Sen. Yahaya Abdullahi

Senate President Ahmad Lawan has said that efforts would be made by the National Assembly to amend the electoral act to serve as safeguard against weaknesses identified in the law. Sen. Lawan made this  known in a short remark on Tuesday…

The Senate, on Tuesday, moved to re-amend the Proceeds of Crime (Recovery and Management) Bill, 2022, passed by the chamber on March 9, 2022, last week. The decision to re-amend the bill followed the consideration of a motion for…

The Senate caucus of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will today (Wednesday) meet with the National Leader of the ruling party, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The meeting is scheduled for 2.30pm. This was disclosed by the Senate…

A bill seeking to amend the 2022 Appropriation Act has scaled Second Reading in the Senate. The bill seeks to amend the 2022 budget by making provision in the sum of N106,161,499,052 for Capital Expenditures and N43,870,592,044 for…

The Senate, on Tuesday, amended the bill seeking to establish the Federal Polytechnic, Orogun, Delta State, already passed by the National Assembly. The amendment was made sequel to a motion for re-committal to the Committee of the…

The Senate has considered a bill seeking to establish the National Metallurgical Training Institute, Onitsha, Anambra State. The National Metallurgical Training Training Institute (Establishment) Bill, 2021, which scaled Second Reading…

...INEC to determine transmission mode of election results The Senate has passed the harmonised version of the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, 2021. The passage followed the consideration of the report of the Conference Committee of the…

The Senate, on Tuesday, approved an amendment to the Electoral Act, which provides that political parties would, henceforth, use only the direct mode of primaries to elect candidates for elections. READ ALSO: …

Members of the majority caucus of the National Assembly, who are from the All Progressives Congress (APC) are set for a showdown with their colleagues in the minority, in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), over threats to take legislative…

A bill seeking to give legal backing to the establishment of the Chattered Institute of Directors of Nigeria scaled Second Reading during plenary, on Tuesday. The bill was sponsored by the Senate Leader, Sen. Yahaya Abdullahi (APC, Kebbi…