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The lawmakers have 33 amendments to consider.

It is not clear if the presidency will approve of the bill.

The NFIU is currently a department of the EFCC.

Promoters want the Peace Corps to become a paramilitary agency.

The development comes after the EFCC moved to "reposition" the NFIU as "an autonomous unit under it.

The current Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, NFIU, is an arm of the EFCC.

Bill aims at protecting whistleblowers from harm

The Senate president says the Senate wants the new curriculum to work.

"I hope Senator Ademola Adeleke will very soon, return to his natural fold, the APC.”

The lawmakers said that would end the misery of 34,000 students.

Some contractors "allegedly collected project monies and walked away without executing the contracts."

“The senator derogatorily referred to the Lagos State House of Assembly,” a state lawmaker said.

The Senate responds to comments credited to Acting President Osinbajo.

The senator is also wanted in the U.S. for drug related offences.

The Attorney General distanced himself from the statement made by the Acting President.

Southern senators’ forum re-emerges, vows to uphold Nigeria’s unity

The university had in recent times recorded attacks by the insurgent group, Boko Haram.

“…at no point ever did the Federal Executive Council sit down to arrive at the decision (to keep Mr. Magu)…”

Some of the constituents of the lawmaker want him recalled.

The Senate on Tuesday resolved not to consider any nominee by the presidency.

The Senate has expressed displeasure over refusal of the Presidency to carry out its resolutions. Top News

Lawmakers accuse the minister of inciting the people against their representatives.

About 188,000 people signed a petition calling for the lawmaker’s removal.

“The latest scandal underscores growing cases of indiscretion amongst Nigerian lawmakers.”

INEC will conclude the verification of the recall signatories on August 19.