Tag: senate

The Senate has urged employers of labour in the country to de-emphasise age requirements as a precondition for employment in Nigeria. The Senate resolution was...

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdulahi Adamu, Tuesday, said that the National Working Committee (NWC) has no input in...

A bill by the Nigerian Senate criminalizing the payment of ransoms to kidnappers passed its third reading in the Senate today April 27. The criminalization...

The electoral act amendment bill which was passed into law by both chambers of the National Assembly has been transmitted to the executive for...

The Nigerian Senate has condemned a proposal by the Federal Ministry of Health to borrow $200 million (N82,070,388,916.76) under the malaria program to buy...

The Senate Committee on Basic Education has said it would work towards amending the law establishing the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB to...

The Senate on Tuesday, April 21, approved $1.5billion and Euro 995million external loans for the Federal Government. According to reports, this followed consideration of the...

The Senate on Wednesday, February 24, approved N11,352,457,101.70 as the budget for the Nigeria Police Trust Fund in the 2020 fiscal year. The approval...

Senate confirms Bawa as EFCC chairman The Senate on Wednesday, February 24, confirmed Abdulrasheed Bawa as the substantive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes...

The Nigerian Senate has is set to pass the Internet Falsehood and Manipulation and Other Related Matters Bill 2019 popularly known as the social...

The Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, on Saturday in Gashua, Yobe State, sponsored the wedding of 100 less-privileged singles. The beneficiaries were drawn from Bade and...

The Senate on Tuesday called for the renaming of the Ibadan Airport after the late former governor of Oyo state, Abiola Ajimobi. The Senate has...

The Senate on Tuesday read for the third time and passed a bill seeking to stop sexual abuse of female students in the nation’s...

The National Assembly has put in place modalities to probe the 5G communication network in Nigeria. The Senate, which ordered the government to put on...

President Buhari has asked the Senate to approve his request to secure a fresh loan of N850 billion to fund some projects in the...

The Senate has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to address Nigerians on the coronavirus in the country. It also urged the federal government to shut...

The senate has asked the Fag to consider banning non-Nigerian travelers from countries with high risk of coronavirus. The request was made today after the...

The Senate, on Thursday 12th March 2020, passed for second reading, a constitution amendment bill which prescribes Higher National Diploma (HND) or its equivalent...

The Senate on Wednesday approved President Muhammadu Buhari’s $22,798,446,773.00 external loan request. Buhari had requested for the loan to fund critical infrastructure projects under the...

The Presidency has reacted to the call by the Minority Leader of the Senate, Enyinnaya Abaribe, on the Pres. Buhari to resign immediately based...

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting at Kubwa, on Friday, declined to set-aside its judgement that nullified the election of Senator...

Senate proposes 14-year jail term for sexual predators in tertiary institutions The Senate, On Wednesday debated the Sexual Harassment Bill The bill, which scaled second reading...

The Senate on saturday has begun investigation into allegations of breaches of the law in the ongoing recruitment exercises in some federal government agencies. The...