THE Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has announced a postponement in date of resumption of plenary sittings from April 29 to May 6, 2025. The announcement was contained in an internal memo dated April 20, 2025, addressed…
IN a deliberate bid to build capacity for the Senate Clerk and other officials of clerks-at-the-table, the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio has encouraged refresher courses for such officials to bolster their performance levels for efficiency and effectiveness. The first…
PRESIDENT of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has urged the Nigerian military to display a deep commitment to professionalism, discipline, and respect for human dignity in its operations. Akpabio represented by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Sen. Abdulaziz Yar’adua, made the…
THE Senate is poised to pass the controversial tax reform bills forwarded by President Bola Tinubu to the National Assembly, with the approval expected today, Tuesday. Two prominent senators, who requested anonymity due to restrictions on commenting, confirmed to Punch that…
THE Nigerian Senate has approved the State of Emergency for Rivers State as declared by President Bola Tinubu. The upper legislative chamber also approved a six-month suspension of Governor Sim Fubara, deputy and all elected members of the Rivers…
THE Senate will, on Thursday, debate a motion on the proclamation of a state of emergency in Rivers, says Sen. Jimoh Ibrahim. Ibrahim, Chairman of the Senate Inter-Parliamentary Committee, confirmed this while briefing newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday. A…
THE Senate, on Wednesday, confirmed the appointment of four members of the Police Service Commission (PSC). The confirmation followed the approval of the report of the Senate Committee on Police Affairs as presented by its Chairman, Sen. Abdulhamid Malam-Madori.…
The US has averted a government shutdown after the Senate passed a Republican-led measure to keep the government funded for the next six months. The stopgap funding bill passed in the Senate 54-46, as two Democrats joined all but one…
THE Senate on Thursday approved for second reading the bill to establish the National Council for Traditional Rulers, aimed at formally giving monarchs and community heads vital roles in the country. The bill was sponsored by the Senator representing Plateau…
THE Senate has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct bye-elections for the vacant Senate seats in Edo Central and Anambra South. The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, made the announcement during Tuesday’s plenary while officially…
