LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian lawmakers are calling for a future amendment to the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), recently passed by the national assembly for presidential assent. The executive bill was passed with some contentious issues bordering on funds for ‘frontier exploration’ and the host communities. Hon. Tajudeen Yusuf and Hon. Henry Nwawuba who spoke on…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate on Wednesday asked the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), to declare a state of emergency on security without further delay. The red chamber made the call following a point of order by Senator Sani Musa (APC, Niger East), on the abduction of students and staff of the Government Science…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate on Tuesday mandated it Committee on Health to investigate the procedures for certification on quality and safety of Cosmetics and propose a way forward for accountability. The upper chamber also directed the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to rise up to its duty of regulating…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate has mandated its Committees on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions, ICT and Cybercrimes and Capital Market to invite the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele to brief it on the recent ban on cryptocurrency in the country. The Senate also invited the Director General of the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives has proposed a bill that will legalise the cultivation, sale and use of cannabis better known as marijuana or Indian hemp in Nigeria. The bill, which has already been read the first time and was slated for second reading before the House proceeded on Christmas and New Year…
LAGOS MAY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)- The House of Representatives has insisted that the proposed two-month free electricity for Nigerians be implemented to cushion the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on citizens. The DisCos had announced that they were working with the federal government to provide free two-month electricity as palliative to Nigerians but the Transmission Company…
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some senators have asked President Muhammadu Buhari to sack the nation’s Service Chiefs while some members of the House of Representatives demanded their resignation. They also called for the resignation of the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu. This followed a debate on the nation’s security during Wednesday’s plenary at both…
LAGOS APRIL 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has been summoned by the country’s lawmakers over a spate of killings in the country’s middle belt and other parts of the country. The lawmakers also passed a vote of no confidence in service chiefs and security advisers, calling for their dismissal over their inability to protect Nigerians….
