The Senate has decided to keep track of the migration of domestic workers from other countries, from State to State and from one employer to another employer for security purposes. The Senate has resolved to protect domestic workers and their employers against assaults, abuse and killing in some situations. To ensure security for Nigerian citizens, the Red Chamber has also decided to keep track of the migration of domestic workers from other countries, from State...
The bill sponsor says that the programme would assist in addressing criminal activity and insecurity that resulted from unemployment. The Senate has passed for second reading a bill seeking the establishment of a National internship and unemployment benefit scheme. This followed the consideration of a bill titled, “A Bill for an Act to Establish National Internship and Unemployment Benefit Scheme and for other matters connected therewith, 2024″ sponsored by Senator Shuaib Salisu (APC, Ogun Central),...
Fubara and the Rivers State House of Assembly go head to head again as a new factional Speaker has emerged. The political crisis between Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara and the Rivers State House of Assembly has continued to take new twists as Hon. Victor Jumbo, representing the Bonny Constituency, has emerged as the new factional Speaker in the Rivers State House of Assembly on Wednesday. Jombo is among the four lawmakers loyal to the State...
Abundant natural resources should have been a source of prosperity and development; rather, the host communities have suffered from pollution which is an indictment on oil-producing firms and the Ministry of Environment. The House of Representatives Joint Committees have disclosed that the oil-producing communities in Nigeria have experienced environmental degradation and socio-economic marginalisation following decades of oil exploration and exploitation. The Joint Committees comprising Environment, Petroleum Resources (Upstream), Petroleum Resources (Downstream), and Climate Change further...
The House of Representatives has directed the Director of the Department of State Services to take over the investigation and prosecution of personnel found complicit in the escape of Binance executives. The House of Representatives expressed grave concern during plenary on Wednesday over the escape of Binance Executive, Nadeem Anjarwalla from the National Security Adviser’s custody, describing it as “Disappointing, embarrassing, and disturbing.” Lawmakers questioned why someone who had committed heinous acts against Nigeria was...
Adeola said the change in ICAN will improve it’s cooperation with both national and international regulatory agencies and other professional associations. The Senate has passed to second reading, a bill seeking an increase of council members of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN). This followed the adoption of a bill titled, “A bill for an act to amend the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria Act, CAP 15, 1965 and for Related Matters,...
Borno State, in the north-east Nigeria, has a total of thirteen members in the National Assembly, comprising of three senators and ten representatives in the House Borno, a state in the northeastern part of Nigeria, has Maiduguri as the capital. Nicknamed ‘God’s own state,’ Borno was created in 1976 when the former North-Eastern region was broken up. “Borno” takes its name from the historic emirate of Borno, with the emirate’s old capital of Maiduguri serving...
Akpabio announced the hearing’s opening on Tuesday and implored all the stakeholders present at the event to actively engage in the deliberations of the hearing. An investigative hearing of mining activities in Nigeria with the goal of diversifying the nation’s economy has been declared open by the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio. The three-day investigative hearing on “The need to comprehensively review the input and output values of the Nigeria mining industry in the...
Assorted tree seedlings have been planted to tackle afforestation in the country and are being distributed to farmers to be planted as trees on farms. Dr Yusuf Bukar, the Director-General of the National Agency for the Great Green Wall (NAGGW) says a total of 45,251,179 assorted tree seedlings had been planted to tackle afforestation in the country. He made this known at an interactive session with the House of Representatives Committee on Ecological Fund in...
The Abuja Centenary project commenced in 2014 through a public-private partnership to develop a modern city to commemorate 100 years of Nigeria’s amalgamation. The Senate has set up a 7-member ad-hoc committee to investigate the factors impeding the completion of the $ 18.5 billion Abuja Centenary Economic City project 10 years after commencement. This is as it also tasked the committee to specifically review the original public-private partnership agreement and recommend amendments if necessary, to...
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