A bill seeking to establish the Nigerian Mining Development Bank to promote and enhance investment in the sector of the economy has passed second reading at the House of Representatives. The proposed law titled “A bill for an act to establish the Nigerian Mining Development Bank, was sponsored by a member representing Idemili North/Idemili South Federal Constituency, Anambra State, Hon. Uchenna Okonkwo. The Honourable member, in his lead debate, said the establishment of a mining...

Senator Abdul Ningi who represents Bauchi Central at the National Assembly has resigned his position as the chairman of the Northern Senators Forum. The lawmaker tendered his resignation from the forum shortly after he was suspended by the Senate over his allegation that three trillion naira was unjustly inserted into the twenty-twenty four budget. In a letter to the Secretary of the Forum, Senator Abdul Ningi explained that he resigned due to unfolding events in...

Some illegal structures in Jos, the state capital of Plateau state erected without approval from the regulatory authorities have been shut down. At least 17 people were arrested at a construction site located at the old Legislative Quarters along Bauchi Ring Road in Jos when task force officials led by the Commissioners for Information, Housing and Urban Development, Musa Ashoms and Joshua Ubandoma as well as the General Manager, Jos Metropolitan Development Board, Hart Bankat,...