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Senate Removes Natasha As Diaspora Committee Chair

  The Nigerian Senate has removed Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan as Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Diaspora and Non-Governmental Organisations. President of Senate,Godswill Akpabio, who announced the change during the plenary, in Abuja, said the Senate Committee on Diaspora and Non-Governmental Organisations would be chaired by Senator Aniekan Bassey. The committee oversees diaspora affairs and non-governmental organisations (NGOs), including policies on diaspora engagement, remittances, collaboration with government agencies, and budget […]

todayJuly 10, 2025

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Senate Passes AU Convention For Protection, Assistance Of IDPs

The Senate has passed the African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons (Domestication and Enforcement) Bill, 2025, for third reading. The Kampala Convention, adopted by the African Union (AU) in 2009, is a regional treaty aimed at protecting and assisting internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Africa. The convention establishes a framework for preventing displacement, providing assistance to those displaced, and finding durable solutions for their […]

todayJuly 9, 2025

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Judiciary

Court Affirms Senate’s Power To Discipline Members, Convicts Natasha, For contempt

The Federal High Court in Abuja has affirmed the power of the Senate to discipline any member for unethical conduct. Justice Binta Nyako, in a judgment on Friday, held that under the Senate Rules, the Senate President is empowered to allocate seats for members and such a member is only allowed to speak from the seat allocated to him or her. Justice Nyako found that since Natasha was not speaking […]

todayJuly 4, 2025

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Contract Bidding : Senate Seeks Level Playing Field For Indigenous Contractors

The Senate has mandated Committees on Local Content and Public Procurement to ensure level playing ground for local contractors in the contract bidding process. It urged the committees to laise with the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP), and other agencies to amend the Procurement and Local Content Acts to give local contractors a fair chance to contribute to the nation's economic growth This followed the adoption of a motion during […]

todayJuly 2, 2025

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Reps Accuse Senate Of Deliberately Stalling Legislative Processes

The House of Representatives has resolved to halt further consideration of bills originating from the Senate, citing persistent delays and lack of reciprocity from the upper chamber in processing House-passed legislation. The lawmakers accused the Senate of deliberately stalling the legislative process by failing to act on more than 140 bills passed by the House including several sponsored by Speaker Abbas Tajudeen. The decision was reignited by Minority Leader Kingsley […]

todayJuly 2, 2025

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Senate confirms Tinubu’s Nominees Into Boards Of 4 Rivers Agencies

The Senate has confirmed the appointment of Chairmen and Board members of four Rivers agencies presented for confirmation by President Bola Tinubu. Their confirmation followed the presentation of the report of screening of the nominees by the Committee on Emergency Rule in Rivers at plenary on Wednesday. The report was presented by Chairman of the committee, Sen. Opeyemi Bamidele during plenary in Abuja. Earlier, while presenting report of the committee's […]

todayJune 25, 2025

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Senate Passes N1.48tr Rivers 2025 Appropriation Bill

The Senate has passed the Rivers State 2025 Appropriation Bill of N1.48tr. This is sequel to the presentation and consideration of the report of the Senate Ad hoc Committee on Oversight of Emergency Rule in Rivers. Making the presentation, Chairman of the Committee and Senate Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele said that for the records, emergency rule is not a substitute for democratic governance in any political climate. According to him, […]

todayJune 25, 2025

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FCT

Senate President Congratulates First Female NUJ FCT Chairman

The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio has congratulated Grace Ike of the Advocate Broadcasting Network on her historic emergence as the first female Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists FCT Council in 41 years. According to a Statement by the NUJ FCT Council, Senator Akpabio stated this in Abuja when the National Executive of the NUJ led by Alhassan Paid him a visit. He described Ike's victory as […]

todayJune 2, 2025

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N1.48trn Rivers Appropriation Bill Passes 2nd Reading In Senate

Senate has passed for second reading, the 202 5 Rivers Appropriation Bill of N1.48 trillion. This followed the presentation of the general principles of the bill at plenary on by the Senate Leader Sen.Opeyemi Bamidele(APC-Ekiti). Senator Bamidele in his lead debate said regulation 4.2.8 of the Emergency Rule 2025 in Rivers required authorisation for expenditure from the Consolidated Revenue of Rivers for its activities. He said the budget submission followed […]

todayMay 28, 2025