Retired police officers today staged a protest at the National Assembly, accusing the Akpabio-led Senate of deliberately delaying a bill aimed at removing them from a controversial contributory pension scheme. Chanting “We no dey go,” the retired officers attempted to gain entry into the National Assembly complex in Abuja, reports Vanguard. Se...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate has called on the federal government to review the country’s firearm laws to allow responsible citizens to own guns, citing the escalating insecurity across Kwara, Kebbi, and Niger states. The call followed a motion titled, “Urgent need to address escalating insecurity in Kwara, Kebbi and Niger States,” which highli...
•Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has forwarded a list of three ambassadorial nominees to the Senate for confirmation. Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, announced the submission during today’s plenary session, aired on the NASS YouTube channel. The nominees are Kayode Are from Ogun State, Aminu Dalhatu from Jigawa State, and Ayodele Oke. “The li...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate has passed a resolution classifying kidnapping as an act of terrorism, stipulating that an amendment to the Terrorism Act be made to impose the maximum penalty of death. The resolution was made during plenary today. Under the new law, according to the upper legislative arm, once a kidnapping conviction is establishe...
•Senate President Godswill Akpabio The Senate has dissolved its standing committees on Air Force, national security and intelligence with immediate effect. It also said that new committees would be reconstituted within one week. The decision came after the Senate Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, expressed dissatisfaction with the committees’ ...
•Tinubu (C), service chiefs and Nigerian Senate The Senate has asked President Bola Tinubu to direct the Nigerian Armed Forces to immediately recruit at least 100,000 additional personnel to strengthen the fight against worsening insecurity across the country. The resolution followed a motion of urgent national importance raised by Senator Abd...
•Nigerian Senate chamber The Senate has commenced a comprehensive investigation into stamp duty collections reportedly amounting to several trillions of naira, seeking full disclosure from commercial banks, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), and state governments. Chairman of the Senate Public Account...
•Tinubu, Service Chiefs and the Senate The Senate has moved to outlaw the recruitment of persons under the age of 18 into the military as it passed the Armed Forces (Repeal and Re-enactment) Bill, 2025, for second reading. The provision, which prohibits the enlistment of minors, aligns Nigeria’s military practices with the Child Rights Act [&h...
•Nigerian Senate chamber The Senate has resolved to investigate the ongoing delineation exercise conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Warri Federal Constituency, Delta State, following concerns of alleged marginalisation and irregularities raised in a petition before the upper chamber today. The resolution follo...
•Senate President Godswill Akpabio The Senate has said that there were no moves anywhere to impeach the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, saying that the Chairman of the Senate Committee on South East Development Commission, SEDC, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, APC, Abia North, was quoted out of context. Recall that during an intervi...
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