The Senate has amended Section 84 (8) of the Electoral Act 2022, which will enable statutory delegates participate in political parties’ congresses and conventions. The current version, which was assented to by the President Muhammadu Buhari...
The Senate on Wednesday rejected President Muhammadu Buhari’s request to amend section 84(12) of the Electoral Act 2022. President Buhari had on February 28, 2022, written to the Senate after assenting to the Electoral Act, to...
The Senate has approved the sum of N633.39 billion as budget for the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) for the 2022 fiscal year. The approval followed the consideration of a report by the Committee on Communications. Chairperson of...
Ahead of the presentation of the 2022 budget today by President Buhari, the Senate yesterday passed the revised 2022-2024 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP). But, considering the fresh his requests of...
The Senate has urged President Buhari to declare bandits as terrorists. During the plenary on Wednesday, the senators also asked the President to declare all the known leaders of the bandits wanted and track them...
The Senate yesterday approved the 2022 – 2024 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP), keeping crude oil benchmark price of $57 per barrel as proposed by President Muhammadu Buhari. This followed the...
The Senate has listed conditions for the creation of additional states in Nigeria. The National Assembly Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution had received dozens of requests seeking the creation of new states across...
The Senate on Wednesday approved a loan request of $6.1 billion (about N2.343trillion) by President Muhammadu Buhari. The amount was approved following the consideration of the report of the Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts...
The Senate has ruled out the birth of a brand new Constitution from the ongoing review exercise by the National Assembly. Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution, Ovie Omo-Agege, said...
President Muhammadu Buhari, has transmitted a bill increasing the retirement age of teachers in the country from 60 to 65 years to the Senate. The bill also seeks to extend the years of service for teachers...