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Osinbajo signs three bills into law

August 18, 2018Ayo Olowo

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 […]

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

April 17, 2018April 17, 2018Eben Tanimola

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, […]

Ambode signs N1.046trn budget, 2 other bills into law

February 26, 2018Eben Tanimola

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos state, on Monday signed the 2018 appropriation bill of the state into law with a total budget size of N1.046 trillion. This is the first time that Lagos state will have a budget of N1 trillion. The total budget size comprises of N347 billion to be funded from the consolidated […]

FRESH: Buhari signs six new bills into law

December 29, 2017Ayo Olowo

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 […]

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

September 22, 2017Eben Tanimola

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, […]

NASS to pass 11 bills to end recession

October 12, 2016Ayo Olowo

Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has said that the Senate will pass 11 Bills before the end of 2016 to tackle the current economic recession.Saraki spoke at a dialogue at the 22nd Edition of the Nigerian Economic Summit in Abuja, on Tuesday. He said since the beginning of the year, the Senate had worked so hard […]