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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over the session, Senate President Godswill Akpabio initially indicated that the request for division had been withdrawn.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...
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Tinubu to present...

Tinubu to present 2026 budget at NASS story by Farida Abba President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will today present the 2026 Appropriation Bill to a joint session...
Maryam Umar -
News

Senate approves 64...

Senate approves 64 career, non-career ambassadorial nominees The Nigerian Senate has confirmed all 64 career and non-career ambassadorial nominees presented before it, following the adoption...
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House of Representatives

‎Lawmaker alleges discrepancies...

‎ ‎Lawmaker alleges discrepancies between passed tax law, official gazette ‎ ‎A member of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Abdussamad Dasuki, has alleged that the tax reform legislation...
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House of Representatives

Reps invite Dangote...

Reps invite Dangote refinery, NMDPRA over downstream sector dispute ‎ ‎The House of Representatives Joint Committee on Petroleum Resources has invited Dangote Refinery and the Nigerian...
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Omokri, Grace Bent,...

Omokri, Grace Bent, Fani-Kayode, others arrive Senate for ambassadorial screening Several ambassadorial nominees, including Reno Omokri, Senator Grace Bent, and former Aviation Minister Femi Fani-Kayode,...
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Tinubu swears in...

Tinubu swears in Gen. Musa as new defence minister President Bola Tinubu on Thursday officially swore in former Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa,...
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Nation

Bill prescribing death...

Bill prescribing death penalty for kidnapping passes second reading in Senate A bill proposing the death penalty for kidnapping passed the second reading in the...
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Police Withdrawal from...

Police Withdrawal from VIPs: Our lives in danger – lawmakers Several Nigerian lawmakers have expressed deep concern over President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s directive to withdraw...
Maryam Umar -
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Senate prescribes death...

Senate prescribes death penalty for kidnappers The Senate on Wednesday took a decisive position on Nigeria’s growing insecurity, classifying kidnapping as an act of terrorism...
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