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The emergency plenary session became rowdy shortly after the Senate Chief Whip, Tahir Monguno, moved a motion seeking to rescind ...

“By the time we free up subsidy, that means no payment of subsidy that runs to several trillions of naira ...

The former presidential candidate urged members of the National Assembly to reconsider the amendment and include mandatory electronic transmission of ...

The notice of the emergency sitting was contained in a memo dated 8 February and circulated to senators.

"In this case, we are yet to complete the process. So why are people setting up panels in all television ...

The organisations said the decisions of the upper chamber represent a retreat from the principles of transparency, certainty, and voter ...

The Senate had passed a different version, rejecting a proposal to make real-time electronic transmission of election results from polling ...

ADC warned that the rejection of electronic transmission of results to INEC IREV, could threaten election credibility in Nigeria.

Okechukwu Ezea, who represented Enugu North Senatorial District on Labour Party platform, died on 18 November, 2025, at 62.

The Electoral Act was amended after the lawmakers engaged in over five hours of debate and clause-by-clause consideration.

The lawmakers lamented the increasing banditry attacks across Katsina State, which have reportedly claimed at least 35 lives within 24 ...

The Senate urged health regulatory agencies to make the availability of antivenoms and other essential reptile antidotes a mandatory requirement ...

The ADC warned that delayed amendments to the Electoral Act 2022 posed serious compliance and eligibility risks if not passed ...

President Bola Tinubu presented the budget to a joint session of the National Assembly on 19 December 2025.

Senate President Godswill Akpabio set up the ad hoc committee to harmonise senators' views on some contentious clauses in the ...

President Tinubu said the bills aim at streamlining governance structures across health institutions by reducing over-bloated board memberships.

The group said the delay in the passage of the bill threatens Nigeria’s electoral reform process and undermines timely preparations ...

Political leaders, labour groups and public office holders have extended Christmas goodwill messages urging unity, compassion and renewed hope.

President Bola Tinubu presented the N58.4 trillion budget to a joint session of the National Assembly last Friday.

Chairman of the joint committee, Kawu Sumaila, who presented the report, explained that the nominations were referred to the relevant ...

The new heads of the agencies were appointed by President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday, following the resignation of their predecessors ...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has charged the board members of NERC to deepen and consolidate the ongoing transformation of Nigeria's ...

The new heads of the agencies were appointed following the resignation of their predecessors on Wednesday.

The 2024 budget, which was originally passed on 30 December with a total expenditure of ₦28.7 trillion, is proposed to ...

The lawmakers identified the root causes of insecurity in the country as unemployment, poverty, corruption in governance, cultism, use of ...