The Nigerian Senate has approved a landmark bill prescribing life imprisonment for anyone found guilty of sexually abusing or defiling minors. The legislation, passed on Tuesday, sets a new legal
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The Nigerian Senate has issued a two-week ultimatum to President Bola Tinubu’s economic team, demanding a comprehensive performance report on the 2024 budget before it will begin consideration of the
The Senate passed a Bill on Tuesday, July 23, amending the National Minimum Wage Act to increase the minimum wage from N30,000 to N70,000 after the first, second, and third
Kano South Senator, Kawu Suleiman Abdurrahman, has presented a bill for the creation of ‘Tiga State’, which is to be carved out from Kano State. The bill was presented on
The Senate on Tuesday passed the National Anthem Bill 2024 to revert to the old national anthem, “Nigeria, we hail thee”. The bill, which speedily passed first and second readings,
The Senate has resolved to debit the accounts of commercial banks that guaranteed loans to beneficiaries of the Anchor Borrowers Programme of the Central Bank of Nigeria. The Senate vowed
In its historic ruling on Monday, a three-member panel of the court presided over by C.E. Nwosu-Iheme declared Amos Yohanna of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the validly elected
The Senate, on Thursday, reacted to the allegation of a purported allocation of N100 million to its members made by the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), describing it
The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, Monday, announced appointment of new chairmen of some standing committees in the red chamber. The Senate President named the chairmen of the committees after confirming
The Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on Monday confirmed 45 of the 48 ministerial nominees sent to it by President Bola Tinubu, while withholding three. The three Nominees,