Criminals awaiting execution may have received a lifeline following President Muhammadu Buhari’s assent to a new law yesterday. The approval came three months after the dissolution of the Eighth National Assembly, which passed the bill.

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari declined to assent to the Digital Rights and Freedom Bill and four other bills forwarded by the National Assembly. On Wednesday, Senate President Bukola Saraki read five letters from President Buhari to members of the Senate on his decision to decline assent to Nigerian Film Commission bill, Immigration Amendment bill, Climate…

The chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Legislative Budget and Research, Timothy Golu, yesterday, gave insight into why the National Assembly was keen on overriding President Muhammadu Buhari on the National Assembly Budget and Research Office (NABRO) Bill. Buhari is yet to append his signature to the document required to strengthen the budgetary process after…

The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Civil Society Organisations (NGOs) and Development Partners, Mr. Peter Akpatason, has allayed the fears that the NGO regulation bill was aimed at muzzling religious and ethnic organisations. Akpatason, who spoke with reporters yesterday in Abuja, also faulted the notion that the proposed legislation would infringe on…

I recently read the gender and equal opportunities bill drawn out by the Nigerian Senate and I want to start by commending those who put it together.