Tag Archives: Repeal

The Senate has rejected a bill aimed at repealing the Foreign Exchange (Monitoring and Miscellaneous Provision) Act, 2004, and establishing a new Foreign Exchange Market in Nigeria.   Sponsored by Senator Mohammed Sani representing Niger East, the bill was first read in February 2024. Its purpose was to introduce provisions …

Opinion by Alimatu Dimonekene (london) Wednesday, March 27, 2024 Inter Press Service LONDON, Mar 27 (IPS) – Earlier this month, a UNICEF report on the prevalence of female genital mutilation (FGM) showed that while some success is taking place, the pace of progress remains slow – lagging behind population growth, especially …

President Bola Tinubu has written a letter to House of Representatives seeking the repeal and re-enactment of the Students Loan Bill.   Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas who read the letter titled “TRANSMISSION OF STUDENT LOANS (ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION) (REPEAL AND RE-ENACTMENT) BILL, 2024”,  dated March …

Businessman and author Vivek Ramaswamy, the newest addition to the 2024 GOP presidential field, has liberals fuming after telling Fox News’ Tucker Carlson that if elected, he would repeal affirmative action on day one. “As U.S. President, I will end federally mandated affirmative action – full stop,” Ramaswamy later tweeted …

By Kim Jarrett (The Center Square) U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., and seven other senators have signed onto a bill that would repeal the tax threshold for reporting third-party payments.  Under a provision in the American Rescue Plan Act, business transactions over $600 annually would be reported to the IRS …

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of Singapore announced that the government would repeal its law criminalizing sex between men, but that same-sex marriage would remain illegal.

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) is trying to keep Trump from being locked up by calling for the repeal of the Espionage Act. Paul tweeted: The espionage act was abused from the beginning to jail dissenters of WWI. It is long past time to repeal this egregious affront to the 1st …