The Kogi State House of Assembly complex has been gutted by fire. The fire, which broke out in the early hours of Monday morning, ripped through the roof of the chamber, causing damage to the floor of the house. The Speaker of the House, Mathew Kolawole, who was one of the first to visit the…
Senators across political party lines have said the National Assembly would not pass the proposal on petrol subsidy removal as presented by President Muhammadu Buhari in order not to create crisis for the new administration that would succeed him next year. Buhari had in the 2023 – 2025 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project SERAP, wants the federal and state governments to direct the Police and other security agencies to protect and respect the rights of the citizens to freedom of expression and assembly during elections campaign regardless of their political affiliation.. In a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, SERAP,s Deputy Director, Kolawole…
Seven days after he emerged on 26 March 2022 as the chair of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Adamu resigned from the senate where he had since 2011 represented the people of Nasarawa west senatorial zone. Senate President Ahmed Lawan read his letter on the floor of the senate on April 12, 2022….
The Federal Government has announced and released the details of recipients for the National Awards scheduled to take place on Tuesday, October 11, at the International Conference Center, Abuja. Awardees include the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon. Justice Ariwoola and Immediate past Chief Justice Tanko Mohammed, who would both be bestowed with the award of…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, presented the 2023 appropriation bill. Buhari presented the 2023 appropriation bill to a joint session of the National Assembly in Abuja. Read the President’s full speech below: Explaining further, he said the government will spend N20.15tn for the 2023 fiscal year. I am very pleased to be here today to…
Distinguished Colleagues, The Nigeria Data Protection Bureau (NDPB) is in the process of proposing the ‘Nigeria Data Protection Bill, 2022’. The NDPB has come up with a draft of the said bill. The bill is designed to ensure data security, that is, the fair and proper use of data while allowing Nigeria to leverage the…
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has endorsed the 2023 budget proposal for onward presentation to the National Assembly. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, confirmed this when he addressed State House Correspondents after the Council meeting on Wednesday. The meeting was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Council…
The House of Representatives on Wednesday advanced moves aimed at stripping the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), of its powers to try and remove Judicial officers from office. According to the proposed legislation which passed second reading on the floor of the House, before any judicial officers can be tried and removed from office, the…
The president of the National Industrial Court, NIC, Justice Benjamin Kanyip, says the welfare of Judges remains paramount in administering justice in an equitable impartial and timely manner. Justice Kanyip said this during a special court siting to Mark the 2022/2023 legal year of the National Industrial Court, NIC, on Wednesday in Abuja. The National…