Osinbajo signs three bills into law

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Friday signed into law three bills passed by the National Assembly which are now Acts of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The bills are the Federal Capital Territory Civil Service Commission (Establishment) Act, 2018; the Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria (Establishment) Act, 2018; and the Federal School of Medical Laboratory Technology […]

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Senate to transmit “Not too young to run”, 11 other bills to Buhari for assent

The senate, on Tuesday resolved to transmit the “Not too young to run” bill along with 11 others to President Muhammadu Buhari for assent. Other bills are financial autonomy of state legislature, restriction of tenure of president and governors, timeline for the presentation of presentation of appropriation bill, determination of pre-election matters, submission from the judiciary, […]

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FRESH: Buhari signs six new bills into law

President Muhammadu Buhari has assented to the Niger Delta Development Commission (Establishment) Amendment Act, 2017. The Act includes the gas producing and gas processing companies in the list of agencies that are contributing to the Niger Delta Development Commission in addition to the oil companies in a bid to increase funding of the commission for […]

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Reps insist on regulating NGOs, explain what the bill is about

The Deputy Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Umar Jibril, has stated that the non-governmental organisation (NGO) regulation bill is being passed in the interest of Nigerians. On Thursday, Chidi Odinkalu, former chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), launched a campaign against the bill, saying the proposed law would affect religious bodies, […]

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