Tag: constitution
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Constitution review: Senate announces public hearings for 6 geo-political zones
The Senate Committee on Review of 1999 Constitution will hold public hearings on the proposed constitution amendments between July 4 and July 5 in all the six geo-political zones of the country.
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Why Nigeria is due for new Constitution – Anglican Primate
Archbishop Henry Ndakuba, the Primate of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, has said Nigeria is due for a new Constitution, which he stressed should be made by the sovereign assembly of the people of the nation to replace the current 1999 Constitution as amended.
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Tinubu should act on calls for new constitution – Anyaoku
Chief Emeka Anyaoku, has urged President Bola Tinubu to urgently listen to calls for a new people-oriented constitution and set modalities in place to achieve it. Anyaoku, a former Secretary-General of Commonwealth, gave the advice in an interview with NAN in Lagos on Sunday.
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CARTOON OF THE DAY: Why Nigeria needs a new Constitution
CARTOON OF THE DAY: Why Nigeria needs a new Constitution
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Mali’s Junta partially reshuffles government after draft constitution vote
Mali’s junta carried out a partial reshuffle of the government on Saturday, a day after announcing the end of the UN peace mission in the country and eight days after a referendum in favour of the draft new Constitution. Though strategic posts remained occupied by the same people, government was significantly reshuffled, with 16 appointments,…
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Constitution review: Buhari refuses to sign 19 amendment bills
The Chairman of the National Assembly (NASS), Sen. Ahmad Lawan, has said that the legislature would engage the Executive in a bid to ensure President Muhammadu Buhari’s assent to 19 of the 35 alteration bills yet to be signed.
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Mali’s military government presents new constitution project
Mali coup leader, Col. Assimi Goita, has presented a new constitution project for the country. This decision comes just days after the junta announced on June 6 it would stay in power for two additional years, before organizing democratic elections in March 2024. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that the leader of Mali’s military transitional government created…
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States to generate, transmit and distribute electricity, as Buhari signs amended constitution
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law the constitutional amendment allowing states in the country to licence, generate, transmit, and distribute electricity. This was made known in a tweet by the presidential media spokesperson, Tolu Ogunlesi, on Friday. He tweeted, “President #MBuhari has signed 16 constitution amendment bills into law. By this signing, State Houses…
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UPDATE: Constitution Review: Senate okays 35 amendments
The Senate has approved 35 items out of the 44 Constitution Alteration Bills forwarded to State Houses of Assembly for concurrence.
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Gbajabiamila expresses doubts over conclusion of constitutional amendment
Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker of the House of Representatives on Monday expressed doubt over the conclusion of constitutional amendment before the expiration of the ninth assembly in June 2023. He made this known at the second edition of the Distinguished