•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The Plateau State House of Assembly has withdrawn a bill seeking to provide allowances as pensions for former Speakers, principal officers and members of the House.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...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate has adopted key resolutions aimed at strengthening the regulation, coordination and accountability of foreign aid in Nigeria, approving the establishment of a mandatory registration system and a national database for all foreign aid received in the country. The upper chamber also resolved that all foreign aid-funded...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate today passed for second reading a bill seeking stiffer penalties for offenders involved in counterfeit medicines and unsafe food products, including a proposed 15-year jail term for medicine hawkers. The proposed Counterfeit Medical Products, Fake Drugs and Unwholesome Processed Foods (Prohibition and Control) Bill,...
The House of Representatives has passed for second reading a bill seeking to establish a comprehensive national framework for alcohol control in Nigeria, aimed at addressing alcohol-related harm and strengthening public health governance across the country. The proposed legislation, titled “A Bill for an Act to Provide for the Control, Regulat...
•Armed Fulani herdsmen The lawmaker representing West Virginia’s 2nd District in the United States Congress, Rep. Riley Moore, has introduced the Nigeria Religious Freedom and Accountability Act of 2026. The bill will ensure that the U.S., as a Christian nation, stands with persecuted Christians around the world, especially in Nigeria, where h...
•Hillary and Bill Clinton Bill and Hillary Clinton will testify in a US House investigation surrounding deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a spokesman for the ex-president said, heading off a potential vote to hold the couple in contempt. The Epstein affair continues to cast a long shadow over Washington, entangling some of the most promin...
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