•Reading Worried by a “reading crisis”, Denmark’s government will eliminate its sales tax on books, looking to get more citizens buying them, the culture minister said today. The Scandinavian country’s 25 per cent tax on books is currently the highest in Europe, and stands in stark contrast with countries such as Britain that charge no [&helli...
•World Literacy Day Youths have been advised on how they can change the world with the power of reading and writing. This charge was made yesterday during the First Edition of Arike Tejuoso Writing Competition prize giving Ceremony held at Ibadan Literacy Hub, Bodija, Ibadan, the Oyo state capital, reports Nigerian Tribune. Speaking, Chief Exe...
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...
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, […]...
•Obasa The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, yesterday committed the 2024 Appropriation Bill presented last Wednesday by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to a joint-committee of the House for proper scrutiny. Dr. Obasa urged the joint-committee on Economic Planning and Finance to ensure it works hard enough to ...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives has passed the N27.5 trillion 2024 budget for a second reading. The House leader, Julius Ihonvbere, today, November 30, while leading the debate on the general principles of the budget, commended President Bola Tinubu. Ihonvbere noted that national security and education which got signific...

