•Nigerian Senate The Senate has passed for second reading a bill seeking to make it compulsory for public and private hospitals across Nigeria to provide emergency medical treatment, prescribing up to six months’ imprisonment for facilities and individuals who violate its provisions. The proposed legislation also prescribes a fine of up to ₦30...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate today gave six State Houses of Assembly that have yet to communicate their positions on the proposed establishment of State Police until November 15, warning that failure to respond could amount to withholding approval for the constitutional amendment. The affected states were initially listed as Benue, Oyo, Cross R...
•Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has requested the Senate to approve the implementation of an external borrowing plan of 7.7 billion dollars. At an exchange rate of ₦1,400 to the dollar, the borrowing amounts to about N10.79 trillion naira The President said the funds are to part-finance the N20.2 trillion budget deficit, reports Channels TV. The...
The Senate has rejected calls for the revival of Nigeria Air, while urging the federal government to renegotiate and enforce Nigeria’s Bilateral Air Services Agreement with China to allow Nigerian airlines to operate direct flights to the Asian country. The lawmakers said the existing aviation arrangement needs to be reviewed to address the im...
•Tinubu President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has asked the Senate to confirm six nominees as executive directors of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA). The nominations, conveyed in a letter to the Senate, comprise three serving executive directors proposed for reappointment and three new nominees, reports The ...
•Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State A Federal High Court in Abuja today ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to publish the name of former Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha, as the All Progressives Congress candidate for the Imo West Senatorial District in the 2027 general elections. Justice Obiora Egwuatu also ordered the ...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate has called for stricter tenancy laws requiring landlords to verify tenants’ identities, including through the National Identification Number (NIN), as part of efforts to combat human trafficking, kidnapping and other criminal activities. The upper chamber has also asked the National Agency for the Prohibition of Tra...
•Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has asked the Senate to approve $20.51bn and €1.45bn in external borrowing to address funding gaps in the federal government’s 2026–2027 supplementary borrowing plan. The president’s request was conveyed in a letter which Senate President Godswill Akpabio read during plenary today, reports Daily Trust. He said thi...
•Nigerian Senate There was angst at the Senate yesterday over the reported killing of 113 people in four separate attacks on communities in Benue State, with the lawmakers demanding urgent security action to stop the bloodshed and prevent further loss of lives. They also expressed grave concern at the killing of six Mobile Police personnel [&h...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate has asked the Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu, to urgently investigate the killing of 113 persons, including six Mobile Police personnel, in Benue North-East Senatorial District. The resolution followed a motion of urgent public importance sponsored by Senator Emmanuel Memga Udende, APC, Benue North-East, ov...
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