The Senate, on Tuesday, 26 July, 2022 considered two critical bills seeking to tackle poverty and put a stop to intellectual property theft in the country. One of the bills provides for the... Read more
The leadership of the National Assembly on Tuesday, 26 July, 2022 held a consultative meeting with the Minister of Finance and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed over the draft 2023-2025 Me... Read more
Ahead of the November hand-over of power by the All Progressives Congress (APC) led government in Osun State, the state House of Assembly on Monday, 25 Jul,2022 commenced the process with th... Read more
The Senate, on Wednesday, 20 July, 2022, passed a bill to establish the National Social Security Commission. The piece of legislation seeks to put in place a National Social Security protect... Read more
Lagos Assembly Sacks Its Commission Chairman; Confirms Clerk’s Appointment; Appoints 3 Deputy Clerks
In a unanimous decision on Thursday, 14 July, 2022, the Lagos State House of Assembly voted for the sack of the Chairman of the State House of Assembly Commission (LAHASCOM), Wale Mogaji. Mo... Read more
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said that Tuesday’s attack on the Kuje Medium Security Custodial Centre by terrorists speaks volumes about the failure of the country’s secur... Read more
But for the crisis-management skill of the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Mudashiru Obasa, the Monday, 27 June, 2022 plenary session would have ended in chaos. S... Read more
The Senate, on Wednesday, 29 June, 2022 adjourned plenary to enable it proceed on the Sallah break. The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, accordingly, announced July 19, 2022, as resumption dat... Read more
The Senate has mandated the Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, to go ahead with the probe of the crisis in the Judiciary by looking into the complaints raised in the pet... Read more
The Senate has passed five bills from the House of Representatives for concurrence. The bills include Public Enterprises (Privatization and Commercialization) Act (Repeal & Enactment) Bi... Read more
The Supreme Court, on Friday, 24 June, 2022, struck out the suit President Muhammadu Buhari and the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN, file... Read more
The Senate has directed the Federal Ministry of Justice to ensure the prosecution of any official of the Correctional Service found complicit in the unjustified incarceration of minors. It a... Read more
The Senate has resolved to honour Ejiro Otarigho, the brave tanker driver who drove a burning tanker from danger zone to avert a tragic fire incident in Agbarho, Delta State. It also... Read more
By Ola Awoniyi The Ninth National Assembly can be proud that it has made its mark. It is just three years since its inauguration on 11th June, 2019, so it has one more year to go. But its ac... Read more
Senate President, Ahmad Lawan has appealed to Nigerians with pending issues for constitution review not to lose hope. Lawan said the doors of the National Assembly are still open for further... Read more
The Senate has adjourned sitting till June 7, 2022, to enable lawmakers participate fully in the Presidential, National Assembly, Governorship, and State Houses of Assembly primaries. The mo... Read more
The Senate on Wednesday, 11 May, 2022 passed a bill to repeal and re-enact the Customs and Excise Management Act 2004. The passage of the bill followed the consideration of a report by the C... Read more
The Senate on Wednesday, 11 May, 2022 considered a bill to establish the National Centre for Cancer Treatment. The bill tilled, “National Centre For Cancer Treatment Bill, 2022”, scaled seco... Read more
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has appointed Senator Abba Moro as Chairman of the Committee on Federal Character and Inter-Governmental Affairs. Lawan made the announcement moments be... Read more
The Senate has urged the Federal Government and State Governments to, as a matter of urgency, direct the Ecological Fund Office and other relevant agencies to assist in the control and rehab... Read more
