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Education

ASUU seeks bill to regulate foreign education for special Nigerians

VAM News July 27, 2022 0 Comment

Prof. Kingdom Tombra, Chairman of the University of Niger Delta University Wilberforce Island chapter of the union, made this known at the solidarity protest organised by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Tuesday in...

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National

Kidnapping: Nigerian Senate passes bill prohibiting payment of ransom

VAM News April 28, 2022 0 Comment

A bill seeking to prohibit the payment of ransom has passed third reading at the senate. The bill was passed by the upper legislative chamber on Wednesday after Opeyemi Bamidele, chairman of the committee...

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World News

Bill Granting Women’s Right To Abortion Signed Into Law

VAM News April 5, 2022 0 Comment

The Bill Granting Women’s Right To Abortion has been Signed Into Law, by the governor of Colorado. Gov. Jared Polis signed into law the Reproductive Health Equity Act, which codifies women’s right to make...

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Education

Again, Nigerian Lawmakers Reject Bill To Regulate Overseas Education For Children Of Public Officers

VAM News March 3, 2022 0 Comment

Nigerian lawmakers in the House of Representatives has rejected a bill that sought to prohibit public servants from attending foreign schools. The bill sponsored by Sergius Ogun was rejected by members of the House...

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National

Federal Lawmaker Sponsors Bill To Compensate Kidnap Victims With Properties Seized From Abductors

VAM News February 11, 2022 0 Comment

A bill seeking to provide compensation for victims of kidnapping is going through the process of consideration by the House of Representatives. The proposed legislation sponsored by Tajudeen Adefisoye, a lawmaker from Ondo State,...

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National

Shina Peller: Federal Lawmaker wants NSCDC scrapped, presents bill to Reps

VAM News February 2, 2022 0 Comment

The lawmaker representing lseyin/ltesiwaju/ Kajola/lwajowa Federal Constituency in Oyo State at the House of Representatives, Shina Peller, has proposed scrapping of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps. Peller proposed that the Nigeria Police...

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National

President Buhari signs 2022 budget into law after presentation of bill

Akanji Philip December 31, 2021 0 Comment

President Muhammadu Buhari has signed Nigeria’s 2022 budget into law. He signed the budget at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Thursday. The signing of the budget comes two weeks...

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Local News

CISLAC: Buhari’s refusal to sign bill showed he benefitted from electoral fraud he complained about before 2015

Olorungbotemi December 21, 2021 0 Comment

The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre says the continued refusal of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), sign the Electoral Act Amendment Bill into law shows that the 79-year-old Daura-born retired major general...

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Health National

House Passes Bill To Make Free Child Healthcare Compulsory

VAM News November 18, 2021 0 Comment

The House of Representatives has passed for second reading, a bill seeking to make it compulsory for the Federal Government to provide free health care services for children in Nigeria. The legislation, which was...

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Local News

Breaking: Ogun Assembly Passes Anti-Open Grazing Law, Prescribes Jail Term

VAM News July 8, 2021 0 Comment

In an attempt to address incessant clashes between herders and farmers in Ogun State, the State House of Assembly has passed the Animal Grazing Regulation and Cattle Ranch Establishment Law, 2020 into...