By  Tope Omogbolagun The Senate, on Tuesday, rejected the controversial National Water Resources Bill, 2023 after it was listed for concurrence on the order paper for consideration and passage. Former President Muhammadu Buhari had in 2017 presented the controversial bill to both chambers of the ...

By Henry Umoru, ABUJA AHEAD of the March 11, 2023 governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections, the Senate yesterday asked the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to adhere strictly to the 1999 Constitution as amended and the Electoral Act 2022 in the conduct of the poll. ...

By Henry Umoru, Assistant Politics Editor ON Tuesday, June 11, 2019, the 9th Senate came into being and the Senator representing Yobe North, Dr Ahmad Lawan, All Progressives Congress, APC, was elected the President of the Senate, with Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, APC, Delta Central becoming his ...

Nine months after they resigned, the seats of the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu, Deputy National Chairman (North) of the party, Senator Abubakar Kyari and the Zamfara State Deputy Governor, Senator Muhammad Hassan Nasiha are still vacant at the ...

Sunday Aborisade in Abuja Following the redesigning of the N200, N500 and N1,000 banknotes, the Senate in a unanimous resolution yesterday urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to extend the deadline for the return of the old currency from January 31, 2023, to June 30, 2023. The resolution ...