The Senate on Thursday approved for second reading the bill to establish the National Council for Traditional Rulers, aimed at formally giving monarchs and community heads vital roles in the country. The bill was sponsored by the Senator representing Plateau South Senatorial District, Simon Lalong. When the bill was first introduced, it sparked extensive debate among lawmakers, with concerns raised …

President Bola Tinubu’s proposed tax reform bills has passed for second reading in the House of Representatives. The bills passed for second reading after a long debate on the floor of the House. The four tax reform bills, the Joint Revenue Board of Nigeria, Establishment, Bill 2024, the Nigeria Revenue Service (Establishment) Bill 2024, the Nigeria Tax Administration Bill 2024, …

The Senate on Thursday passed for a second reading, a bill to reform the insurance sector in Nigeria through passage of bill to that effect for second reading. The bill sponsored by its Chairman, Committee on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions, Senator Adetokunbo Abiru (APC Lagos East), seeks an Act to repeal the Insurance Act, Cap117 2004, the Marine …

The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, passed for second reading a bill to provide for the establishment of state police in the country. Sponsored by the Deputy Speaker, Hon. Benjamin Kalu and 14 others, the bill seeks to alter the relevant Sections of the 1999 Constitution to pave the way for states to establish their own policing outfits. As lawmakers …