a bill seeking to establish a Federal College of Agriculture in Shani Local Government Area of Borno State, as part of efforts to boost agricultural productivity and promote modern farming techniques. The passage followed the adoption of a recommendation to that effect in a report pr...
•Ebonyi State House of Assembly The Ebonyi State House of Assembly has passed a landmark executive bill aimed at regulating the trade of metal and electrical scraps, standardising residential rent, and capping property agency fees across the state. Presided over by the Speaker, Moses Odunwa, during yesterday’s plenary at the Assembly Complex o...
•Kano House of Assembly The Kano House of Assembly has passed the Kano State Private and Voluntary Institutions Board (Amendment) Bill, 2026, with recommendations aimed at strengthening the regulation and management of private and voluntary educational institutions across the state. The bill was passed during yesterday’s plenary after lawmaker...
The Plateau State House of Assembly has withdrawn a bill seeking to provide allowances as pensions for former Speakers, principal officers and members of the House. The withdrawal was announced on the floor of the House, today, hours after the joint leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), the Trade Union Congress (TUC), and the [&hell...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives today stepped down a bill seeking to prohibit the production, importation, distribution, sale and consumption of unbranded and unfortified edible oils in Nigeria following extensive debate among lawmakers over its potential impact on public health, existing regulatory frameworks and rural ...
The Cross River State House of Assembly has passed for second reading a bill seeking to prohibit same-sex marriages and civil unions in the state. The proposed legislation, titled “A Law to Prohibit Contract of Marriage, or Civil Union Entered into Between Persons of Same Sex, Solemnization of Same, Whether Cultural, or in Accordance with [&he...
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