The 24 members of Edo State House of Assembly yesterday passed a bill against kidnapping, thereby approving death sentence for offenders. The new bill came with the amendment of Edo Kidnapping Prohibition Law, 2013. The bill titled: ‘A Bill for a Law to Amend the Kidnapping Prohibition Law, 2013 and for Other Purpose Connected’, was presented by the House of …

The Benue State House of Assembly has recommended the immediate removal of Chief Judge (CJ) Maurice Ikpambese. Accused of ‘gross violation of the ethical code of conduct’, and ‘despicable acts’, the recommendation follows a letter from Governor Hyacinth Alia and was made during a plenary session presided over by Speaker Hyacinth Dajoh. In the correspondence, which was read by the …

Embattled Lagos lawmaker, Mudashiru Obasa, has approached the court to challenge his removal as the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly. The lawmaker dragged the Assembly and the new Speaker, Mojisola Meranda, before a State High Court in Ikeja, claiming that the lawmakers were wrong to have removed him when the Assembly was on recess. In a motion …

The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mojisola Meranda has committed a bill to establish the State’s research trust fund to a sub-committee of the House. Meranda also emphasised the need for tertiary institutions to partake in effective research works for the benefit of the state. This was as the bill, sponsored by a member of …

The National Assembly will resume plenary today, with plans to expedite action towards passage of the tax reform bills, according to Daily Trust. Following its first sitting of 2025 on 14 January, both chambers adjourned until 28 January, to allow various committees to conclude work on the defence of the 2025 Appropriation Bill presented to the parliament by President Bola …

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, has called for the introduction of standardized examinations across Nigerian universities and a complete overhaul of outdated curricula to align with global realities and industry demands. Speaking at the convocation lecture of the Federal University of Technology, Minna, Abbas decried the inconsistencies in academic standards across universities, which, he said, …

The Federal High Court in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State capital, on Wednesday struck out the defamation suit filed by the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, against activist lawyer, Dele Farotimi, over alleged cybercrime. The case, which stemmed from comments made by Farotimi in an interview about his book, Nigeria and its Criminal Justice System, particularly concerning the founder of …

The founder of Afe Babalola University Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Ekiti State, Aare Afe Babalola has accepted to withdraw criminal defamation charges against human rights activist, Mr. Dele Farotimi. This followed the appeal by foremost Yoruba monarchs, including the Ooni of Ife Oba Adeyeye Oguwusi. They pleaded with legal icon to drop the charges during a meeting with him at ABUAD campus. …

The National Assembly has postponed its resumption, earlier fixed for 28 January till 4 February to allow for the completion of ongoing budget defence sessions. The Clerks to the Senate and House of Representatives disclosed this in separate statements in Abuja. In an internal memo titled: “Change in resumption date”, which was dated 24 January 2025, and addressed to all …

The Senate Committee on Information and National Orientation on Tuesday described the N8.9 billion 2025 budget allocation to the Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation as inadequate. Consequently, the committee summoned the Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Bagudu, to appear before it for consultations on increasing the ministry’s budget allocation. The Chairman of the Committee, Kenneth Eze …