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over the session, Senate President Godswill Akpabio initially indicated that the request for division had been withdrawn.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

Tinubu forwards three...

Tinubu forwards three ambassadorial nominees to Senate for confirmation President Bola Tinubu has submitted the names of three non-career ambassadorial nominees to the Senate for...
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News

Senate in heated...

Senate in heated debate over Nigeria’s growing security crisis The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday engaged in a tense and emotionally charged debate over the country’s...
Maryam Umar -
News

Senate greenlights ₦1.15...

Senate greenlights ₦1.15 trillion domestic loan to bridge 2025 budget The Nigerian Senate has approved President Bola Tinubu’s request to raise ₦1.15 trillion from the...
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News

Senate passes 14-year...

Senate passes 14-year jail term bill for lecturers who harass students Nigeria’s Senate has passed a historic law imposing severe penalties — including up to...
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House of Representatives

Reps lift one-week...

Reps lift one-week suspension of plenary following contractors’ protest The House of Representatives has decided to reconvene plenary on Wednesday, a few hours after it...
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Nation

Senator Natasha returns...

Senator Natasha returns to NASS complex after 6-month suspension Suspended Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has formally resumed duties at the National Assembly complex following...
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Nation

How National Assembly...

How National Assembly padded 2025 budget with ₦6.9 trillion - BudgIT reveals Civic tech organisation, BudgIT Nigeria, has stated that it has uncovered over 11,000...
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House of Representatives

Emergency Rule: Reps...

Emergency Rule: Reps summon Rivers sole administrator Ibas The House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Rivers State Oversight has invited Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (rtd),...
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Gist

Assassination: Akpabio petitions...

Assassination: Akpabio petitions IGP to investigate, prosecute Senator Natasha Senate President Godswill Akpabio has formally asked the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Kayode Egbetokun, to...
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