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Senate to Consider Tax Reform Bills, Constitution Review After Eid, Easter — Bamidele

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 12:00:35 +0000

The Leader of the Senate, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, has assured Nigerians that the Senate will give full consideration to the 2024 Tax Reform Bills immediately after the Eid and Easter holidays, following an ongoing review of public concerns regarding the proposed legislation. Bamidele, who represents Ekiti Central Senatorial District, made this disclosure on Thursday during [...]

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Shehu Sani Faults Proposal for Creation of 31 New States

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:00:10 +0000

Former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani, has criticized the proposal for the creation of 31 additional states in Nigeria, describing it as both “ironic and comical.” The proposal, put forward by the House of Representatives Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution, was read during Thursday’s plenary by Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu. Reacting in [...]

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Impossible to Impeach Presidents Under 1999 Constitution, Says Dogara

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 13:00:37 +0000

Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has stated that the 1999 Constitution effectively prevents the impeachment of a sitting president, advocating for a shift to a parliamentary system of government in Nigeria. Speaking on Monday at a national dialogue organized by lawmakers advocating for the transition, Dogara, a lawyer, argued that the [...]

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Speed Of Justice: The Solution To Deciding The Presidential Election Petition As Soon As Possible And Before May 29 – Agbakoba

Adewale A. — Thu, 06 Apr 2023 07:39:00 +0000

The tension around the call for an interim government is that the presidential election petition may not conclude before the inauguration of a new president on May 29, 2023. But it’s very possible to conclude these petitions, provided that the court systems are very proactive. Under Arbitration matters, procedural orders and or directions issue peremptorily [...]

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Governor Okowa, Adebanjo, Others Call For New Constitution

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Thu, 26 Aug 2021 19:30:04 +0000

Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa; leader of pan-Yoruba sociopolitical group, Chief Ayo Adebanjo; former member, House of Representatives, Hon Uche Onyeagocha on Thursday called for a new constitution for Nigeria. They made the call at the second annual Ripples Centre for Data and Investigative Journalism (RCDIJ) dialogue on Wednesday. According to them, the current [...]

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House Of Reps Receives Proposal To Split Adamawa Into 3 States

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Thu, 03 Jun 2021 11:00:18 +0000

The People of Mubi, Northern Adamawa district, and Chamba Cultural Development Association (CCDA) have demanded for the creation of Amana and Gongola States, out of Adamawa. The groups made the demand at the North East Zonal public hearing for the review of 1999 Constitution before the House of Representatives Committee in Yola on Wednesday. Mr [...]

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Gbajabiamila Faults 1999 Constitution As ‘national Compromise’ To Avoid Prolonged Military Rule

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Tue, 01 Jun 2021 20:30:52 +0000

Gbajabiamila has urged Nigerians to fully participate in the constitutional amendment process. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has stressed the importance of a constitutional amendment by slamming the 1999 constitution as a compromise for the sake of democracy. The constitution was handed down from the military when Nigeria transitioned back to [...]

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Senate Receives Proposal To Remove Immunity For President, Governors

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Thu, 27 May 2021 20:30:39 +0000

The Senate Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution has received a memo seeking to eliminate constitutional immunity for executives against whom substantial evidence of crime has been established. Section 308 of the 1999 Constitution protects presidents, vice presidents, governors, and deputy governors from prosecution for any crime for as long as they remain [...]

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Senator Remi Tinubu Stands Against Scrapping 1999 Constitution

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Thu, 27 May 2021 20:00:00 +0000

Senator Remi Tinubu (Lagos Central – APC) is not a fan of the demands for the scrapping of the 1999 Constitution. The lawmaker chaired the south west zonal public hearings for amendment of the constitution held in Lagos for two days to serve Lagos, Ogun and Oyo residents. The hearings also simultaneously held at 11 [...]

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Okowa Says Nigeria Needs New Constitution, Not Amendment

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Thu, 27 May 2021 19:30:31 +0000

Okowa says a new constitution for the country had become imperative in view of observed lacunas in the 1999 constitution. Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa said Nigeria needed a new constitution, not amendment to accommodate emerging issues of good governance and greater interest of Nigerians. Okowa stated this on Wednesday, May 27, 2021, when [...]

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How Gaps In 1999 Constitution Worsens Insecurity In Nigeria — Senate President, Lawan

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Fri, 12 Mar 2021 10:30:03 +0000

President of the Nigerian Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Thursday, revealed that certain gaps in the 1999 Constitution formed by the exclusion of traditional institutions in the governance and security architecture of Nigeria remains mostly responsible for the deteriorating security situation in the country. Lawan explained that the worsening activities of insurgents, criminals and bandits have [...]

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Senator Saraki seeks Collaboration of 36 States Assembly on State, Community Policing

Ade Adewale — Wed, 04 Jul 2018 15:24:28 +0000

President of the Nigerian Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has called for collaboration of the 36 States’ Assembly in the amendment of the 1999 Constitution to provide for State and Community Policing in the country. Saraki spoke when the 36 States Assembly Speakers, led by its Chairman and Speaker of the Gombe State House of [...]

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Nigeria’s Not Too Young To Run Movement Response to Speaker Dogara

Ade Adewale — Fri, 21 Jul 2017 20:46:03 +0000

The Not Too Young To Run movement received with pleasure, the statement issued by the office of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara reaffirming his commitment and that of the House of representatives to the passage of the Not Too Young to Run bill seeking a removal of age limits [...]

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