The National Assembly Joint Committee on Constitution Review on Monday moved closer to meeting its December 2025 deadline as members convened in Abuja to firm up the final draft of proposed amendments to the 1999 Constitution. The…
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The Joint Committee of the Senate and House of Representatives on Constitution Review has approved the creation of six additional states. SolaceBase reports that this was one of the key resolutions reached at the end of the two-day…
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The Joint Committee of the Senate and House of Representatives on Constitution Review has unanimously approved the creation of an additional state in the South East geopolitical zone, increasing the region’s total to six. The decision was…
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Stakeholders from the North-West zone have renewed calls for the creation of new states, citing improved development, equity and security as key motivations. The demands were presented at the North-West zonal public hearing of the…
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The Magistrates Association of Nigeria has condemned the continued exclusion of magistrates from major judicial reforms, calling on the National Assembly to amend the 1999 Constitution and grant them full recognition as judicial officers.…
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The demand for the creation of two additional states—Kainji and Gobir—dominated discussions during the North-West, Centre B public hearing on the constitutional review held on Saturday in Sokoto. Presenting the case for Kainji State,…
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The Senate Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution has rescheduled its North West Zonal Public Hearing to July 18 and 19, 2025. SolaceBase reports that the hearing, which will now take place in Kano, was earlier slated for July…
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An Islamic human rights group, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has called for constitutional amendments to establish Sharia Courts in all the Southwest states of Nigeria. MURIC also demanded that Fridays be declared public holidays…
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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has urged the National Assembly not to heed calls to remove labour provisions from the Exclusive Legislative List to the Concurrent List in the ongoing review of the 1999 Constitution. The Lagos State…
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The Senate has postponed the planned zonal public hearing on the Constitution review for the North-West region. According to the Senate, the postponement was in honour of the late elder statesman and philanthropist, Aminu Dantata, who…
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