•House of Representatives The gale of defections from opposition parties in the National Assembly has increased the membership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to 68 in the Senate and about 207 in the House of Representatives, barely two years into the life of the 10th National Assembly. With Senator Neda Imasuen of the […]...
•Nigerian Senate In a decisive move against persistent defiance by Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) of the federal government, the Senate has announced a tough crackdown on institutions that continue to ignore legislative summons, warning of immediate sanctions and sweeping repercussions. Chairman of the Senate Committee on Public ...
The Senate has raised alarm over the growing use of dangerous chemicals particularly calcium carbide by fruit vendors to artificially ripen fruits, resolving to amend existing laws to criminalise such practice. Describing use of hazardous substances for fruit ripening as a major public health threat to consumers across the country, the lawmake...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate Committee on Power has raised concerns over the liquidity crisis bedeviling the power sector, lamenting that the tariff shortfalls in the industry have indicated that the government owes about N200 billion to electricity generating companies every month. The committee disclosed that since this year, the government h...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate today constituted a 20-member committee to plan a national security summit towards addressing Nigeria’s persistent security challenges. The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, announced the committee during the plenary after the majority of the senators supported it through a voice vote, reports The Nation. Akpabio ...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate today asked President Bola Tinubu to assent to the Nigerian Forest Security Service (Establishment) Bill, 2025, which was recently passed by the National Assembly and is currently awaiting presidential approval to tackle insecurity. This resolution was adopted after the submission of two bills sponsored by the Senat...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate has launched an investigative hearing into the implementation of the Federal Character Principle in public sector recruitment, with lawmakers expressing readiness to amend the existing law to address persistent imbalances. The inquiry spearheaded by the Senate Committee on Federal Character, aims to scrutinize how f...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate has confirmed the appointment of five Resident Electoral Commissioners submitted by President Bola Tinubu in March for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The confirmation followed the receipt and consideration of a report by the Chairman of Senate Committee on Electoral Matters during plenary toda...
Yesterday’s defection of three Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senators from Kebbi State into the All Progressives Congress (APC) has taken the ruling party’s majority to 68 members in the Red Chamber. The three senators – Adamu Aliero (Kebbi Central), Yahaya Abdullahi (Kebbi North) and Garba Maidoki (Kebbi South) – dumped their party for the A...
•YABATECH main entrance gate A bill which seeks to convert the Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH) to university today scaled second reading in Senate. The Bill titled: “A Bill for an Act to provide for the Establishment of the Yaba Federal University of Technology and Vocational Studies Yaba, Lagos State and to make comprehensive provisions...
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