By Adeyemi Adeleye The Ogbomoso Valliant Club, a forum of Ogbomoso elders, has advocated the creation of New Oyo State with the capital at Ogbomoso. Retired Rear Adm. Jacob Ajani, President of the Club, made the call while presenting “A Bill to Provide for the Creation of the New OyoContinue Reading
By Adeyemi Adeleye The Conference of Speakers of State Assemblies, South-West Zone, has called on the National Assembly to enact strong laws to address boundary disputes in the country. The Chairman of the conference in the zone, Mr Adeoye Aribasoye, made the call while speaking at the Day 2 ofContinue Reading
By Adeyemi Adeleye The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has urged the National Assembly not to heed calls to remove labour provisions from the Exclusive Legislative List to Concurrent List in the ongoing review of the 1999 Constitution. The Lagos State NLC Chairman, Mrs Funmi Sessi, made the call on SaturdayContinue Reading
By Lydia Chigozie-Ngwakwe The Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi, has praised President Bola Tinubu for achievements so far, saying the South- East Geo-political Zone is fully in support of him and will work for his re-election. Umahi spoke to journalists in Lagos, where he dismissed claims that the South-EastContinue Reading
By EricJames Ochigbo Rep. Ahmed Satomi (APC-Borno) has been elected the President, Conference of the Network of African Parliamentarians for Defence and Security Committees. Satomi, the Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on National Security and Intelligence, was elected at the 8th Conference of the Network of African Parliamentarians for DefenceContinue Reading
By Abdullahi Mohammed The creation of new states and local government areas (LGAs) topped proposals from agitators at the North-East public hearing on Constitution Review from the region. Speaking at the opening of the two-day zonal public hearing in Maiduguri on Friday, Sen. Jibrin Barau, the Deputy Senate President, whoContinue Reading
By Alex Enebeli The people of the South-East have demanded for a constitution that allows rotation of presidency and grant full autonomy to local government in the country. They made the request during the South-East Zonal Public Hearing on Review of the 1999 Constitution, organised by the Senate on FridayContinue Reading
By Adekunle Williams and Oluwatope Lawanson The Conference of Speakers of State Assemblies, South-West Zone, says it is in support of calls for the redefinition of roles of traditional institutions in governance. Chairman of the conference in the zone, Mr Adeoye Aribasoye, expressed the position while speaking at the South-WestContinue Reading
By Naomi Sharang Executive Director of Centre for Transparency Advocacy (CTA), Faith Nwadishi, has urged the Senate to respect the Federal High Court judgment ordering it to recall the suspended Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (PDP-Kogi). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Akpoti-Uduaghan was suspended by the upper chamber onContinue Reading
By EricJames Ochigbo National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Rhizome Consulting Ltd. to enhance democratic governance, legislative development and civic education in Nigeria and across Africa. Speaking at the ceremony on Friday in Abuja, the Director-General of NILDS, Prof. AbubakarContinue Reading
