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Nigerian Senate, on Wednesday, passed a Bill to establish the National Animal Husbandry and Ranches Commission for a second reading after a heated debate at plenary. The Bill, titled: “A Bill for an Act for the Regulation of Animal Husbandry and Ranches Establishment in Nigeria as a Panacea for Farmers-Herders Crises,” was sponsored by Senator […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Senate has confirmed the appointment of 11 Supreme Court justices appointed by President Bola Tinubu to fill the justice vacancies at the apex court. The confirmation followed the consideration and adoption of a report by the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters during Thursday’s plenary. President Bola Tinubu had asked the […]
Continue ReadingPresident Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, unveiled the portfolios of 45 Ministers nine days after they were confirmed by the Nigerian Senate in a week-long screening exercise. Like his predecessor, the President will head the Petroleum ministry while a former Senator, Heineken Lokpobiri, is the Minister of State, Petroleum Resources. A statement on Wednesday by the […]
Continue ReadingPresident Bola Tinubu has written to Nigerian Senate seeking its support for military intervention and the already cutting off of electricity to the country against the military junta in the Niger Republic. Nigeria’s president and the Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Tinubu, had on Sunday met with some fellow ECOWAS […]
Continue ReadingBarring any last minute change of mind, a major upset will occur in the Senate, Sunday Sun can authoritatively report. This was revealed to Sunday Sun by a reliable Senator from the Northwest, who said that 22 All Progressives Congress (APC) senators have perfected plan to dump the ruling party by decamping to the Peoples Democratic Party […]
Continue ReadingThe Senate on Wednesday July 27, resolved to summon Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, over skyrocketing inflation and naira devaluation. This is coming as naira has crashed further in the parallel market, trading for N700 against the U.S. dollar. The national currency which traded for N670 against the dollar on Monday, […]
Continue ReadingNigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday asked the Senate to confirm the appointment of the acting Chief Justice of the Federation, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola as the substantive CJN. The request was contained in a letter by the president dated 25th July, 2022, and read by the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, at the start of plenary […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Senate on Thursday started the screening of nominees for appointment as National Commissioners for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The nominees, including Lauretta Onochie, one of the aides of the President, Muhammadu Buhari, appeared in the Senate for the exercise. Onochie arrived at the Senate wing of the National Assembly accompanied by the […]
Continue ReadingA bill seeking to prohibit the payment and receipt of ransom for the release of any person kidnapped, imprisoned or wrongfully confined in the country was on Wednesday May 19 considered by the Nigerian senate. The bill titled Terrorism Prevention (Amendment) Bill, 2021 which stipulates a 15-year jail sentence for anyone found guilty of such action is […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Senate was thrown into chaos during the plenary on Wednesday as the Senate president, Bukola Saraki, shunned the former minority leader, Godswill Akpabio, when he wanted to contribute to a point of order raised by Senator Bassey Akpan. Saraki said he ignored Akpabio’s because he was not sitting in the appropriate seat. While Saraki […]
Continue ReadingStatement issued by respective spokespersons, Yusuph Olaniyonu, (Senate) and Turaki Hassan (Reps): “The Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki and Speaker, House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, have directed that we inform all Senators, Honorable members and the public that a date has not been set for the reconvening of the Senate and the […]
Continue ReadingAlthough there are other parties in contention, by the main battleground is set for two brothers to slug it out for the vacant Katsina North senatorial seat. The district, where President Muhammadu Buhari hails from, will be keenly contested by Kabir Babba-Kaita, hoisting the flag of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), and Ahmad Babba-Kaita donning […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, Wednesday, visited former President General Ibrahim Babangida. In a tweet, Dr Saraki posted a picture of himself and the former military Head of State with a caption. “Dropped in to pay my respects to General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida. Always happy to be with a father and a leader.”
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