•Nigerian Senate Leader of the Senate, Opeyemi Bamidele, yesterday condemned the abduction of 87 students and teachers in Borno and Oyo states within 24 hours. Bamidele, also Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution, added that the recent abduction accentuated the need to expedite the establishment of state ...
•A ballot box The Senate has passed amendments to the Electoral Act aimed at accelerating the resolution of pre-election disputes and curbing the practice of forum shopping in electoral matters. The proposed amendments seek to ensure that pre-election cases are filed only in courts with proper jurisdiction, preventing litigants from seeking fa...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate has reversed its recent amendment to the Standing Orders, effectively reopening the contest for key leadership positions in the 11th National Assembly and potentially creating room for fresh contenders in the race for Senate President in 2027. The decision followed a motion sponsored by the Senate Leader, Senator Op...
•Joseph Tegbe The Senate today confirmed the appointments of Ambassador Sola Enikanolaiye as Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Joseph Olasunkanmi Tegbe as Minister of Power, giving legislative backing to President Bola Tinubu’s latest cabinet reshuffle aimed at strengthening diplomacy and stabilising the country’s troubled electricity ...
•Akpabio and Oshiomhole …If you become unruly, I will use the rules to take you out of the Senate – Akpabio warns Oshiomhole Proceedings in the Senate were today disrupted for over 15 minutes following a heated exchange between Senator Adams Oshiomhole and Senate President Godswill Akpabio during plenary. The incident began when Akpabio ...
•Nigerian Senate Barely a year to the inauguration of the 11th National Assembly, the Senate yesterday moved to tighten its internal rules, effectively narrowing the path to its most powerful offices and edging out a class of incoming lawmakers, including serving governors and former senators eyeing leadership positions. In a move widely seen ...
•Tinubu and National Assembly Complex, Abuja The Senate has approved a $516 million syndicated loan request by President Bola Tinubu to fund the construction of Section 1, Phases 1A and 1B of the Sokoto–Badagry Super Highway. The approval followed the consideration of a report during plenary, presented by the Senate Committee on Local and Fore...
•Atiku and Tinubu Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has criticised the reported swift approval of a $6 billion external loan request by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, describing the process as “reckless urgency.” Atiku, a chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), expressed concern that the Senate reportedly approved the request in l...
•Tinubu and Senate The Senate has expeditiously approved the request of President Bola Tinubu to go for external loans totalling $6 billion. The approval came barely three and a half hours after the senate president, Godswill Akpabio, read the letter from the president, seeking the approval, reports Vanguard. The Senate approved the loans foll...
•Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Olatunji Disu The Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Rilwan Disu, has submitted a framework for the establishment of state police to the Deputy President of the Senate, Barau I. Jibrin, as part of efforts to decentralise policing in the country. The police chief presented the framework at Senator Barau’s ...
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