The Senate has mandated its Committee on Interior to investigate the circumstances causing the delay in the issuance and renewal of passports by the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS). The Upper Chamber also asked the committee to probe the contract for…
The Senate of the University of Calabar has approved the suspension of academic activities from Feb. 22 to March 14, to enable its staffers participate in the forthcoming general elections. The directive is contained in a statement signed by the…
By Rebecca Bamidele The Senate on Wednesday urged the Federal Ministry of Works to start immediate work on the failed road of Ewu-Uromi-Agbor that linked Edo state to the north and other southern parts of the country. The Senate further…
By Rebecca Bamidele The Senate on Wednesday considered and passed for second reading a bill seeking to regulate and formalise informal sector employment in Nigeria. The bill also seeks to empower the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) to issue licences…
The Senate has amended the Electoral Act 2022, to allow ‘statutory delegates’ to participate and vote in political parties’ conventions, congresses and meetings. This followed the passage of the amendment bill on the act at the Committee of the Whole…
The Senate has received the Money Laundering Bill and Terrorism Prevention Bill transmitted by President Muhammadu Buhari for consideration and passage. The bills were accompanied by a letter read at plenary on Thursday by Senate President Ahmad Lawan. Buhari, in…
The Senate has passed a bill to establish the Federal University of Technology, Auchi in Edo. The passage of the bill followed its re-committal to the Committee of the Whole on Tuesday at plenary. The motion for re-committal was sponsored…
The Senate has approved the conference committee report on the Nigeria Postal Services Act (Repeal and Re-enactment) Bill, 2022. This followed the consideration of the conference committee report on the bill after it was laid by the Deputy Senate Leader,…
The Senate has approved its conference committee report on the Nigeria Postal Services Act (Repeal and Re-enactment) Bill, 2022. This followed the adoption of the committee report on the bill, presented by Deputy Senate Leader, Robert Boroffice (APC-Ondo ) at…
The Senate on Wednesday called on the Federal Government to declare all known leaders of terrorists wanted. The Upper Chamber made this call following a motion presented by Senator Bala Ibn Nallah, raising an alarm over the kidnappings, banditry and…
