8 December 2016

Bill for Special status for Lagos, others passes second reading

by Usman Alabi The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed through second reading a bill seeking to grant special economic status to Lagos and some other […]
8 December 2016

Resource control bill passes second reading

by Usman Alabi A bill on Resource control passed through second reading on Wednesday in the House of Representatives.  The bill seeks to grant the control […]
7 December 2016

Christian court bill passes second reading

by Usman Alabi The lower chamber of the National Assembly, House of Representatives on Tuesday passed the bill to the committee stage.  The bill which is […]
10 November 2016

Senate step down of grazing and ranching bill: Which way forward?

by Ajadi Daniel The Senate did not probably thought it could find a lasting solution to the problem of the farmers/herdsmen crisis when it brought up […]
27 October 2016

What you need to know about the Prison Reform Bill

by Usman Alabi A bill for the reform of the Nigerian prisons has passed second reading at the floor of the Nigerian Senate on Wednesday. The […]
20 October 2016

Nigerian Senate passes North-East Development Commission Bill

by Ajadi Daniel A bill seeking for the establishment of North East Development Commission has been passed by the Nigerian Senate. Despite earlier discordance over funding […]
19 October 2016

Bill on whistleblowers scales second reading in the Senate

by Alabi Usman The Senate has passed passed two bills aimed at protecting whistleblowers and witnesses directly involved in the prosecution of certain criminal cases to […]
6 October 2016

Anti-Jungle justice bill scales second reading in the senate

by Usman Alabi A bill against jungle justice has passed the second reading in the state. The bill titled “Bill for an act for the prohibition […]
4 October 2016

2017 Budget: Buhari Forwards MTEF to National Assembly

by Ayo Opeoluwa President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday sent the 2017-2019 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP) to the National Assembly for […]