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...
•Tinubu, Service Chiefs and the Senate The Senate has moved to outlaw the recruitment of persons under the age of 18 into the military as it passed the Armed Forces (Repeal and Re-enactment) Bill, 2025, for second reading. The provision, which prohibits the enlistment of minors, aligns Nigeria’s military practices with the Child Rights Act [&h...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives have passed the Money Laundering Amendment bill has been passed for a second reading. The bill if amended and passed into law, will improve the nation’s anti-corruption framework, improve the recovery of illegally acquired funds from suspects, reports Daily Independent. The bill, sponsored...
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...
•Nigerian Senate chamber In attempts to strengthen Nigeria’s electoral process, the Senate has passed the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2025 through second reading, proposing a shift that would place the burden of proof on INEC in election petition cases. The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, announced the passage during today’s plenary after...
The Lagos State House of Assembly has advanced efforts to improve landlord-tenant relations as the Lagos State Tenancy Bill scaled through its second reading during plenary. Titled “A Bill for a Law to Regulate the Relationship between Landlords and Tenants in Lagos State Including the Procedure for the Recovery of Premises and for Connected P...
•YABATECH main entrance gate A bill which seeks to convert the Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH) to university today scaled second reading in Senate. The Bill titled: “A Bill for an Act to provide for the Establishment of the Yaba Federal University of Technology and Vocational Studies Yaba, Lagos State and to make comprehensive provisions...
•House of Representatives Forty-two constitutional amendment bills today scaled second reading in the House of Representatives. Among the bills was the one to remove the immunity conferred on the vice president, governors, and their deputies to curb corruption, eradicate impunity, and enhance accountability in public office, reports Channels T...
•House of Representatives Thirty-nine constitutional amendment bills have scaled second reading in the House of Representatives. The bills cut across various sectors including judicial reforms, electoral matters security and policing, inclusive governance, legislature, and others, reports Channels TV. Some of the proposals include: A bill for ...
The Senate has passed through second reading a bill seeking to amend the Nigeria Data Protection Act, 2023, to require social media platforms to establish physical offices within the country. The bill, titled ‘ A Bill for an Act to Amend the Nigeria Data Protection Act, 2023, to Mandate the Establishment of Physical Offices within […]
The Frontier is Nigeria’s leading online newspaper. It is published by Okims Media Links Limited headed by Sunny Okim, a veteran journalist who is widely known as The Grandmaster, fondly called so by colleagues and friends for being Nigeria’s pioneer movie journalist.
© 2026 The Frontier, Published by Okims Media Links Limited.
designed by winnet services
