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Rowdy session as Senate approves...

Rowdy session as Senate approves 2026 electoral...

Reps stage walk out as...

Reps stage walk out as protest continues...

Rowdy session as Senate approves 2026 electoral act amendment

Rowdy session as Senate approves 2026 electoral act amendment The Senate of Nigeria on Tuesday passed the Electoral Act, 2022 (Repeal and Re-Enactment) Bill, 2026, after a tense and heated plenary marked by sharp disagreements over key provisions. Proceedings were briefly disrupted during clause-by-clause consideration of the bill when Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe demanded a division on Clause 60. Presiding over the session, Senate President Godswill Akpabio initially indicated that the request for division had been withdrawn. However, opposition lawmakers objected, insisting the matter was still valid. Deputy Senate President Barau Jibrin, citing Order...
Okafor Vivian Nkiruka -
Education

National Assembly passes...

National Assembly passes Students Loan Bill Both chambers of the National Assembly have finally passed the Students Loan Bill sponsored by the Speaker of the...
Maryam Umar -
House of Representatives

Reps C’tte summons...

Reps C’tte summons NBET MD over failure to appear for budget defence The House of Representatives Committee on Finance has summoned the Managing Director, Nigeria...
Salim Sani -
Local

BREAKING: Lawan losses...

Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, will not be contesting in next year's senatorial election on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) following...
Kenneth Afor -
House of Representatives

Reps urge Nigerian...

Reps urge Nigerian Gov't to provide support for family of slain Yobe cleric The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Government of Nigeria to...
Salim Sani -
Nation

Senate confirms Justice...

Senate confirms Justice Olukayode Ariwoola as CJN The Senate has confirmed Justice Olukayode Ariwoola as the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). It could be recalled...
Maryam Umar -
House of Representatives

House of Reps...

House of Reps wants NIN reflected on national identity card The lower chamber of the Nigerian parliament, the House of Representatives has urged the National...
Salim Sani -
Nation

Buhari nominates 4...

Buhari nominates 4 persons to Senate as CBN board members President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated four persons for appointment as non-executive directors of the Board...
Maryam Umar -
House of Representatives

Reps reject move...

Reps reject move to stop proposed ban of commercial motorcycles A motion to halt the proposed nationwide ban of commercial motorcycles operation by the Federal...
Salim Sani -
Nation

Senate passes 2022...

Senate passes 2022 electricity bill amid national grid collapse The Senate on Thursday passed the 2022 Electricity Bill amid the electricity crisis compounded by the...
Maryam Umar -
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