The House of Representatives Committee on Constitution Review on Thursday proposed the creation of 31 new states in the country. If the proposal scales through, the Nigerian state will be made up of 67 sub-national governments. The proposal for new states was contained in a letter read during Thursday’s plenary session by the Deputy Speaker, Benjamin Kalu, who presided over …

The Senate, on Wednesday, revised the bill aimed at prohibiting the export of maize, introducing a provision for a minimum one-year jail term for individuals convicted of exporting unprocessed maize in large quantities. The amended bill, originating from the House of Representatives, seeks to ban the export of maize and its derivatives in substantial commercial amounts. Following consideration of its …

Members of the Kogi State House of Assembly have decried the illicit intake of hard drugs by some youths in the state. In a motion of urgent public importance moved on the floor of the assembly on Friday, the member representing Lokoja I State Constituency, Bin Tijani, called for the establishment of a rehabilitation centre to cater to the needs …

The Federal Government on Monday approved a N2.18 trillion supplementary budget for the 2023 fiscal year to cover additional spending in defence, works as well as welfare packages such as wage awards and conditional cash transfers agreed with the organised Labour. Unveiling the details to State House correspondents at the end of this week’s Federal Executive Council meeting at the …