Nigerian Speaker Withdraws Mandatory Voting Bill Amid Controversy
Following public outrage, speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen has withdrawn the controversial Compulsory Voting Bill to ...
Tag: Bill
Bill for General Elections to Hold in 1 Day Scales Second Reading in Senate
The Senate has passed for second reading a bill which would empower the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to hold ...
Reps Move to Compel President to Give Account of Stewardship Before Laying Budget
A bill which seeks to provide that the President shall appear before each House of the National Assembly annually, to ...
JUST IN | Tinubu Signs Data Protection Bill Into Law | METROWATCH
President Bola Tinubu has given his assent to the passage of the Nigeria Data Protection Bill, 2023 into a law. ...
JUST IN | Tinubu Raises Judges’ Retirement Age to 70 | METROWATCH
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Thursday raised the retirement age of Nigeria's judicial officers from 65 to 70 years by ...
Bill Seeking to Criminalise Protest, Mob Action Scales First Reading | METROWATCH
By Ogochukwu Isioma A bill prescribing a five-year jail term for unlawful protesters in Nigeria, on Thursday, scaled first reading ...
Brain drain: Fight Medical Tourism, Targeting Doctors Won’t Help, NMA Tackles N’Assembly
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has tackled the National Assembly over the bill seeking to mandate medical and dental practitioners ...
N’Assembly Proposes Compulsory 5-year Practice for Medical Workers before Full Licence
A bill aimed at curtailing the influx of Nigerian-trained medical and dental practitioners to foreign countries has passed second reading ...
Bill to Increase Federal High Court Judges from 100 to 150 Passes Second Reading
A Bill to amend the Federal High Court Act, Cap. F12, Laws of the Federation, 2004 with a view to ...
Buhari Rejects Bill Empowering National Assembly to Summon President, Governors
Constitution amendment bills on power to summon presidents and governors suffered another major setback as President Muhammadu Buhari has withheld ...
MetrowatchXtra is an online daily newspaper poised to act as a catalyst in our debate and desire for well-governed Nigeria and provide the much-needed platform for all, irrespective of social, religious or political divide, to express their views.
Metrowatchxtra Nigeria