Senate say dem go continue investigate onto Supreme Court gbege. This one de come upon say, Justice Tanko Muhammad don resign as Chief Justice of Nigeria. The lawmakers gree this one after the Chairmo for Senate Committee on top Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele raise one motion for today sitting.
The Senate has again passed the bill seeking to provide legal backing for the Nigeria Peace Corps. The bill is sponsored by Senator Ali Ndume of Borno North Senatorial District. It was passed following the adoption of the report by Chairman of the Senate Committee on Interior, Senator Sadiq Umar. The Nigeria Peace Corps Bill was first…
The Nigerian Senate has initiated a move to further amend the amended Electoral Act of 2022, which President Muhammadu Buhari signed into law on Friday, February 25, 2022. The move by the Senate comes a day after Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja barred President Muhammadu Buhari and the Senate President against changing…
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the National Assembly to remove Section-84, subsection 12 of the Electoral Act he signed on Friday last week. The section of the law provides that no political appointee shall take part in voting or be voted for at the congress or convention of any political party for the purpose of nominating candidates…
The Senate will vote on amendments to the 1999 Constitution next Tuesday. The amendments are contained in the report of the National Assembly Joint Committee on Constitution Review. Chairman, Senate Ad hoc Committee on Review of the 1999 Constitution, and Deputy Senate President Ovie Omo-Agege, disclosed this in Abuja. Omo-Agege, who presided over plenary today, disclosed that…
The Senate and the House of Representatives have resumed plenary after the Christmas and New Year break. On the first day of sitting for the year, Senators in the Red Chamber took out time to pay tributes to late Chief Ernest Shonekan. Among other good things, the Senate called for a national memorial in honour of the…