•Nigerian Senate Senate President Godswill Akpabio revealed today that several lawmakers declined to shake hands with him upon arrival at the National Assembly, citing heightened fears surrounding reported cases of the Ebola virus in the country. Akpabio disclosed the experience during a Senate debate regarding a motion to declare a national s...
•Senate President Godswill Akpabio The Senate today unanimously took a resolution declaring that there is no vacancy in the office of the Senate President currently being held by Senator Godswill Akpabio. The declaration followed comments during plenary by Akpabio, who cautioned the public against misinterpreting his comments on the bill seeki...
•Nigerian Senate There are discordant tunes over the establishment of state police, with some citing likely abuse by state governors, while others welcome the development as a panacea for insecurity in Nigeria. Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (Kogi Central) cautioned against the abuse of the initiative by state governments, insisting that any ...
Fresh cracks have emerged within the Kwara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress as the state’s three senators joined aggrieved governorship aspirants in rejecting the outcome of the party’s recent primaries, calling for urgent reconciliation to avert a deeper crisis ahead of the 2027 general elections. The lawmakers, under the aegis ...
•Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Senate floor Nigeria’s push to overhaul its security architecture gathered momentum yesterday as President Bola Ahmed Tinubu transmitted the State Police Bill to the Senate. The Senate will vote on the Bill today. The House of Representatives passed an alteration to the Constitution, taking police from th...
•Shehu Buba The aftermath of the All Progressives Congress (APC) primaries in Bauchi State has sparked growing discontent leading to mass defection of both prominent chieftains and their supporters Lawmaker representing Bauchi South Senatorial District, Senator Shehu Buba Umar, has resigned from the APC and declared his membership of the Peopl...
•Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas As the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) prepares to begin its candidate nomination process, the struggle for tickets between the Progressives Governors’ Forum (PGF) and the 10th National Assembly caucus is set to test the party’s ability to wit...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate yesterday witnessed a dramatic session as nine senators announced their defection from various political parties to the African Democratic Congress (ADC). Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe’s move triggered a constitutional debate on the floor of the chamber. The defecting lawmakers and their former political parties are Ami...
The Senate has announced the defection of three more senators from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The lawmakers are Senator Amos Yohanna of Adamawa North, Senator Aminu Iya Abbas of Adamawa Central, and Senator Ikra Aliyu Bilbis of Zamfara Central. Their defection letters were read on the floor of [...
•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,...
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