The bill amongst other things seeks to ensure significant improvements in the welfare capacity and independence of judicial officers holders at both the state and federal levels. The Senate has passed for second reading, a bill seeking to increase the salaries of judicial officers. The bill amongst other things seeks to ensure significant improvements in the welfare capacity and independence of judicial officers holders at both the state and federal levels. This followed the consideration...
If no drastic measures are taken to curb the escalating insecurity situation in the country and in schools, the entire school system may end up being shut down due to the activities of miscreants and hoodlums. The House of Representatives has called for the presence of Police and Security agents across Schools of the Federation to avert the abduction of school children which has become a troubling trend in many Nigerian Schools noting that policemen...
OrderPaper does a yeoman’s task of updating citizens on bills being processed by the National Assembly every plenary day. The law on the controversial cybersecurity levy may not have caught millions unaware if these BILLS BOARD updates are taken seriously. Here’s a however throwback to how the bill became law while we slept on our duty to be vigilant. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) recently directed banks and other financial institutions to commence a...
The stakeholders said betting, lottery and gaming remain a veritable development instrument to make sports entertainment a revenue-spinning venture. The Director General of the National Lottery Regulatory Commission, Mr Lanre Gbajabiamila; Deputy Director of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru, Sandra Agbor; and other stakeholders have warned against scrapping betting and gambling in Nigeria. The stakeholders said betting, lottery and gaming remain a veritable development instrument to make sports entertainment a revenue-spinning venture. These...
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...
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...
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