Senate Approves Establishment of More Law School Campuses, List of States to Benefit EmergesThe Senate has passed a bill to establish additional law school campuses across the six geopolitical zones in Nigeria. PAY ATTENTION: Click “See First” under the “Following” tab to see Legit.ng News on your Facebook News Feed! The bill which was passed on Tuesday, February 8, was sponsored by the senator representing Kogi West, Smart Adeyemi, The Nation reported. Legit.ng gathers that the bill was passed after the adoption of the recommendation of the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters. PAY ATTENTION: Install our latest app for Android, read best news on Nigeria’s #1 news app Recommended for you "Juju dey follow him oga footsteps": Israel DMW joins Davido to delete all... In other news, the National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved the introduction of a Bachelor of Arts degree in Shariah for the Bayero University in Kano (BUK). This was announced in the bulletin published of the official website of the Joint Admission And Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Monday, January 31. Sharia is a religious law forming part of the Islamic tradition. It is derived from the religious precepts of Islam and is based on the sacred scriptures of Islam, particularly the Quran and the Hadith. In another related development, Legit.ng earlier reported that the Senate on Tuesday, February 1, passed the Federal Universities of Technology Act 2004 (Amendment) Bill, 2022. The Red Chamber, with the passage of the FUTA (Amendment) bill, gave approval for the upgrade of the Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Kwara state, from a Diploma awarding institution to a full-fledged Degree awarding Federal University of Technology. Legit.ng gathered that the upper legislative chamber also passed a bill to establish the School of Mines and Geological Studies, Guyuk. The passage of both bills followed the consideration of two separate reports by the Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND. Source: Legit.ng The Senate has passed a bill to establish additional law school campuses across the six geopolitical zones in Nigeria. PAY ATTENTION: Click “See First” under the “Following” tab to see Legit.ng News on your Facebook News Feed! Legit.ng Install our latest app for Android, read best news on Nigeria’s #1 news app Legit.ng