The Senate has thrown out a bill seeking to include Anambra State as one of the member states of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, saying that the state was not part of the Niger Delta region, which is the reason for the establishment of the interventionist agency. Speaking yesterday after the lead debate on […]
•Aso Rock President Bola Tinubu has ordered the immediate payment of Aso Rock’s electricity bill to avoid disconnection in the nation’s seat of power. In an advertorial titled ‘Notice of disconnection’ published on Monday, the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) said the presidential villa owes an electricity bill of N923.87 million....
A Constitution Amendment Bill to introduce state police has scaled second reading in the House of Representatives. The bill, which was sponsored by 13 members of the House, enjoyed support from majority of the lawmakers in the green chamber who believed that concerns of political victimisation by state governors, should take the backseat to th...
•House of Reps A bill for an Act seeking to amend the 1999 Constitution to change the educational qualification for elections into certain political offices, has been stepped down by the leave of the House of Representatives. Standing in the name of Adewunmi Onanuga, the proposed legislation aimed at pegging minimum qualification for elections...
•Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has assented to the Electricity Act (Amendment) Bill, 2024, into law. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, announced this in a statement today. He said the Electricity Act (Amendment) Bill, 2024, seeks to address the development and environmental concerns of host communities,...
A bill for the amendment of the Electoral Act to provide for the conduct of the general election in one day was yesterday passed for ‘Second Reading’ in the House of Representatives. The intention of the bill is for presidential, governorship, senatorial, House of Representatives and Houses of Assembly elections to hold in one day, […]...
•NASS complex, Abuja The joint Senate and House of Representatives Committees on Appropriations are currently putting final touches to the compilation of the 2024 Appropriation bill in order to meet tomorrow Saturday, December 30, 2023 deadline for the passage of the budget for the 2024 fiscal year. Sources close to the workings of the joint [...
•The 10th Senate The Senate has passed the bill for an act to amend the 2023 Appropriation Act to extend the implementation year from December 31, 2023 to March 31, 2024. The upper chamber also passed a bill for an act to amend the 2023 Supplementary Appropriation Act to extend the implementation year from December […]
•Osun House of Assembly Osun House of Assembly, today, passed a bill extending the retirement age of judges and other judicial officers from 65 to 70 years. The bill is entitled: “Osun State High Court and Customary Court of Appeal Registrars, Secretary to the State Judicial Council, State Counsels in the Ministry of Justice, State […]...
The federal government has given a hint of possible increments to the estimate for the 2024 budget if the revenue side increases. Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, disclosed this today when he appeared before the Senate Committee on Finance. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had recently, formally presented a budget estimate of N27.5 trillion to the [...
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