The National Electoral Offences Commission Bill has been approved by the Senate, and if President Muhammadu Buhari signs it, the commission would be responsible for investigating...
With the recent events in the country, many Nigerian youths are now committed to voting in the upcoming elections. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) also...
It’s finally done and signed. The Nigerian Senate just passed the “Sexual Harassment Bill” that will have lecturers who sexually harass students facing the wrath of...
It’s unclear exactly how the bill will achieve that, but, according to Premium Times, the bill has passed a second reading at the senate. The title of...
That’s right, the senate is suspending further legislative action on the Social Media Bill until 2020. Punch reports that the suspension was made by the Senate...
A bill to modify the Police Act 2004 by eradicate the gender-discriminatory provisions on Thursday passed a second reading in the Senate. The first bill reading...
You’ve probably heard it being said before: if you’re a man in Nigeria and you’re raped, there’s nothing you can do. Our laws don’t recognise male...
You no doubt know about the Social Media Bill. The bill has passed a second reading at the Senate, and the populace are vehemently against it....
Nigerians everywhere continue to lament the two controversial bills the Nigerian Senate is deliberating: the Social Media Bill and the Hate Speech Bill. Throughout the weekend...
The “Protection from Internet Falsehood and Manipulation Bill 2019,” otherwise known as the Social Media Bill is getting intense backlash from Nigerians. The bill, which has...
Seems like our legislators really are motivated to pass the “anti-social media bill,” as despite its opposition from most of the populace, it has, again, passed...
Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka is not having it with the Hate Speech bill passed by the Senate recommending death by hanging among other punishments for anyone...
The Nigerian Senate is on a roll, sitting through, deliberating and passing bills. After the Social Media and Sexual Harassment bills a week ago, on Tuesday...
Yup! It’s actually happening. The Nigerian Senate is sitting to pass a bill that could have lecturers who sexually harass students go to jail for 14...
Sani Musa, the senator representing Niger East Senatorial District, who reintroduced the “social media bill” at the Senate, has according to Punch tried to reassure us...
The Senate, on Wednesday passed for first reading a bill for an Act to introduce tax on Communication Services and Cable television services. The proposal, entitled...
The elections of persons who will represent Nigerians across all 36 states of the country, and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, were conducted on Saturday, February...
The Nigerian Senate has cancelled the plenary scheduled for Tuesday, January 29, where the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria Walter Onnoghen was to be...
The Nigerian Senate has begun consideration of the Minimum Wage Bill, giving it an accelerated hearing at the plenary. President Muhammadu Buhari had on Thursday forwarded...
Senator representing Lagos Central Senatorial District Remi Tinubu has lamented to the Senate that she doesn’t feel safe in her office. The Cable reports that Tinubu, speaking before...
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