Nigerian Senate has passed the Presidential Inauguration Bill which seeks to return the activities of Presidential Inauguration to the legislative House.   The bill would see to it that, if assented to by the President, then all presidential inauguration ceremonies would henceforth be conducted at the Legislative House and no longer at the Eagles Square as is currently the practice […]

It was serious joy and jubilation as Senate Passes Law Abolishing Discrimination Against HND Holders The Senate on Wednesday passed into law a bill abolishing discrimination against Higher National Diploma holders for the purposes of employment and promotion, into law. The decision followed the consideration and adoption of a report on the Bill presented […]

The Senate on Wednesday passed the bill setting up the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit as an independent body. The NFIU is currently under the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission . The passage of the Bill by the Senate is following its passage on Tuesday by the House of Representatives. Using his official Twitter handle […]

SENATE PRESIDENT READS EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATION FROM PRESIDENT The President of the Senate, on Tuesday, read five Executive Communications from President Muhammadu Buhari, asking the Senate to pass the following Bills: 1. The Raw Materials Research and Development Council Bill; 2. The Nigerian Natural Medicine Development Agency Bill; 3. The Chartered Institute of Treasury […]

Today at the Senate plenary, the Senate President, Dr. Ahmed Lawan unveiled the names of Chairmen and Vice Chairmen of 69 Senate Standing Committees after the Senate unanimously voted embark on annual recess to resume plenary session on 24th September, 2019. He said membership of committees will be released as soon as they are done […]

By Sanni Onogu, Abuja The Senate has received three requests from President Muhammadu Buhari for confirmation of nominees to serve on the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission , Federal Character Commission; and the Federal Civil Service Commission. The requests contained in three separate letters were read at the beginning of plenary on Tuesday by […]