•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...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate has been urged to expedite actions on a Bill to further amend the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA) to among others, hand the responsibility of implementing non-custodial sentences solely to the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS). This call was made in Abuja yesterday by a criminal justice advocacy gro...
•Governor Mbah of Enugu State Enugu State Governor Peter Mbah has transmitted an executive bill to the Enugu State House of Assembly to checkmate criminal activities among native doctors, herbalists and related persons in the state. The proposed legislation entitled “Maintenance of Internal Security, Vigilance and Order”, also outlaws money ri...
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