•Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has signed the Electoral Act, 2022 (Repeal and Re-Enactment) Bill 2026 into law. This follows the passage of the bill by the National Assembly yesterday after months of deliberations. The bill has generated heated debates and controversy in the last one week, with lawmakers and prominent Nigerians disagreeing over...
•Senator Natasha The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division today, affirmed the suspension of the Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan by the Senate . The appellate court held that the Senate has power to discipline any erring member and that, in the instant case, Natasha’s fundamental right was never breached as she alleged. Deliverin...
•Sanusi Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has been granted a special admission into the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) Common Law and Sharia programme at the Northwest University, Kano. The approval was conveyed in an official letter dated January 12, 2026, and signed by the Head of the Directorate of Examinations, Admissions and Records of […...
•Lagos CP Olohundare Jimoh and activist Omoyele Sowore Legal counsel to human rights activist and former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, has said that the police acted outside the law by declaring his client wanted. Speaking on Channels Television today, the counsel, Tope Temokun, stated that “there is no law in Nigeria that empowers t...
•Festus Keyamo and Lagos airport Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has proposed the adoption of a law mandating government officials to patronise Nigerian airlines on international routes. Keyamo made the proposal yesterday during the ceremonial send-off of Air Peace’s inaugural direct flight from Abuja to London H...
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, today begged the National Assembly to urgently pass a law to criminalise unexplained wealth. He said Nigeria cannot win the anti-corruption war without legal backing to hold public officers accountable for assets far beyond their legitimate earnings, reports Th...
•Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has assented to the four tax reform bills recently passed by the National Assembly. The short ceremony which took place at the Presidential Villa today was attended by the leadership of the National Assembly and some legislators, governors, ministers, and aides of the president. The four bills: the Nigeria Tax Bil...
•Tinubu President Bola Tinubu will sign into law four groundbreaking tax reform bills today, Thursday, June 26, 2025 transforming Nigeria’s fiscal and revenue framework. The four bills — the Nigeria Tax Bill, the Nigeria Tax Administration Bill, the Nigeria Revenue Service (Establishment) Bill, and the Joint Revenue Board (Establishment) Bill ...
•Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni Ugandan president, Yoweri Museveni, today, signed a new law allowing civilians to be tried in military courts that critics said could be used against opposition leaders ahead of next year’s election. The new law comes despite a ruling by the Supreme Court in late January that it was unconstitutional for civil...
•Embattled IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu in court The second prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of Nnamdi Kanu has told Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja that the Eastern Security Network (ESN), established by Kanu, is an illegal group, unlike Amotekun, which is backed by law. Testifying under the codename “BBB”, [&hel...
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