•Nigerian Senate Some Senators have raised the alarm over what they described as a paucity of funds, which has adversely affected the functioning of standing committees and the implementation of budgets. Senators cried out today during a meeting between Senator Olamilekan Adeola (APC, Ogun West), who led the Senate Committee on Appropriations,...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate, through its Committee on Appropriations, has tentatively fixed March 17, 2026, for the final consideration and passage of the ₦58.472 trillion 2026 Appropriation Bill. This was made known after a special session today, where February 2 to 13, 2026, was approved for the consideration of budget estimates at the commi...
The Senate today launched a comprehensive investigation into operational inefficiencies, insecurity, and alleged financial improprieties in Nigeria’s railway system, amid growing concerns over declining service delivery across key rail corridors. The decision followed a motion raised during plenary by Senator Abdul Ningi and a point of order b...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate has commenced consideration of the Electoral Act 2022 (Repeal and Re-enactment) Bill 2026, moving into a closed-door session to review documents submitted by the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Electoral Matters, Senator Simon Lalong. The closed session was convened to allow lawmakers to thoroughly examine the p...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate, yesterday, postponed consideration of the proposed Electoral Act Amendment Bill, giving lawmakers extra time to study the document ahead of the nation’s 2027 general elections. Copies of the bill were distributed to senators yesterday, prompting the upper chamber to allow an additional 24 hours for familiarisation ...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate has deferred consideration of the report on the Electoral Act, 2022 (Repeal and Enactment) Bill 2026, resolving to reconvene in an executive session to scrutinize the proposed legislation before taking a final decision. The decision followed deliberations on the report of the Senate Committee on Electoral Matters du...
•Nigerian Senate and Tinubu The Senate yesterday resumed plenary from the Christmas and New Year recess with a promise to intensify work on pending legislation and other matters of national importance. In his opening remarks, Senate President Godswill Akpabio highlighted the need for urgent legislative interventions to address rising insecurit...
•Atiku Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has accused the Senate of deliberately frustrating efforts to amend the Electoral Act 2022, warning that continued delays could undermine the credibility of the 2027 general elections. In a statement shared on his X (formerly Twitter) today, Atiku described loopholes in the current Electoral Act as a...
•Senator Orji Uzor Kalu and Governor Alex Otti Governor of Abia State, Alex Otti, has vowed that the Labour Party (LP) will thwart Senator Orji Uzor Kalu’s attempt to return to the Senate in 2027. Otti made the remarks in response to a statement attributed to Kalu, in which the senator, speaking in Ebonyi State, […]
•Senate and Tinubu Barely five days after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu presented a ₦58.18 trillion proposal for the 2026 fiscal year, the Senate today raised the size of the budget to ₦58.47 trillion, adding about ₦292 billion to the executive estimate, and passed the Appropriation Bill for second reading. The upward review aligns the budget [&...
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