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Bill to raise living standards advances as lawmakers push social protection
The bill will reduce extreme poverty, cushion the impact of economic shocks, and prevent vulnerable citizens from falling deeper into…
Sign bill to establish psychological council, group urges Buhari
The Nigerian Psychological Association (NPA) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to assent to the bill for an act to establish…
Bill to strengthen office of AGF awaits President’s assent
The Senate has passed a bill for the establishment of Federal Audit Service Commission. This is aimed at strengthening the…
Bill to establish Federal University of Technology passes 3rd reading
A bill for an Act to provide for the establishment of Federal University of Technology Auchi, Edo, on Wednesday passed…
Reps okay bill to help plug revenue leakages in oil sector
The House of Representatives, on Wednesday, passed a bill seeking to help plug leakages in government’s streams of income in…
Bill to make June 12 Democracy Day passes 2nd reading
A Bill for an Act amend the Public Holidays Act to declare June 12 as Democracy Day in Nigeria has…
Plateau approves draft bill to enable women stand as sureties
The Plateau Executive Council has approved a draft bill seeking to give women the right to stand as sureties to…
Buhari signs bill granting financial autonomy to State Judiciaries, Assemblies
President Muhammadu Buhari has assented to the Constitution Fourth Alteration Bill, which grants financial autonomy to the State Houses of…
Zambia to introduce bill to regulate alcohol consumption
The Zambian government said on Wednesday that it will soon introduce a bill in parliament aimed at controlling alcohol consumption…
Ambode Signs Seven Critical Bills Into Law
Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday signed seven important bills into law among which is the law to…
Bill to entrench accountability passes second reading
A Bill for an Act to amend Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Act to entrench parliamentary accountability and enhance the…
Assets management: Bill to establish agency passes 2nd reading
The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed through second reading a bill to establish the Nigerian Assets Management Agency.
Reps reject periodic medical tests Bill
The House of Representatives on Wednesday, rejected a Bill for an Act to make periodic medical tests free and compulsory…
Cross River to introduce Border Security Protection Bill
Cross River House of Assembly says it has concluded plans to introduce “Cross River State Border Security and Protection Bill”…
Ogun Assembly To Pass Wildlife Preservation Bill
The Chairman, Ogun House of Assembly Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, Mr Adeyemi Harrison, on Monday said the Forests and…
Agency backs legislation for elderly in Nigeria
The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has expressed support for the proposed bill seeking to outline privileges, support and opportunities for…
PenCom condemn bill seeking exclusion of paramilitary agencies from pension scheme
The National Pension Commission (PenCom) on Friday kicked against the bill seeking to exclude paramilitary organisations including the police from the…
‘Not Too Young To Run’ Bill Passed, Senate Commended
An NGO, Youth Initiative Against Violence and Human Rights Abuse, has commended the Nigerian Senate for passing the “not too…
Peace Corps Members jubilate Passing Of Bill By NASS
The Nigerian Peace Corps, South- West zone on Wednesday stormed the streets of Lagos to celebrate the passing of the…
Prison Decongestion Bill Underway – Gbajabiamila
Leader of the House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila (Lagos-APC), on Wednesday said a Bill proposing community service as alternative…
Dogara must end debate on bill to grant full amnesty to treasury looters – SERAP
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP) has sent an open letter to Dogara Yakubu, Speaker, House of Representatives, urging…
Ebonyi Assembly Passes 18 Bills Into Law
A member of Ebonyi House of Assembly, Mr Victor Aleke, has said that the 5th Assembly passed a total of…
South East Development Commission bill rejected
The House of Representatives on Thursday rejected a bill seeking the establishment of South East Development Commission.
Reps Suspend Bill
The House of Representatives on Thursday suspended deliberations on a bill seeking to make provisions for the prohibition and punishment…
Bill upgrading MAPOLY to university scales second reading
The Bill to upgrade Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY) to a state University of Technology, on Wednesday scaled second reading at…
Ambode berates Senate for rejecting bill to grant Lagos special status
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has berated the Senate for turning down a bill meant to grant Lagos…
Ambode signs Bill to jail land grabbers 10 years
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday signed into law the Lagos State Properties Protection Bill that recommends…
Lawmaker condemns senate’s bid to cripple social media
Eromosele Ebhomele The representative of Epe Constituency 2 at the Lagos State House of Assembly, Segun Olulade, on Wednesday described…
Uduaghan signs Delta State development agency bill into law
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta on Monday signed into law the bill on the Delta State Micro, Small and Medium…
Senate passes corporate manslaughter bill into law
The Senate on Tuesday honoured late Senator Pius Ewherido by passing the Corporate Manslaughter Bill 2014 into law after a…