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Rowdy session as Senate approves...

Rowdy session as Senate approves 2026 electoral...

National Assembly reconvenes, may shift...

National Assembly reconvenes, may shift 2027 Presidential...

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over the session, Senate President Godswill Akpabio initially indicated that the request for division had been withdrawn.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

Nigerian senator sentenced...

Senator Peter Nwaoboshi representing Delta North Senatorial District was on Friday was sentenced to seven years imprisonment by the Lagos Division of the Court...
Kenneth Afor -
INEC

2023: INEC affirms...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has affirmed Bashir Machina, as the winner of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) primary election for the...
Aisha Auyo -
INEC

Senate confirms Longpet...

Senate confirms Longpet as INEC commissioner The Senate has confirmed the appointment of Dr Hale Longpet (Plateau) as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Resident...
Salim Sani -
News

Lawan licks his...

Lawan licks his wounds as Machina refuse stepping down Story from Ademola ADEBAYO and Onyinyechi IHEANACHO The All Progressives Congress (APC) Senatorial candidate for Yobe North...
Maryam Umar -
Local

Senate promises refined...

Senate promises refined Electoral Act as it resumes plenary The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday, resumed plenary after a five-week recess. President of the Senate Ahmad Lawan...
Salim Sani -
Crime

Senate mourns victims...

Senate mourns victims of Taraba terrorist attack The Senate has mourned the death of soldiers and civilians killed by armed persons in the southern...
Gift Luckson -
Nation

Electoral Act Amendment...

Electoral Act Amendment bill sails through second reading in Senate The National Assembly Lawmakers have begun the process to amend the newly passed 2022 Electoral...
Salim Sani -
Nation

National Security: Nigeria’s...

National Security: Nigeria’s Senate moves to establish Religious Harmony Commission The Nigerian Senate at Wednesday plenary considered a bill seeking to establish the National Religious...
Salim Sani -
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