The Nigerian Navy, members of the National Assembly, and a coalition of civil society organisations (CSOs) have voiced strong opposition to the proposed bill seeking to establish the Nigerian Coast Guard. The Senate Committee on Marine Transport had initially scheduled a public hearing for 7 November, but it was postponed due to the passing of the Chief of Army Staff, …

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 …

The Lagos State House of Assembly has invited the Attorney-General of the State, Mr. Lawal Pedro, to appear before it to explain the Supreme Court judgement on local governments in the country. In a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Eromosele Ebhomele, the lawmakers said there was a need for …

The House of Representatives Special Ad Hoc Committee on Restructuring of Government Agencies and Commission has commenced the process of reviewing the recommendations of the Steve Oronsanye Report. The report, aimed at reducing the cost of governance through merging, scrapping and relocation of some departments and agencies of government, was submitted to the Federal Government in 2012. The report on …

Minister of Justice and the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Prince Lateef Fagbemi has urged the National Assembly (NASS) not to pass the law on Nigeria reverting to the old National Anthem through legislative fiat. The Senior Advocate of Nigeria’s (SAN) position may have made the move by NASS to expeditiously pass a “Bill for an Act on National Anthem” …

The House of Representatives yesterday urged the Federal Government and the Nigerian Army to reopen the Banex Plaza in Abuja for business activities It also urged the authorities to use modern technology, such as surveillance and closed-circuit television, to identify and apprehend the perpetrators of the attack on Army personnel in the plaza recently. The House mandated its Committee on …

A Federal High Court in Port Harcourt has adjourned till 3 June 2024, the hearing for a suit filed by members of the Rivers State Civil Society Organisation seeking to sack 27 lawmakers of the State House of Assembly. When the parties arrived at the Court for a hearing on the matter on Friday, the Clerk of the court informed …

The lawmaker representing Irepodun-Ifelodun Constituency 2 in Ekiti State House of Assembly, Hakeem Jamiu, has distributed seedlings and agrochemicals to 153 farmers in his constituency. The beneficiaries were drawn from the 11 communities in the constituency, including  Awo, Igbemo, Esure, Iworoko, Orun, Are, Afao, Iropora, Ilamo, Eyio and Araromi Obbo. Inputs distributed were 12 bags of rice seedlings, 35 bags …

The House of Representatives has vowed that it will recover two Bell helicopters, Bell 206L4 BZB and Bell M2061- L4, belonging to the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria, Kaduna State sold to private individuals. The Chairman of House of Representatives Committee on Public Assets, Ademorin Kuye, said this at the investigative hearing on the sale of the two …

A bill seeking one and five months leave to men and women who lost their spouse respectively scaled second reading on the floor of the House of Representatives on Tuesday. The bill sponsored by the member representing Bida/Katcha/Gbako Federal Constituency, Niger State, Saidu Abdullahi, will grant the widows and widowers a period to mourn their spouse and recover from the …