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If passed, the proposed reserved bill for Nigerian women will increase the number of senators to 146, House of Representatives ...

Despite the recent resolution of the lawmakers to expose terrorism sponsors in the country, their antecedents and historical pattern of ...

The MTEF, approved by the Federal Executive Council, also sets key budget parameters including an oil benchmark of $64 per ...

The deputy senate president said the leadership had already met on the issue and is confident the president will reconsider ...

The approval, granted through a voice vote shortly after the president’s letter was read, comes as Nigerian Air Force personnel ...

President Tinubu’s request was contained in a letter read by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, during the plenary on Tuesday.

The legislative aide to the House of Representatives deputy speaker said the constitution review committee of the lower chamber received ...

Senators called for urgent medical interventions, strict regulatory enforcement, and a coordinated national response.

Many senators insisted the nominee should be allowed to “take a bow and go."

President Tinubu's request, conveyed in a letter to the Senate and read by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, was made ...

President Bola Tinubu had on Tuesday nominated Christopher Musa, a retired general and former chief of defence staff, to replace ...

The group said Mr Yakubu’s nomination is ill-timed, inappropriate, and injurious to the electoral commission’s independence.

The programme was introduced in the wake of the Chibok schoolgirls’ abduction and was designed to operate at different levels, ...

The nominees, screened by the Senate Committee on Federal Character, were confirmed after presenting satisfactory credentials with no petitions against ...

Nigeria’s Anti-Terrorism Act prescribes a death penalty for kidnapping when the offence results in the death of a victim. Where ...

Okey Ezea, a member of the Labour Party (LP), died last Tuesday in a private hospital in Lagos after a ...

Activities in the Nigerian Senate last week were dominated by discussions on the country’s worsening insecurity, particularly the abduction of ...

Many argued that if the Senate must probe the NCDMB, “it should review the management of the fund from inception ...

Mr Yar’adua, a retired lieutenant colonel, explained that the bill seeks to give military legal officers the authority to represent ...

The committee said the request is part of the efforts to help the federal government track revenue accruing from stamp ...

“We are not meant to rubber-stamp, and the way you are reading this, it'll take a genius to be able ...

Mr Udeh told the Senate he will serve the country diligently if sworn in as a member of the Federal ...

The committee also recommended that the federal government establish a special court to prosecute oil-related offences.

The Senate said the bill was designed to protect students from all forms of sexual misconduct and abuse within academic ...

The Senate suspended the screening of the nominee, Kingsley Udeh, due to the absence of security clearance.