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New Senate Bill Allows States To Generate, Distribute Electricity

Nigerian Senate
Lawmakers pass Nigeria Start-up bill Confirm Joe Ohiani as ICRC DG The Senate yesterday passed a bill that would allow states to generate and distribute electricity. The bill’s passage wasRead More

House Approves N369bn Budget For Customs In 2022

House of Representatives
Lawmakers okay repeal of 63-year-old Customs Act, proposed bill bans appointment of CG from outside service The House of Representatives yesterday approved the total sum of N369.136 billion budget forRead More

Lawmakers Investigate Crude Oil Production, Revenue Generated By NUPRC

Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC)
The House of Representatives Committee on Finance, yesterday requested for details of crude oil production from October 2021 to March, 2022, with a view to determining the revenue accrued toRead More

Lawmakers Invite AGF, Finance Minister, Others Over Non-implementation Of New Salary Structure For Police

Police Service Commission (PSC)
The House of Representatives yesterday resolved to invite the Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), Ahmed Idris and the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, over theRead More

Grid Collapse: Lawmakers Lambast Power Minister, Demand Improved Electricity Supply

Minister of Power, Mr. Abubakar Aliyu
Say Nigerians want actions not theories Mull return of NBET to power ministry Members of the House of Representatives Committee on Power yesterday criticised the Minister of Power, Abubakar AliyuRead More

Nigerian Lawmaker Proposes 3-Year Validity For University, Polytechnic Entrance Examination, UTME Results

Tolulope Akande-Sadipe
The bill tagged, A Bill for an Act To Amend The Joint Admissions And Matriculation Board (Establishment, Etc) Act, 2021 and other Related Matters, urged the House to look intoRead More

Constitution Review: National Assembly Okays Autonomy For LGs, State Legislature, Judiciary

National Assembly
Senate passes 49 out of 68 constitution bills •Moves prisons, railways, power generation from exclusive to concurrent list •Rejects pension for parliament presiding officers •Says states free to collect VATRead More

Buhari Seeks Fresh Amendment To Electoral Act, Wants Clause 84 Expunged

President Muhammadu Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday wrote to the National Assembly, seeking fresh amendments to the Electoral Act he signed into law last Friday. He eventually signed the reworked bill into lawRead More

Constitution Review: House Committee Rejects Immunity For National, State Assembly, Judicial Officers

House of Representatives
Turns down state police Recommends 111 additional legislative seats for women Bill ready for Buhari’s assent in February, Says Deputy Speaker The House of Representatives Committee on Constitution Review, hasRead More

Lawan: National Assembly To Rework, Pass Electoral Bill Wednesday

President of the Senate, Dr. Ahmad Lawan
Says Buhari will get bill for assent next week House to reintroduce proposed legislation today, says Gbajabiamila Time running out on new electoral law, IPAC insists 19 northern CSOs askRead More