The Senate has directed NAFDAC to enforce a ban on production and sale of sachet alcohol beginning from December 2025 The Senate has directed the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and other relevant regulatory bodies to fully enforce the ban on the production and sale of high-strength alcoholic beverages in sachet packaging, effective December 2025. The upper chamber also resolved that no further extension should be granted beyond the current...
The House of Representatives has vowed to ensure transparency, accountability as it begins investigation into security intervention funds since 2020 The House of Representatives has launched an investigation into all security intervention funds released by the Federal Government from 2020 to date, with a pledge to ensure transparency, accountability, and fiscal discipline in the management of resources meant to protect Nigerians. Chairman of the ad-hoc committee on the expenditure of all intervention funds on security,...
As Nigeria welcomes its newly appointed electoral chief, civil society organization #FixPolitics has laid out clear expectations for Professor Joash Amupitan. As Nigeria welcomes its newly appointed electoral chief, civil society organization #FixPolitics has laid out clear expectations for Professor Joash Amupitan, the new Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), emphasizing that his appointment arrives at a critical juncture for the nation’s democracy. In a press statement released on November 4, 2025, the...
The escalating crisis of insecurity in Nigeria, particularly the tragic and incessant killings that disproportionately affect Christian communities across the Middle Belt, has rightly garnered global attention, write Laz Apir and Orseer Mnzughulga The escalating crisis of insecurity in Nigeria, particularly the tragic and incessant killings that disproportionately affect Christian communities across the Middle Belt, has rightly garnered global attention. Yet, when we dissect the pronounced interest of external powers, specifically the United States...
Civil society organization, #FixPolitics has responded sharply to President Donald Trump’s recent threat of military action against Nigeria. Civil society organization, #FixPolitics has responded sharply to President Donald Trump’s recent threat of military action against Nigeria, placing significant blame on the Tinubu administration’s diplomatic failures while rejecting any form of foreign military intervention. In a released press statement, the organization expressed deep concern over Trump’s declaration naming Nigeria as a country of particular interest, accompanied...
In a significant move to overhaul the Nigeria’s clean energy transportation the senate passes second reading of electric vehicle transition bill The Senate on Wednesday passed the second reading of the Electric Vehicle Transition and Green Mobility Bill, 2025, a landmark proposal aimed at positioning Nigeria as Africa’s hub for clean energy transportation. Sponsored by Senator Orji Uzor Kalu (APC–Abia North), the Bill seeks to establish a national framework to promote the use of electric...
The House of Representatives has referred President Tinubu’s domestic loan request of N1.15 trillion to relevant committees President Bola Tinubu has written to the House of Representatives seeking approval to establish a ₦1.15 trillion domestic borrowing programme to fund the deficit in the 2025 national budget. In a letter dated October 31, 2025, and addressed to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Tajudeen Abbas, and read by the Deputy Speaker, Benjamin Kalu, who...
The House of Representatives has commenced investigations into alleged irregular deductions of taxes and sundry charges from civil and public servants, as well as multiple bank charges The House of Representatives has inaugurated an ad-hoc committee to investigate alleged irregular deductions of taxes and sundry charges from the earnings of civil and public servants, as well as multiple and unclear bank charges imposed on customers nationwide. Inaugurating the committee on Thursday, Speaker of the House,...
The House of Representatives had earlier suspended plenary session for a week over protest by contractors, and tasked the Federal Government to pay them within 7 days The House of Representatives has suspended its plenary session for one week over protest by local contractors at the National Assembly on Tuesday. The suspension followed an urgent motion of national importance moved by the Minority Leader, Rep. Kingsley Chinda (PDP, Rivers). Adopting the motion, the House resolved...
The House of Representatives has reversed its earlier resolution on one week plenary suspension and will now reconvene today The House of Representatives has reversed its earlier resolution to reconvene plenary on Wednesday, 5th November, 2025 barely four hours after adjourning plenary to next week Tuesday. The reversed resolution was confirmed by a statement issued by the Spokesperson and Chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Rep. Akin Rotimi (APC Ekiti)on Tuesday. He said:...
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