•Nigerian Senate The Senate, today, went into an emergency executive session following a heated disagreement over the official sitting time of the Red Chamber. The disagreement involved the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and his predecessor, Senator Ahmed Lawan, over the timing of the plenary sessions, reports The Nigerian Tribune. Accord...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate today passed for third reading, the bill seeking the establishment of the North Central Development Commission. The bill was sponsored by the senator representing Benue South Senatorial District and Senate Minority Leader, Abba Moro, and other senators from the North Central region, reports The PUNCH. The bill, whic...
The Senate yesterday raised an ad hoc committee to investigate the alleged dumping of substandard diesel in Nigeria and importation of hazardous petroleum products The resolution on the probe, which was passed as a matter of urgent public importance, followed a motion by Sen. Asuquo Ekpenyong from Cross River State yesterday, reports Nigerian ...
•Borno suicide bombing The Senate today, Wednesday, July 3, blamed the recent suicide bombings in Gwoza town in Borno state on failure of intelligence on the part of security forces. Senate President Godswill Akpabio disclosed this in his contribution to the debate on a motion on the incident sponsored by the chief whip of the […]
•Nigerian Senate The Senate today passed for a second reading a bill seeking to allow all persons including foreigners resident in Nigeria the right to obtain and use National Identification Number (NIN). The bill also seeks to replace criminal penalties with administrative enforcement measures to encourage compliance with NIN usage requiremen...
•Akpabio Senate President Godswill Akpabio has denied receiving any correspondence from President Bola Ahmed Tinubu requesting Senate approval of funds for presidential jet. Akpabio spoke after a closed-door meeting of senators at the chambers which lasted for over an hour, reports Daily Trust The senators had cut short their recess which was ...
•Senate President Godswill Akpabio Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has dismissed a report that the 10th Senate is proposing that the federal government should procure new aircraft for President Bola Tinubu and his vice, Kashim Shettima. Speaking to newsmen in Maiduguri shortly after leading a delegation to pay a condolence visit to Senator...
•Senate A Bill which seeks to increase the salaries and allowances of judicial officers today, Thursday, May 9, scaled second reading at the Senate. The resolution of the Senate followed its consideration and debate on a bill titled: “A bill for an act to prescribe the salaries, allowances and fringe benefits of judicial office holders [&helli...
•Senate The Senate has approved the death sentence as a penalty for drug traffickers in the country, as it passes through the third reading, the 2024 NDLEA Act (Amendment) Bill. The proposal was adopted today when the Senate dissolved into a committee of the whole for a clause-by-clause consideration of a report of the Chairman […]
•Senator Ali Ndume Senate Chief Whip Ali Ndume yesterday criticised the renovation of the inner part of the main chamber of the Senate, saying it looks more like a ‘’conference room.’’ Ndume said apart from the sitting arrangement being improper, the chamber does not only lack electronic voting devices but has poor microphones, reports The [&h...
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