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Controversy trails legality of 1999 Constitution

Ihesiulo Grace 4 June 2021 0

*No amount of amendment can give legality to the illegal 1999 Constitution says Ozekhome *It is only the court that can void the constitution, replied Omo – Agege Tunde Opalana, Abuja As the national public hearing on the review of the 1999 constitution came to an end on Friday in Abuja,

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Reps consider bills for 9 new tertiary institutions

Ihesiulo Grace 6 September 2018 0

The House of Representatives Committee on Tertiary Education and Services is considering bills for the establishment of nine new tertiary institutions across the country, even as it moves to amend the Acts establishing six existing ones.Chairman of the committee, Rep Suleiman Aminu (APC, Kano), disclosed this at a public hearing in Abuja yesterday. He listed […]

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I’ve no hand in anti-grazing bill, says Obaseki

Ihesiulo Grace 6 July 2017 0

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has denied having a hand in the Anti-Grazing Bill, which has passed its second reading at the Edo House of Assembly, noting that the government’s position on the bill would be made known at the public hearing. This was according to a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to […]

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Senate angry as Customs boss shuns public hearing

Ihesiulo Grace 6 December 2016 0

The Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Col Hammed Ali (rtd), on Monday shunned a public hearing on “A Bill for an Act to Repeal the Customs and Excise Management Act Bill 2016” and thus angered the Senate Committee organizer, which declared his action contemptuous. Senate Committee on Customs which took offence on the action […]