FULL LIST: 67 Ambassadorial Nominees Approved By Senate
The Senate has confirmed 67 nominees as career and non-career ambassadors of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, approving a list ...
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Senate Approves New INEC REC, NERC Commissioners
The Senate has given its approval to the appointment of Dr Chukwuemeka Chukwu as the Resident Electoral Commissioner representing Abia ...
Senate Confirms Three New Ambassadorial Nominees
The Senate on Tuesday approved the confirmation of Kayode Are from Ogun State, Aminu Dalhatu from Jigawa State, and Ayodele ...
Senators Protest Selective Withdrawal of Police Orderlies
Senators have raised serious concerns over what they described as the selective enforcement of President Bola Tinubu’s order directing the ...
Senate Stops WAEC Registration Over New Curriculum
On Tuesday, the Nigerian Senate directed its Committee on Basic and Secondary Education to summon Education Minister Tunji Alausa and ...
Senate Approves Tinubu’s Request To Send Troops To Benin Republic
The Senate has promptly granted approval to President Bola Tinubu’s request for the deployment of Nigerian troops to the Republic ...
2 Lagos Ambassadorial Nominees Are Non-Indigenes, Foundation Tells Senate.
On Friday, a Lagos-based socio-cultural group, De Renaissance Patriots Foundation, appealed to Senate President Godswill Akpabio to suspend the approval ...
Senate Summons Ministers Over Lead Poisoning In Lagos, Ogun
The Senate has launched an investigation into the widespread, scientifically confirmed lead poisoning crisis affecting Ogijo, a heavily populated community ...
Death Penalty Bill For Kidnapping Passes Second Reading
A bill seeking to amend the Terrorism (Prevention and Prohibition) Act to classify kidnapping, hostage-taking, and related offences as acts ...
Senate Erupts As Lawmakers Reject ‘Bow And Go’ For Ex-CDS Musa
A heated confrontation broke out in the Senate on Wednesday after several lawmakers opposed an attempt to let former Chief ...
Senate Moves To Drop One Ambassadorial Nominee
The Nigerian Senate, led by Godswill Akpabio, is reportedly preparing to remove Reno Omokri’s name from the list of ambassadorial ...
Senate Moves To Impose Death Penalty On Kidnappers
The Nigerian Senate has approved a new resolution classifying kidnapping as an act of terrorism and pushing for amendments to ...
Senate Passes Bill To Prohibit Underage Recruitment In Military
The Nigerian Senate has passed the Armed Forces (Repeal and Re-enactment) Bill, 2025 for second reading, effectively seeking to outlaw ...
Senate Moves To Approve Electric Vehicle Transition Bill
The Nigerian Senate has advanced the Electric Vehicle Transition and Green Mobility Bill 2025 to its second reading. The legislation ...
Senate Approves Life Imprisonment for Child Defilers
The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday approved a bill prescribing life imprisonment for paedophiles and anyone found guilty of engaging in ...
