•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...
•Tinubu, Nigerian Senate and Police The Senate today passed the landmark Constitution Alteration Bill seeking to establish state police across the federation, marking a major step in Nigeria’s decades-long debate over decentralising the country’s policing structure to address worsening insecurity. The passage followed a rigorous clause-by-clau...
•Nigerian Senate After minutes of failed attempts at voting electronically using the installed digital voting devices at the seat of each lawmaker, the Senate, today, opted for an open ballot on the issue of the creation of state police. Recall, the Senate had yesterday reconvened in an emergency plenary seeking to deliberate on an executive [...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate today suspended consideration of the highly anticipated State Police Bill and all other legislative business at its emergency plenary session to honour the memory of a member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yaya Tongo, whose death cast a sombre mood over the National Assembly. The upper chamber had reconvened ...
•Tinubu, Senate and Police President Bola Tinubu has transmitted a constitution alteration bill to the Senate seeking the establishment of state police as part of efforts to reform Nigeria’s security architecture. The proposed legislation, contained in a communication dated June 15, 2026, was read during plenary today by the Senate President, ...
•Ireti Kingibe Senator Ireti Kingibe, who represents the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in the Senate, has criticised the National Assembly for what she described as its failure to effectively serve as a check on the Executive arm of government. Speaking during an interview on Arise TV yesterday, Kingibe argued that the legislature has increa...
•Peter Obi and Aisha Yesufu The National Secretary of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Ikenna Enekweizu, has said the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, preferred that activist Aisha Yesufu contest for the AMAC/Gwari House of Representatives seat rather than the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Senate position. Enekweizu disclosed...
•Nigerian Senate A fresh battle over the control of Nigeria’s electricity sector is brewing, as state electricity regulators have accused the National Assembly of attempting to claw back powers already devolved to states under the Constitution and the Electricity Act 2023. In a strongly worded memorandum submitted to the Senate Committee on Po...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate today approved a three-month extension for the implementation of the capital component of the 2025 Appropriation Act, moving the deadline from June 30 to September 30, 2026, in a move aimed at preventing project abandonment and ensuring full utilisation of already released public funds across Ministries, Departments...
The Senate today directed security and intelligence agencies to intensify efforts to identify, track and arrest bandits and terrorists who openly display their activities and proceeds of crime on social media platforms, particularly TikTok. The resolution followed a motion moved by Senator Sunday Karimi, representing Kogi West Senatorial Distr...
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