A Federal High Court has barred the Federal Government from tampering the newly amended Electoral Act 2022. The order by Justice Inyang Ekwo is specifically directed to President Muhammad Buhari, the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, and the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan. Justice Ekwo agreed with the argument presented by PDP’s lawyer, James Onoja, that…
The Nigerian Senate has passed the harmonized version of the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2022. The harmonised bill passed by the lawmakers during Tuesday’s plenary is the final agreed version between the Senate and House of Representatives on the amendment to Clause 84 of the bill. The harmonized bill empowers political parties to select candidates for election…
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the 2022 Appropriation Bill of seventeen point one hundred and twenty-six trillion naira into law. The President signed the budget presented to him by his Senior Special Assistant on National Assembly, Senator Babajide Omoworare, at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa in Abuja. President Buhari, however, frowned at some changes as…
The President Muhammadu Buhari has sent the 2021Finance Bill to the two chambers of the National Assembly for consideration and approval. President Buhari said the bill would ensure effective implementation of the 2022 budget. President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan read read the president’s request on the floor of the Senate during plenary.
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Senate to amend the 2021 Petroleum Industry Act. President Buhari made the request in a letter read by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, during today’s plenary. The President in the letter explained that his proposal became necessary having carefully reviewed the administrative structure of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory…
The Nigerian National Assembly has resumed plenary after a summer break that lasted for nine weeks. The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, welcomed his colleagues back to work with a charge to tackle some pending issues. These include reconciling two versions of the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, 2010, as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives.…