President Bola Tinubu has declined assent to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Amendment Bill, 2025, recently passed by the National Assembly. The bill proposes granting the NDLEA the power to retain a portion of the proceeds from drug related crimes in variance to the current legal framework. This is communicated to the House…
The Cross River State House of Assembly has proposed a bill to tackle human trafficking, describing it as a challenge fueled by poverty, unemployment, family breakdown, and socio-environmental factors. The bill is sponsored by the member of the Cross River State House of Assembly representing Yala 1 state Constituency, Yala 1 State Constituency, Brian Odey…
The Lagos Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Lawal Pedro, SAN, has announced that the Human Organ and Tissue Transplantation Bill has been enacted to ban illegal organ harvesting. Mr Pedro said there are four additional laws, including the Consumer Protection Law, Lagos Enforcement Training Institute Laws, Victims Assistance and Witness Protection Laws, and Fire and Rescue…
Ahead of the 2027 general elections, a bill to allow for diaspora voting in Nigerian elections on Wednesday scaled 2nd reading in the House of Representatives. This followed agitations by stakeholders clamouring for amendment of the constitution to allow Nigerians outside the country to participate in subsequent elections. The bill, co-sponsored by the Speaker, Abbas…
Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has written to the National Assembly to approve a fresh N1.767 trillion as a new external borrowing plan in the 2024 appropriation act. Tinubu’s request was read by the speaker, Tajudeen Abbass, during plenary on Tuesday. Accordingly, if approved, the loan will be used to part-finance the budget deficit of N9.7…
The National Economic Council (NEC) has expressed reservations over the Tax Reform Bill forwarded by President Bola Tinubu to the National Assembly. The bill was forwarded to NASS based on the report and recommendations of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal and Tax Reforms set up by the President to help boost revenue generation in the…
The House of Representatives has introduced a bill to amend Section 49 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) to allocate six special seats for women and persons living with disabilities (PWDs). The bill, titled “Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (Sixth Alteration) (Six Special Seats for Special…
The bill to amend the 1999 Constitution to create new Oyo and Ibadan States has scaled second reading in the House of Representatives. The bill, sponsored by Akeem Adeyemi, the son of the Late Alafin Adeyemi, and six others, seeks to create Oyo State with Oyo town as the capital, while the remaining part should…
Ahead of the 2027 general elections, the House of Representatives has created a website to enhance public awareness and interaction on the Independent Candidacy Bill. Addressing newsmen today in Abuja, the Spokesperson of the house, Rep. Akin Rotimi (APC-Ekiti state), said that the primary aim of the bill is to deepen political participation as much…
A bill seeking the creation of Ogoja State has scaled second reading in the House of Representatives on Thursday. The bill was sponsored by Godwin Offiono and three others during plenary. The constitution alteration bill seeks to amend the 1999 Constitution to create an additional state in the South-south region. Moving the motion, Mr Offiono…