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Rowdy session as Senate approves...

Rowdy session as Senate approves 2026 electoral...

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over the session, Senate President Godswill Akpabio initially indicated that the request for division had been withdrawn.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

Senate orders arrest,...

The Senate has ordered the arrest and prosecution of operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), allegedly involved in the recent killings of innocent...
Aisha Auyo -
Local

NASS gets N128...

The National Assembly will be funded with N128 billion in 2021. This is as President Muhammadu Buhari admitted that the Federal Government is spending more...
Aisha Auyo -
Nation

President Buhari to...

Nigeria’s Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari will on Thursday present the 2021 Appropriation Bill to a joint session of...
Aisha Auyo -
Nation

PMB signs oil...

President Muhammadu Buhari has signed a long-awaited oil-reform bill which will be formally presented in the Senate as early as next week, Reuters report. The...
Salim Sani -
Local

Akpabio exposes lawmakers...

The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, has linked some members of the National Assembly to some contracts awarded by the Niger Delta...
Neptune Prime -
Law

Senate to PMB:...

The Senate on Thursday, July 23, 2020, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to sack the Professor Kemebradikumo Pondei-led Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the...
Maryam Umar -
Local

Senate asks NDE...

The Senate, yesterday, ordered the National Directorate of Employment (NDE), to take over the recruitment process of the 774, 000 temporary federal jobs from...
Neptune Prime -
Nation

Nigerian Diaspora Commission:...

The Senate has affirmed the nomination of Abike Dabiri-Erewa for appointment as Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Diaspora Commission. The Senate made the affirmation...
Salim Sani -
Law

Buhari replaces 2...

The Senate on Wednesday, July 8, 2020, received a request from President Muhammadu Buhari for the replacement and confirmation of two non-career Ambassadors-designate. The request...
Maryam Umar -
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