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 …

The House of Representatives, on Wednesday, approved for second reading a bill to ensure adequate funding for mineral resources exploration and extraction through public-private partnerships. Leading the debate on the bill’s general principles, the sponsor and member representing Surulere II Federal Constituency, Lagos State, Lanre Okunola, described the proposed legislation as a transformative framework aimed at advancing Nigeria’s mining sector …

The Senate, during its plenary on Thursday, passed the bill that seeks to establish the South-South Development Commission for the second reading months after initially opposing it. The bill, which was sponsored by Senator Asuquo Ekpenyong (APC, Cross River South) and 17 other senators from the region including the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, was well received by the lawmakers. Ekpenyong …

Majority of the lawmakers at the Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday supported the Market Authority Bill currently being considered by the legislators. The bill scaled second reading on the floor of the House with the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, committing it to the House Committee on Local Government. The committee is expected to report back to the …

President Bola Tinubu will, on Friday, receive a draft bill seeking a return to a regional system of government for Nigeria. The proposed legislation authored by a chieftain of the Yoruba socio-cultural association, Afenifere, Mr. Akin Fapohunda, and titled: “A Bill for an Act to substitute the annexure to Decree 24 of 1999 with New Governance Model for the Federal …

Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has assented to a bill adopting a new logo for the state, describing the new symbol as a signal of new rebirth for Osun. According to a statement in Osogbo, the state capital, on Wednesday by the spokesperson to the governor, Mr. Olawale Rasheed, the ceremony where the bill was signed was witnessed by …

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 …

The Senator representing Borno South Senatorial District, Ali Ndume, has slammed the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, for approving the passage of some executive bills without seeking the input of other members. In a video from Thursday’s sitting, Ndume knocked the Senate President for passing certain bills without formal reading and members’ contributions. The Senator representing Borno South Senatorial District, Ali …

The Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly has passed a bill for a law that allows it to manage funds accruing to it from the consolidated revenue fund of the state. The law was passed after the third reading on Thursday, 12 October 2023. The lead sponsor of the bill and Deputy Leader of the House, Otobong Bob, explained that …