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over the session, Senate President Godswill Akpabio initially indicated that the request for division had been withdrawn.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

Insecurity: Senate holds...

The Senate, Thursday, held a closed-door session with the Chief of Defence Staff, the service chiefs, the Inspector General of Police and heads of...
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Customs

Senate approves N257...

The Senate, on Wednesday, approved the sum of N257,183,671,694.71 (Two hundred and fifty-seven billion, one hundred and eighty-three million, six hundred and seventy-one thousand,...
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Local

Senate receives petition...

The Senate on Tuesday referred a petition against the chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) Danladi Umar, over alleged assault on a...
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Local

Senate confirms nomination...

The Senate, Tuesday confirmed the nomination of Muhammad Dattijo Usman for appointment as Federal Commissioner representing Niger State in the National Population Commission (NPC). This...
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Local

Senate suspends plenary...

The Senate on Tuesday suspended plenary in honour of two members of the National Assembly who died recently. The Senate, which resumed plenary after its...
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EFCC

Senate confirms Abdulrasheed...

The Senate has confirmed Abdulrasheed Bawa as the substantive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). He was confirmed after being grilled during...
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Nation

Banks turning female...

The Senate, yesterday considered a bill seeking to stop employers in the private and public sectors from engaging employable Nigerian graduates as casual workers. The...
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Law

Senate confirms Kuru...

The Senate has confirmed Ahmed Kuru as the Managing Director of Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) for a second term in office in...
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Nation

Senate set to...

The Senate on Wednesday asked its committee on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to screen Professor Mahmood Yakubu as INEC Chairman for another...
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