LAGOS MARCH 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate has rejected the bill that seeks to amend the Electoral Act. The lawmakers, in a voice vote on Wednesday, unanimously opposed a motion that the bill is read and considered for a second time. The bill is a response to a request from President Muhammadu Buhari. He had, in February,…
LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, barred President Muhammad Buhari, the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and the Senate President from tampering with the newly amended Electoral Act 2022. The judge, Inyang Ekwo, in a ruling on an ex-parte application by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Senate bill seeking to make it an offence for any landlord to demand payment of advance rent from tenants of residential and office buildings and spaces beyond three months, has prescribed a three-month jail term or N1 million fine for offenders. The bill titled, ‘Advance Rent for Residential Apartments, Office Spaces,…
LAGOS JANUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria Senate on Wednesday removed the clause that makes direct primary mandatory for the election of candidates in political parties from the electoral act amendment bill. The Senate in late 2021 passed a version of the bill and transmitted it to President Muhammadu Buhari who declined assent to the bill. Besides the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As the amendment to the Electoral Act is ongoing at the National Assembly, last Tuesday’s amendment of the Senate’s earlier clause, where it gave political parties the option of direct and indirect primaries as a mode of selecting candidates for general elections, is already generating agitation among political parties and leaders across…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate has urged oil and gas companies in Nigeria to relocate to their operational base in Niger Delta for smooth operation. This was sequel to the adoption of a motion by Senator Albert Akpan (PDP-Akwa Ibom) at plenary on Tuesday. Akpan, in his lead debate said that the companies have over…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the Senate, seeking an amendment to the recently signed Petroleum Industry Act, PIA. In the letter, President Buhari wants an amendment to the new Act to allow for the removal of the Ministers of Petroleum and Finance from the board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation,…
LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate has rejected the nomination of Ms Lauretta Onochie as a National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Chairman of the Committee, Kabiru Gaya, in his report this Tuesday morning, July 13, 2021, said that Onochie did not satisfy the provisions of the Federal Character Principles. The Senate at…
