Tag: State Legislature

Lagos passes Bill stopping parade of suspects by Police, others

Aminu Imam

The Lagos State House of Assembly yesterday passed a Bill to henceforth stop the media parade of suspects by the Police. The Bill, which was passed under the leadership of the House Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa (representing Agege-1), is an amendment of the Lagos State Criminal Justice Law. According to section 9(a) of the newly passed Bill, “as from the commencement of this law, the Police shall refrain from parading any suspect before the media”. The Deputy Speaker of the House, Wasiu Eshilokun-Sanni (Lagos Island-1),  presided over yesterday’s sitting that saw…

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APC Govs hail Tambuwal-led Committee on Autonomy for Judiciary, State Legislature

Ishaku Yohanna

Godwin Amunde The Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) – an umbrella body of Nigerian governors elected on the platform of the ruling All Pro­gressives Congress (APC) – has endorsed agreements reached by the Governor Aminu Tambuwal-led Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) Committee on autonomy for judiciary and state legislature. The PGF, under the chairmanship of Governor Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi State, at an emergency meeting held in Abuja on Wednesday, noted that the Tambuwal-led NGF Committee consulted all the critical stakeholders, notably leadership of State Judiciary and Assemblies and jointly reached agreements…

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