A Senior Advocate Nigeria (SAN), Yomi Alliyu, and the Osun State Government engaged in accusations and counter-accusations over the alleged request for the retirement of the state’s Chief Judge, Justice Oyebola Ojo. The Chief Judge is due for retirement, this year, before the amendment of the constitution to harmonise the retirement age for judges, which extended her tenure as the …

The Rivers State House of Assembly on Friday screened and confirmed the immediate-past Chief of Staff, Government House, Mr Emeka Woke, alongside four others as commissioners-designate. This was a sequel to a letter forwarding the names to the 32-member legislature by Governor Siminalayi Fubara for screening and confirmation. Others given a clean bill of health by the lawmakers are the …

The National Assembly has passed a bill to make comprehensive provisions for the prohibition and punishment of sexual harassment by educators in tertiary institutions. The Senate passed this bill in 2020 while the House of Representatives passed theirs but with different provisions. The Chairman Senate Committee on Judiciary, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele on Wednesday said the conference committee of both chambers …

The House of Representatives yesterday warned the Federal Government against terminating the contract signed with a private firm, Iris Smart Technologies Limited, for the production of electronic passports booklets. According to the House, procuring the equipment capable of putting the latest security features in the Nigerian e-passport will cost the government about N22 billion. The legislative chamber also warned that …

The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) has declared industrial action over the removal of fuel subsidy. The pump price of fuel tripled after President Bola Tinubu declared that fuel subsidy was gone. The NNPC Limited had directed its retail station to jerk up the price of fuel per litre from N197 to between N488 and N570. The Nigeria Labour …

The Senate has indicted the Office of Accountant General of the Federation (AGF) over failure to repay short-term loans given to Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) from Special Funds Accounts totalling N910 billion. The lawmakers discovered this after an investigation by the Senate Public Accounts Committee, chaired by Senator Mathew Urhoghide, following the submission of the 2017 Auditor General report. …

The House of Representatives committee investigating the alleged illegal $2.4 billion crude sale on Thursday again grilled the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Malam Abubakar Malami. Malami was questioned by the lawmakers over his failure to act on the tips provided by a whistleblower. On the whistleblower, Malami said he had no sufficient evidence to act. “There …

The Oyo State House of Assembly has passed a bill to amend the Chiefs Law, Cap 28, laws of Oyo State of Nigeria, 2000. The bill was passed by the state lawmakers during their plenary on Wednesday. The passage of the bill into law followed the presentation of the report of the House Committee on Local Government and State Honors. …

The National Assembly, through the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), has established ‘Democracy Radio’ in Abuja to propagate the activities of the legislature. On Tuesday, NILDS Director-General, Prof. Abubakar Sulaiman conducted reporters on a tour of facilities of the station in Asokoro ahead of the formal opening today. According to him, the station is an independent body …

In its bid to walk its talk of reforms in the nation’s integrated marketing communications industry, the federal government has announced the inauguration of a five-man Advertising Offences Tribunal that will handle cases regarding ad infractions in the country. In a statement at the weekend, the nation’s apex regulatory body, the Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON) said that the …