Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Emomotimi Dennis Guwor has applauded members of the Legislature for passing the State Human Trafficking Prohibition Bill 2024 into law. The bill was read for the third time on Wednesday and passed into law at the day’s plenary of the House presided over by the Speaker. Addressing the plenary after …

The Senate on Wednesday gave expeditious passage to a bill seeking the establishment of the Federal University of Agriculture and Tropical Studies in Iragbiji, Osun State. In a swift session, the senators passed the bill for its first and second readings in under an hour. The Executive Bill, sponsored by the Senate Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, was the first to …

The Senate has passed a bill that seeks to amend the National Minimum Wage Act, 2019, to increase the national minimum wage from N30,000 upward to N70,000. Also passed by the Senate on Tuesday is a bill which seeks to reduce the time for periodic review of the National Minimum Wage from five to three years, and for related matters. …

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 United States House of Representatives has overwhelmingly passed a bill that could eventually ban the social media platform TikTok in the country, in its latest salvo against both China and big tech. The bill received resoundingly bipartisan support, with vote of 352 to 65 in favour. It now heads to the 100-member Senate, where its prospects are less clear. For his …

The Senate, on Thursday, passed the Bill seeking the establishment of the South East Development Commission. The commission is to be charged with the responsibility of receiving and managing funds from the Federation Account for the reconstruction and rehabilitation of roads, houses, and other infrastructural damages suffered by the region as a result of the effects of the civil war. …

The Lagos State House of Assembly on Friday passed the state’s 2024 Appropriation Bill, which totals N2,267,976,120,869. This was at a plenary session presided over by the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa. The budget represents 58 per cent capital expenditure and 42 per cent recurrent expenditure, and was approved following a unanimous voice vote by all the lawmakers at the sitting. …

The Nasarawa State House of Assembly has passed the 2024 Appropriation Bill of N199.9 billion as presented by Governor Abdullahi Sule into law. Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Danladi Jatau, announced the passage of the bill into law during the House proceedings in Lafia, the state capital, on Wednesday. Jatau said that the budget if assented to by the …

The Senate has passed the N27.5 trillion ‘Renewed Hope’ Budget for a second reading. The budget was passed on Friday after various deliberations by senators who applauded the president for his good intentions for the country. The budget was passed and referred to the Committee on Appropriations after being put to a voice vote by the Deputy Senate President Jibrin …

The House of Representatives has passed the N27.5 trillion 2024 budget for second reading. The House passed the the appropriations bill on Thursday. House Leader, Hon. Julius Ihonvbere, while leading the debate on the general principles of the budget, commended President Bola Tinubu. Ihonvbere noted that national security and education which got significant allocations, will be enhanced if implemented. He …