Senate confirms Joe Ohiani as ICRC Director-General
The lawmaker informed his colleagues that, “the nominee responded intelligently and provided satisfactory answers to all questions asked.”
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Senate receives Buhari’s request to confirm Yahaya, Ohiani’s appointment
The Senate also received a request to confirm the nomination of Joe Aniku Ohiani as the substantive Director-General of the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC).
Senate amends Electoral Act to allow President, others vote at party congresses, primaries
By Naomi Sharang The Senate has amended the Electoral Act 2022, to allow ‘statutory delegates’ to participate and vote in political parties’ conventions, congresses and […]
2022: Benefits Of Proceeds Of Crime Bill Passed By Senate
The Senate, on Wednesday, passed the Proceeds of Crime (Recovery and Management) Bill, 2022. The passage of the bill followed the consideration of a report by the […]
Senate rejects Buhari’s attempt to amend new Electoral Act
By Naomi Sharing The Senate on Wednesday, unanimously voted against the amendment of Section 84(12) of the Electoral Act 2022 sought by President Muhammadu Buhari. […]
Senate tells FG to combat soot menace, illegal refineries in Rivers now
By Goodluck Ikiebe The Senate has challenged the Federal government to join hands with the administration of Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike, to stop the menace […]
Senate approves 6 new law campuses across geo-political zones
By Naomi Sharang The Senate on Tuesday approved the establishment of six new campuses of the Nigerian Law School across the six geo-political zones of […]
Senate Approves Six Additional Law School Campuses (See Locations)
Approval has been given by the Senate for the establishment of six additional law school campuses. This comes after the Senate on Tuesday passed a […]
Senate commends NNPC, pledges support for frontier exploration, hails competitiveness
The Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources (Upstream) has commended the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) for repositioning the Nigerian oil and gas industry […]
Senate removes direct primary clause, passes electoral act amendment
The Nigeria Senate on Wednesday removed the clause that makes direct primary mandatory for the election of candidates in political parties from the electoral amendment […]
Nigeria’s Senate Minority whip calls on Abuja indigenous people to unite for common goal despite political differences
By Sunday Gbegbe The Senate Minority whip, Philip Tanimu Aduda, representing FCT, has called on the Indigenous people of Federal Capital Territory to be more […]
Outrage as Senate passes Electoral Act Bill, rejects electronic transmission of results
…adjourns till September 14, 2021 The Senate on Thursday finally passed the long awaited Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, 2021. The upper chamber during a clause-by-clause consideration […]
Insecurity: Nigeria to deploy robots, artificial intelligence to fight crime – Senate
…urges security agencies to collaborate with Communications Ministry on abetting crime The Senate on Wednesday said that the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy has […]
Senate passes psychiatric Bill into law
…approves establishment of Federal Psychiatric Hospital, Budo-Egba The Senate has passed a bill seeking to amend the Psychiatric Hospitals Management Board Act 2004 and to […]
In barely 24 hours, Senate passes 2021 supplementary budget to second reading
The Senate has already passed the sum of N895, 842,465,917.00 as 2021 Supplementary Budget for second reading on Wednesday. The accelerated passage is happening day […]