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Nigerian Copyright Law Inadequate -Expert

Nigerian Copyright Law Inadequate -Expert The copyright law in Nigeria are grossly inadequate to address the emerging trends in protection and enforcement, an expert, Dr Samuel Andrews, has said. The Nigerian-American trained Intellectual Property (IP) expert, told newsmen that the law enacted before the incursion of...

NASS, Executive to Review International Trade Treaties – Omishore

NASS, Executive to Review International Trade Treaties – Omishore The National Assembly and the Executive arm are partnering to review treaties and conventions entered into by Nigeria, a Special Assistant to the President of the Senate on Foreign Affairs, Mr Bamikole Omishore has said. Omishore who...

NEITI Seeks NASS Partnership On Transparency

NEITI Seeks NASS Partnership On Transparency The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has renewed its appeal to the National Assembly to use the findings of its audit reports to push for wider reforms in the oil and gas industry. The NEITI Executive Secretary, Waziri Adio,...

2017 Budget: NASS slashes FMC travel, miscellaneous budget by N212m

The recently approved 2017 national budget finally gets the nod of the Presidency by way of asset, then the ministry of communications and its two affiliate agencies, the Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited, NigComSat and the Nigerian Postal Services, NIPOST, respectively, they would actually be...

2017 Budget ready for President’s signature next week -Lawan

The Senate Leader, Ahmed Lawan, on Thursday expressed the hope that the 2017 Appropriation Bill will be ready for the signature of President Muhammadu Buhari by next week despite the hitches being experienced on the passage of the document at the National Assembly. Lawan disclosed...

$17bn undeclared crude: House c’ttee walks out CBN, NPDC, DPR officials

The House of Representatives Adhoc Committee on $17 billion stolen from undeclared crude oil and liquefied natural gas from Nigeria, yesterday, walked out officials of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN; National Petroleum Development Corporation, NPDC, and Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, as they were...