LAGOS MARCH 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Various women groups on Wednesday occupied the gate of the National Assembly in protest against the rejection of women-related bills at plenary. The lawmakers on Tuesday rejected all women-related bills including the one seeking to give at least ten slots to women as ministers and commissioners in the federal and state governments…
LAGOS DECEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A federal lawmaker Senator George Sekibo confirmed to Channels Television on Tuesday that some senators are planning to veto President Muhammadu Buhari on the electoral act amendment bill. He said they have compiled 73 signatures to veto the President. The 109-member Senate will require a two-thirds majority to veto the bill into…
By Michael Owhoko, Ph.D LAGOS SEPTEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-There are strong indications that the National Water Resources Bill 2020 will soon be reintroduced at the National Assembly. If passed into law, communities and people living along water fronts in the country, particularly Niger Delta Region, Lagos State and other aquatic areas in the country will be…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate on Wednesday justified the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.)’s plan to obtain $4.054bn and €710m ($$839m) loans. The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Ajibola Basiru, who stated this in an interview with one of our correspondents in Abuja, said there was no country…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has asked the National Assembly to approve fresh external loans of $4.05bn and €710m for his regime. Experts and Civil Society Organisations who spoke to our correspondents faulted the process of approving loans for the current regime by the National Assembly. Buhari is also seeking…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has requested the National Assembly to approve for it $4,054,476,863 and €710 million. Buhari is also seeking the nation’s legislature’s approval for grant components of $125 million in the 2018-2020 external rolling borrowing plan. This is contained in a letter addressed to both chambers of…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission on Tuesday said it did not need the approval of the Nigerian Communications Commission to transmit election results electronically. This was as the National Assembly told the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Mahmood Yakubu, to seek proper legal advice instead of misinforming Nigerians on the…
LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday suggested it has the capacity to transmit election results electronically from remote areas across the country. Lawmakers in both chambers of the National Assembly had been at loggerheads over electronic transmission of results earlier in the week. The House was thrown into disarray on…