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Senate Passes Criminal Code Bill, Maintains Gender Neutrality For Rape, Sexual Offences

InsideBusiness Jul 14, 2020

The Senate on Tuesday passed a Bill for an Act to amend the Criminal Code Act 2004. The passage of the bill followed consideration of the report of the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters. …

Economy

Finance Act Amendment, 10 Others Scale Second Reading

InsideBusiness Mar 11, 2020

The Finance Act amendment bill transmitted to the National Assembly on Tuesday by President Muhammadu Buhari for consideration and passage scaled second reading on the floor during plenary on Wednesday. The bill which was sponsored by…

Governance

Senate Investigates Banks Over Non-remittance of Tax Revenues

InsideBusiness Feb 25, 2020

The Senate has mandated its Committees on Banking, Insurance, and Financial Institutions, and Finance to investigate withholding tax revenues on both bank deposits and dividends. This was even as it urged banks and Central Security and…