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over the session, Senate President Godswill Akpabio initially indicated that the request for division had been withdrawn.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

Nigeria’s Senate summons...

Nigeria’s Senate summons Sports Minister, NFF President over vandalisation of stadium The Nigerian Senate has summoned Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, over...
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Local

Electoral Act: Senate...

Electoral Act: Senate unanimously rejects amendment to Section 84(12) The Senate on Wednesday unanimously voted against the amendment of Section 84(12) of the Electoral Act...
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Nation

Senate approves financial...

Senate approves financial autonomy for local gov'ts The Nigerian Senate has approved financial autonomy for state legislatures, judiciary and local governments in the country. This was...
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House of Representatives

NLC demand autonomy...

NLC demand autonomy of judiciary, state legislatures from National Assembly Story from Haruna A. YUSUF, Abuja The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ayuba Wabba,...
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Business & Economy

Senate urges Nigerian...

Senate urges Nigerian gov't to repair federal roads, address increase in airfares The Senate has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to urgently declare...
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Local

Senate to delay...

Senate to delay passage of 2022 budget The National Assembly has shifted the passage of the 2022 budget to next week, to enable it to...
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Local

PMB seeks Senate...

PMB seeks Senate confirmation for new INEC commissioners President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed some National Commissioners and Resident Electoral Commissioners to replace the outgoing ones. This...
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Feature

Sitting in class...

Sitting in class with my daughter’s age mates was strange, interesting - Sen. Ifeanyi Ubah Story from Ibraheem Hamza MUHAMMAD, Lafiya The Senator representing Anambra South,...
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Business & Economy

DPR ceases to...

After 51 years, the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) seizes to exist following senate's confirmation on Wednesday of board members of the Nigerian Upstream...
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