LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Bill to increase Value Added Tax (VAT) from 5% to 7.5% has passed through second reading in the Senate. The VAT Bill was read the first the time on Tuesday, November 5, and now passed through second reading. The process was not without controversy as the senators could not get a…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A bill seeking to regulate social media in the country has passed first reading at the senate. The bill entitled, ‘protection from internet falsehood and manipulations bill, 2019’ is sponsored by Mohammed Sani Musa, senator representing Niger east. The proposed legislation was one of the 11 bills read for the first time…
LAGOS OCTOBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Non Governmental Organization, NGO, ActionAid Nigeria, AAN, has called for the scrapping of the Senate or the House of Representatives to cut the cost of governance and save money for infrastructural development. The organization also recommended a slash of salaries of all lawmakers and political office holders to enable government save…
LAGOS OCTOBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday asked the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency on federal roads due to their deplorable conditions across the country. The move followed a motion by Senator Geshom Bassey, who called the attention of his colleagues in the upper arm of the National…