Bills on Constitution Amendment: How the National Assembly voted
Below is the details of how the National Assembly voted on 68 amendments to the 1999 Constitution. A total 68 bills were considered for amendment- 47 were passed while 21 failed. 1. Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (Fifth Alteration) Bill, No. 1, 2022 (Local Government Financial Autonomy – Sections 162, 318, Fifth…
Don’t expunge provision of electoral act, ex-lawmaker urges national assembly
A former federal law maker, Hon.Jagaba Adams Jagaba has urged the National Assembly not to expunge 84 (12) of the Electoral Act, 2022, as requested by President Muhammadu. Buhari had while signing the amended Electoral Act into law, asked the National Assembly to expunge section 84 (12) because it disenfranchises serving political officers. The section…
The 1975 Gazette on Ponzhi Tarok and the Controversy Over “Ponzhi Tarok Designate…”
By Solomon Selcap Dalung Since the passage of His Royal Majesty, Chief Edward Zhattau, the second Ponzhi Tarok the first to be selected under enacted legislation, unity has eluded the descendants of Vwarka, the ancestor of prototype Tarok who migrated from Tal in present day Pankshin Local Government Area to Lagan hills currently in Langtang…
Kaduna govt ask residents to “be alert for explosives planted in public places by terrorists”
The Kaduna state government has asked citizens across the state to “be on the alert for explosives planted in public places by terrorists. The warning came following police recovery of an object suspected to be an Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) planted in a popular beer parlour along Nnamdi Azikiwe bypass in the metropolis on Sunday night….