By: Ganiyu Olayinka President Bola Tinubu has asked the Senate to consider a set of new bills, including proposals to overhaul the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB), replace the laws governing the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), and create a National School of Government. Senate President Godswill Akpabio read the President’s letters at Tuesday’s…
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has opposed moves to decriminalise attempted suicide in Nigeria, insisting that survivors should face imprisonment, as the Senate passed a bill seeking to replace criminal punishment with medical treatment and rehabilitation for a second reading. By: Tunji Okunlola The bill, sponsored by Senator Asuquo Ekpenyong, representing Cross River South, proposes a…
By: Ganiyu Olayinka The House of Representatives has given the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) seven days to appear before its Public Accounts Committee and account for the more than ₦400 billion set aside for the Ogoniland cleanup. The warning comes after HYPREP ignored four earlier invitations to address concerns raised in the Auditor-General of…
By: Tunji Okunlola President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s extended absence from Nigeria has become a live issue in the run-up to the 2027 presidential election, with the African Democratic Congress (ADC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) pledging that its candidate, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, would offer a “physically present” and responsive presidency if elected even as…
By: Tunji Okunlola Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Senator Abubakar Bagudu, has urged Nigerians, lawmakers and the media to rethink the country’s approach to budgeting, arguing that the national budget remains too small to deliver the scale of development the country aspires to. His remarks came as the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC),…
By: Tunji Okunlola Some members of the House of Representatives, operating under the platform of the Save Democracy Group, have called on the National Assembly to reconvene to determine whether President Bola Tinubu complied with the constitutional requirement to notify the legislature of his absence from Nigeria. The group made the demand in a statement…
By: Tunji Okunlola The Federal Government could spend close to N2 trillion subsidising electricity this year as it holds firm on its decision not to raise tariffs in the near term. Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe, laid out the government’s position at a media parley in Abuja on Monday, held to mark his first 100…
By: Tunji Okunlola The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Mrs Olubunmi Onabanjo-Kuku, says Nigeria recorded more than 18.8 million domestic and international air passengers in 2025, making it the fourth-largest aviation market in Africa. Onabanjo-Kuku shared the figure on Tuesday in her welcome address at the…
By: Ganiyu Olayinka Dr. Dele Alake, chairman of the Africa Minerals Strategy Group (AMSG), is calling on Sudanese and regional authorities to rush heavy excavation machinery to the site of a deadly mine collapse in West Kordofan, warning that rescuers are running out of time to reach survivors still trapped underground. In a statement signed…
By: Ganiyu Olayinka Nigeria’s deepening security crisis is placing renewed strain on the country’s policing structures. Against this backdrop, the Federal Government announced Tuesday that Professor Emmanuel Olukemi Rotimi of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) has been named to the Policy Advisory Committee guiding the Presidential Working Group on the National Policing Bill. Communities across several…
