•Nigerian Senate The Senate yesterday dismissed claims that the ongoing amendment to the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) Act seeks to ban street preaching, clarifying that the legislation only retains existing provisions prohibiting preaching and hawking inside commercial vehicles in the interest of public safety. The clarification follo...
The Senate today issued its strongest warning yet to Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) and Government-Owned Enterprises (GOEs), threatening constitutional sanctions, including the withholding of budgetary allocations, over what lawmakers described as the persistent disregard for invitations extended by its committees. The warning, wh...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate has suspended further legislative action on a bill seeking to establish a Nigerian Coast Guard, opting instead for wider consultations amid concerns that the proposed agency could duplicate the responsibilities of existing maritime security institutions. The decision came during plenary yesterday after lawmakers deb...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate has adopted key resolutions aimed at strengthening the regulation, coordination and accountability of foreign aid in Nigeria, approving the establishment of a mandatory registration system and a national database for all foreign aid received in the country. The upper chamber also resolved that all foreign aid-funded...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate has passed a bill to repeal and re-enact the law establishing the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM), paving the way for the regulatory agency to be renamed the Insurance Regulatory Commission (IRC). The legislation, titled the Insurance Regulatory Commission (Establishment) Bill, 2026, was passed after the Sena...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate has confirmed Abayomi Sunday Fasina as a non-career ambassador of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, despite opposition from some lawmakers and recent protests by civil society organisations over his nomination. The confirmation followed the consideration and adoption of the report of the Senate Committee on Foreign A...
The Senate has given the external auditors of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) a one-week ultimatum to provide a detailed breakdown of over ₦210 trillion recorded in the company’s audited financial statements, which lawmakers said remained unexplained. The Senate said the auditors, having signed off on the company’s ...
•Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State The debate over how Nigeria should respond to the mass abduction of pupils and teachers in Oriire Local Government Area has deepened, with the Oyo State House of Assembly openly disagreeing with the Senate’s rejection of Governor Seyi Makinde’s call for an independent United Nations investigation. Rather tha...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate has, for the second time, rejected a motion seeking an independent legislative investigation into the controversy surrounding the Presidency and the alleged Director-General of the Presidential Economic Advisory Council/Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PEAC/PFIPC), Adeniyi Adeyemi. The controvers...
•Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and Senate The Senate has cautioned Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde against making statements that could undermine ongoing efforts by the federal government and security agencies in tackling terrorism and kidnapping, following his call on the United Nations to investigate the abduction of schoolchildren and ...
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