Tag: senate
Senate President constitutes Conference Committee on Electoral Bill
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Wednesday announced the constitution of a Conference Committee on the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, 2021. The...
Senate mulls life imprisonment for kidnappers
…Proposes 30 years jail term for ransom collection A bill proposing life imprisonment for the offence of kidnapping or any form of abduction, wrongful...
Senate passes bill to control sickle cell disease in Nigeria
The Senate has passed a bill seeking to control and manage sickle cell anaemia, a genetically inherited disease in Nigeria. The passage of the bill followed...
Senate gives nod to establish Orthopedic hospital, one other
The Senate on Tuesday passed a bill to establish the Orthopedic Hospital, Dekina, Kogi State. Also passed was a bill to establish the Federal College of...
Buhari wants Senate to confirm Board of Upstream Regulatory Commission, Petroleum Regulatory Authority
The Senate has received a formal request from President Muhammadu Buhari to confirm the nominations of Members of the Board of the Nigerian Midstream and...
Unretired advances : Senate indicts 39 MDAs
The Senate has indicted the Budget Office of the Federation, Ministry of Information , Ministry of Interior and 36 other Ministries Departments and Agencies...
Lawan urges political leaders to unite against nation’s challenges
***Conferred with chieftaincy title of Aare Akorewolu of Iyin Kingdom The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan at the weekend called on all Nigerian political leaders to...
Remit all revenues into Consolidated Fund; Senate tells MDAs
The Upper chamber of the National Assembly has ordered Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) funded by Federal Government to henceforth remit 100 per...
Senate hails youths, charges them on food security
The Senate, Federal Republic of Nigeria wishes to identify with the Nigerian Youth and congratulate them for their resilience in contributing to National Development...
Electronic transfer of results: National Assembly has hidden agenda – Fayemi
…Warns against over-regulation of electoral body ..Commission begins physical registration of voters after recording over one million online Chairman of the...
