•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...
•Donald Trump US President Donald Trump has signed a federal spending bill that brings an end to the longest government shutdown in the nation’s history. The measure, approved by the House of Representatives in a 222–209 vote just two days after a narrow Senate passage, restores funding to key federal agencies after 43 days of […]
The Nigerian Export-Import Bank (NEXIM) today expressed strong support for a proposed bill seeking to increase its share capital from ₦50 billion to ₦1 trillion, while also advocating for the removal of the Central Bank of Nigeria from its governing board. Speaking at a one-day public hearing organised by the Senate Committee on Banking, Insur...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate has passed through third reading a bill seeking to prevent and prohibit sexual harassment of students in educational institutions and other places across the country. The bill which is a concurrent legislation from the House of Reps, aims to protect students from all forms of sexual misconduct and abuse within acade...
•Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu An Israeli parliamentary committee today advanced a bill proposing the death penalty for terrorists, a move pushed for by far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir. The National Security Committee approved the amendment to the penal code, which will now be passed onto the parliament for its...
•Heineken Lokpobiri, Gbenga Komolafe and Bayo Ojulari The Ministry of Petroleum Resources, the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited have jointly opposed the bill to establish the National Commission for the Decommissioning of Oil and Gas Installations, 2024. Their position was ma...
•Nigeria Governors’ Forum The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has pledged its full support for the bill seeking reserved seats for women in Nigeria’s legislature. In a statement issued at the end of their meeting in the early hours of today, the governors urged members to actively lobby both federal and state lawmakers to ensure the...
The House of Representatives today passed for second reading a bill seeking to amend the EFCC establishment act to give it more powers to carry out its task in line with current realities Leading the debate, its sponsor, Yusuf Adamu Gagdi, said the Bill seeks to strengthen the institutional Independence, operational efficiency, and accountabil...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives on Monday conducted a public hearing on a bill seeking to establish the South East Institute for Vocational and Entrepreneurial Studies in Umuobom, Ideato Federal Constituency, Imo State. Sponsored by Hon. Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, member representing Ideato North and South Federal Constitue...
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