•Nigerian Senate chamber Like the House of Representatives, the Senate has approved President Bola Tinubu’s proclamation of a state of emergency in Rivers State, invoking its constitutional powers under the amended 1999 Constitution. The approval grants President Tinubu the authority to enforce emergency measures while mandating a review of th...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate has entered a closed session to deliberate on President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of emergency rule in Rivers State and the suspension of Governor Siminalayi Fubara and other elected officials. The closed session was announced after Senate President Godswill Akpabio read a letter from Tinubu at plenary today, report...
The Senate adjourned abruptly today till tomorrow, keeping mum on its earlier decision to consider the state of emergency declared in Rivers State by 3pm. President Bola Tinubu had proclaimed the emergency rule in Rivers last night following the escalation of the political tension in the oil-rich state, reports Nigerian Tribune. By the provisi...
•Senate President Godswill Akpabio The vote of confidence passed by the Nigerian Senate in the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, GCON, is a significant development, particularly amidst the current unfolding events within the Upper Legislative Chamber of the National Assembly. This resolution was unanimously passed during last ...
•Natasha Senator representing Kogi Central at the National Assembly, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has described the red chamber as a cult. Akpoti-Uduaghan stated this during an interview with the BBC over the allegation of sexual harassment leveled against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio. This is coming few days after Natasha took the case ...
•Senate President Godswill Akpabio Ahead of the next general elections, the Senate has dropped the hint to reintroduce the inclusion of statutory delegates in political parties’ primaries in the proposed amendment of the Electoral Act 2022. The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio disclosed this in Abuja while having in audience the Natio...
•Soldiers on patrol The Senate has asked the federal government to establish a permanent military base in Gwer-West Local Government Area of Benue State to improve security and provide a faster response to attacks by bandits who often disguise themselves as Fulani herdsmen. This was part of resolutions during plenary today after Senator Tarten...
The Senate has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct by-elections to fill the vacant seats in Edo Central and Anambra South Senatorial Districts. Senate President Godswill Akpabio announced this during plenary today, officially declaring the vacancies, reports Channels TV. The upper chamber had declared the Edo ...
•Natasha Justice Obiora Egwatu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has adjourned the suit filed by the Senator Representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, to March 25, 2025. Senator Natasha had approached the Federal High Court, seeking an Order restraining the Senate Committee on Ethics and Privileges of the Senate f...
•Akpabio and Natasha The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and the Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, have continued exchanging words over the crisis at the Senate triggered by the suspension of the Kogi lawmaker. While Akpabio accused Akpoti-Uduaghan of traumatising others with unfounded allegations, the Kogi lawmak...
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