The Senate is set to pass the tax reform bills forwarded by President Bola Tinubu to the National Assembly today (Tuesday), newsmen has learned. This development was confirmed by two prominent senators who requested anonymity, as they were not authorised to speak on the matter. “This should have been done last week had the Rivers…
The Senate on Thursday suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, representing Kogi Central, for a period of six months. The decision followed the recommendations of the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges, and Public Petitions, which found her guilty of misconduct and failure to appear before the committee. The suspension stems from allegations of sexual harassment that Akpoti-Uduaghan…
The Nigerian Senate has vowed to allocate adequate funds to agencies of government that play watchdog roles, stating that those agencies cannot continue to be weakened by underfunding, given their strategic and critical roles in compelling revenue generating agencies to comply with financial regulations. Senate Committee Chairman on Finance, Mohammed Sani Musa stated this during…
The Nigerian Senate has stated that the proposed multilateral and bilateral N40 billion deductions as contained in the 2025 budget document of the Federal Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation will clearly leave activities of the Ministry unfulfilled in the provision of water to deserving Nigerians. This position was highlighted by the Senate Committee on…
The Nigerian Senate has admitted that there was an error in its earlier resolution asking President Bola Tinubu to sack Umar Danladi as chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal over allegations of corruption and misconduct. The red chamber of the National Assembly, however, insisted that it did not invalidate its decision to sack the…
The Nigerian Senate will on Tuesday screen the ministerial nominees forwarded to it by President Bola Tinubu last week. Tinubu had on October 24, written the upper legislative chamber seeking for the screening and subsequent confirmation of seven ministerial nominees The request, which was contained in a letter addressed to the President of the Senate,…
The Senate has confirmed Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun as the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN. Her confirmation comes after hours of screening by Nigerian senators on Wednesday. With the confirmation, Kekere-Ekun becomes the 23rd Chief Justice of Nigeria. During her screening, Kekere-Ekun vowed to sanitize Nigeria’s judiciary. In August 2024, President Bola Tinubu swore in Kekere-Ekun…
President Bola Tinubu has written the Senate, seeking for the screening and subsequent confirmation of Honourable Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun as the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN. President Tinubu’s letter was read on Tuesday by the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio upon resumption from the annual break the Upper Chamber embarked upon since July….
The Senate on Tuesday, May 28, passed the National Anthem Bill 2024, which seeks to reintroduce the old anthem, “Nigeria, We Hail Thee.” The red chamber had last week passed the bill for first and second reading and committed it to its committee on judiciary, human rights, and legal matters for further legislative work. The…
The upper chamber of the National Assembly on Thursday approved death penalty for importers, manufacturers and traffickers of hard drugs. The decision of the Senate to approve death penalty as punishment for importation of hard drugs into the country was sequel to a debate on a bill on National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Act…