Buhari Grants Financial Autonomy To State Judiciary, House Of Assemblies

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has signed the Fourth Alteration Bill that grants financial autonomy to State Judiciaries and State Houses of Assembly into law. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (senator), Senator Ita Enang disclosed this to State House correspondents on Friday.

Ambode Unveils New 44-feet Of Late Legal Luminary Gani Fawehinmi Statue

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Sunday unveiled a new statue of the late legal luminary, Chief Gani Fawehinmi at the ‘Liberty Park’, in Ojota, saying that the 44-feet edifice symbolises the phenomenon that the rights activist represented in his life time.

House Of Reps Drop Change Of Electoral Sequence Bill

House of Representatives, yesterday, dropped the change of electoral sequence bill sponsored by Edward Gyang Pwajok from Plateau State and seven others. Spokesman of the House, Abdulrazaq Namdas, told newsmen after plenary, yesterday, that the change

Two Companies Fight Endlessly Over Waste Management

The waste wars in Lagos State ignited by the introduction of the Cleaner Lagos Initiative ( CLI) might not be nearing an end. The two companies are Visionscape Sanitation Solutions and the Private Sector Participants ( PSP ) operators.

Court restrains Ogun & Lagos State From Stopping Lottery Business

The Federal High Court in Lagos has restrained Lagos and Ogun State governments from disrupting the business of lottery companies for allegedly operating without their licence. Justice Mohammed Idris held that it would be illegal to shut down lottery business on the basis that they have not obtained additional licences to operate.

Court Sets Supreme Court Justice Free Of Corruption Charges

The Federal High Court on Friday dismissed all the 13 counts of money laundering and passport fraud instituted by the Federal Government against a serving Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Sylvester Ngwuta.

House Of Reps Vows To Override President’s Veto

The House of Representatives said on Wednesday that lawmakers would not hesitate to override President Muhammadu Buhari’s veto if he withheld his assent to the Electoral Act Amendment Bill.

Buhari Signs Bill Conferring Immunity On Lawmakers

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday signed eight bills earlier passed by the National Assembly into law. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Senator Ita Enang, briefed State House Correspondents after the President signed the bills into law.

Mike Ozekhome Kicks As Senate Recalls Ali Ndume Following Court Order

Following successful challenge of his unwarranted suspension in the court of law, the Nigeria Senate has recalled its former leader, Mohammed Ali Ndume. He is expected to resume in plenary tomorrow.

House Of Reps To Set Minimum Age Of 35 For Presidential Aspirants

A constitutional amendment proposal seeking a minimum age requirement of 35 years for future presidential aspirants has been submitted before the House of Representatives for consideration and adoption.

Senate Passes Compulsory Treatment and Care of Victims of Gunshots Bill

The Senate on Tuesday passed the Compulsory Treatment and Care of Victims of Gunshots Bill, which seeks to compel hospitals to treat persons with gunshot wounds before obtaining police report.
The bill, which was sent to the Senate by the House of Representatives for concurrence, seeks to establish a law that ensures that victims of gunshot wounds receive necessary treatment from medical workers and assistance from security agencies.

House Of Representatives Returns CRK As Independent Subject

Members of the House of Representatives at plenary on Tuesday jettisoned the Buhari's government policy which subsumed Christian Religious Knowledge, CRK in Civic Education as a compulsory subject in the Secondary School curriculum.

Evans Hires Lawyer, Sues Police IG, 3 Others: "Release Me Now"

Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike a.k.a. Evans, the suspected billionaire kidnapper, has dragged the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris and three others before the Federal High Court in Lagos over alleged illegal detention.

Femi Falana Begs Ambode Not To Order The Execution of Rev. King

Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has asked Lagos Governor Akinwunmi Ambode not to order the execution of Rev. King and other inmates and urged him to "covert" their sentences from death penalty to life imprisonment.

Biography of Walter Onnoghen The New Chief Justice Of Nigeria

Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen simply known as Walter Onnoghen was born on 22 December 1950 in Cross Rivers State. He had been the Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria since 2005 before his recent

POLITICS: Lagos Special Grants Bill Thrown Out by the Nigerian Senate

We are still in the euphoria of drama that happened in the Nigerian upper chamber. The Nigerian senate today dismissed a bid for Special grants to be allocated to Lagos state as the nation's commercial capital.

TRANSPORTATION / POLITICS: Bukola Saraki Signs Nigerian Railway Bill to Allow Private Sector Participate

The railway reform is aimed at including the private sector to provide efficient rail services; and reduce dependence on the Federal government budget to maintain the rail lines.

POLITICS: Law to Restrict Foreigners from getting Jobs in Fields where a Nigerian is Qualified Passes second Reading

                                       
Many University graduates and qualified Nigerians are still unemployed due to high rate of nepotism and corruption in job creation. In a bid to provide more jobs to these Nigerians, the majority leader of the House

POLITICS: Bill to Criminalise Hate Speech Online Passes Second Reading in House of Rep

My good friends and fans of Edeson Online News, please don't use hate speech against our elected leaders or even "ordinary Nigerians" online, doing so may land you in big trouble as a bill seeking to criminalise hate

POLITICS: Senate President Saraki, wants "Immunity" extended to Legislature & Judiciary

The immunity clause in the constitution provides the (Executive) president, vice president, governors and their deputies, with protection from prosecution from offences they commit while in office. This applies in Nigeria