•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...
•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...
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