Tag: BILL
Tinubu Declines Assent To Bill Seeking Extension.
President Bola Tinubu has declined assent to a bill seeking to extend the tenure of service of legislative officers at the National Assembly, as...
Abbas Withdraws Bill Prescribing Jail Term For Refusal To Sing Anthem.
Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas has withdrawn the controversial Counter Subversion and Other Related Bills which seeks to criminalise refusal to...
Senate Passes Bill To Return Old National Anthem
A week after the House of Representatives passed a bill to dump the current national anthem for the old one, the Senate similarly passed...
Student Loan: President Tinubu Signs Amended bill Into Law.
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday signed the Student Loans Re-enactment Bill into law at the State House in Abuja.According to a tweet by the...
Incessant Stikes: ASUU Seeks Bill To Regulate Foreign Education For Public...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has called for a bill to regulate how children of public officers enroll in schools overseas.The union,...
ASUU Seeks Bill To Regulate Foreign Education For Public Officers’ Children
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has called for a bill to regulate how children of public officers enroll in schools overseas.The union,...
NITDA Proposes New Bill To Advance Information Tech
The Nigeria Information Technology Development Agency NITDA has announced a proposed amendment to its bill for the advancement of information technology development in Nigeria.Head...
FEC Approves Bill To Repeal CCB, CCT Act
The Federal Executive Council FEC has approved a bill seeking the repeal of the Code of Conduct Bureau CCB and Code of Conduct Tribunal...
Women’s Day: NAWOJ Laments Rejection Of Five Gender Bills
The Nigeria Association of Women Journalists, NAWOJ says it is retrogressive and a tragedy in the development space of the country and the eye...
Reps Reject Bill For Special Seats For Women In Parliament
The House of Representatives has rejected a bill seeking to reserve special seats for Women at the National and State Houses of Assembly.This followed...
Electoral Act Amendment: Finally, President Buhari Signs Bill Into Law
President Muhammadu Buhari has finally signed the Electoral Act Amendment Bill into law.The President assented to the bill at past midday on Friday at...
Presidency: Buhari To Sign Reworked Electoral Bill Tomorrow
President Muhammadu Buhari may assent to the reworked Electoral Act Amendment Bill transmitted to him last month by the National Assembly, tomorrow, Friday.Presidential spokesman,...
Senate ‘Ll Soon Pass Bill On Arms Proliferation- Spokesperson
The Senate Spokesperson, Ajibola Bashiru, says the control of Small Arms and Light Weapons Bill, pending before the National Assembly, will soon be passed.Bashiru,...
Electoral Bill 2022: NASS Transmitts Authenticated Copies Of The Bill To...
The Clerk to the National Assembly Olatunde Amos Ojo has transmitted the authenticated copies of the Electoral Bill 2022 to the President of the...
2021 Electoral Bill: Over 80 Legislators Affirm Readiness To Override President...
Over 80 Senators have showed their willingness to go against the veto of President Muhammadu Buhari to the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, for the...
Breaking: Buhari Writes National Assembly, Gives Reasons For Withholding Assent To...
President Muhammadu Buhari has withheld his assent to the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2021.In a letter to the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, the president...
Reps Pass Bill To Make Free Healthcare For Children Compulsory
The House of Representatives has passed for second reading a bill seeking to make it compulsory for the Federal Government to provide free health...
Electoral Act: National Assembly Passes Amendment Bill
The Senate and House of Representatives has passed the harmonised version of the Electoral Act, Amendment Bill, 2021 at separate sittings, following the consideration...
Senate Passes Bill To Scrap Ferma
The Senate has passed the Federal Road Bill which seeks to repeal the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency Act, Federal Highways Act, and the Control...
Kidnapping: Bill Seeking Tougher Punishment Passes 2nd Reading In Senate
A Bill titled “Abduction, Wrongful Restraints and Confinement Bill 2021”, seeking stiffer penalty for kidnapping, wrongful restraint and confinement for ransom has passed second...