•Nigerian Senate The Senate has commenced an investigation into the alleged failure of some International Oil Companies (IOCs) to remit statutory contributions to the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), as required under the NDDC Act. The Senate Committee on NDDC opened the probe yesterday following a petition alleging that Aiteo Explor...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate has approved a total of ₦403.1 billion for the Nigerian Police Trust Fund to strengthen policing and support the fight against terrorism, kidnapping, and other security challenges across the country for two consecutive years. The upper chamber approved ₦170.1 billion for the Police Trust Fund’s 2025 fiscal year, as ...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate today passed for second reading a bill seeking stiffer penalties for offenders involved in counterfeit medicines and unsafe food products, including a proposed 15-year jail term for medicine hawkers. The proposed Counterfeit Medical Products, Fake Drugs and Unwholesome Processed Foods (Prohibition and Control) Bill,...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate has resolved to await the outcome of an investigation by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) before taking action on the controversy surrounding the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) and its inclusion in the 2026 Appropriation Act. The decision fol...
•Tinubu and Nigerian Senate The Senate yesterday called on the Tinubu-led federal government to stop its policy of rehabilitation and reintegration of repentant Boko Haram members and other insurgents into society. The call followed a motion on escalating attacks, abductions and killings of serving and retired military personnel, including for...
•Nigerian Senate Despite an emotionally charged debate marked by calls for sweeping economic sanctions and a possible diplomatic rupture with South Africa, the Nigerian Senate today stopped short of endorsing the hardline proposals, choosing instead to pursue a more cautious diplomatic path. Although the chamber unanimously condemned the renew...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate is expected to address the controversy surrounding the N1.3 billion allocation to the controversial Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council in the 2026 Appropriation Act as plenary resumes tomorrow. This is as it was gathered that a forged appointment letter bearing a falsified signature of the Chief of ...
The All Progressives Congress may trigger fresh controversy over its 2027 National Assembly primaries after restoring six serving senators to the party’s ticket, despite the earlier declaration of other aspirants as winners. The reversal, which affected nine states, came as the Independent National Electoral Commission declared yesterday that ...
•House of Reps and Senate The Senate and House of Representatives are bracing for the harmonisation of the different versions of the State Police Bill they recently passed. While the House of Representatives passed the bill on June 10, the Senate passed the Executive Bill transmitted by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on June 24. There […]...
•Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) The Senate has outlined a series of safeguards aimed at preventing state governors from abusing state police powers as the Red Chamber passed constitutional amendments to establish decentralised policing across Nigeria. The Senate Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, disclosed the measures while leading debate on th...
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