Court orders NASS to amend law allowing AGF to arrest, detain anybody
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the national assembly to amend section 438 of the administration of ...
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At last, senate throws out Buhari’s controversial Water Resources Bill
The Nigerian Senate, on Tuesday, rejected the controversial National Water Resources Bill, 2023 after it was listed for concurrence on ...
JUST IN: Senate approves Tinubu’s request to appoint 20 special advisers
The Nigerian senate has approved a request of President Bola Tinubu to appoint 20 special advisers. Tinubu’s request was read ...
JUST IN: Buhari seeks senate nod to pay $556m, £98m, N226bn judgement debts
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the senate to approve a request to pay various sums as judgment debts. The debt ...
NASS sends independent candidacy bill to Buhari for assent
The national assembly has asked its clerk to transmit a bill seeking to provide for independent candidacy to President Muhammadu ...
JUST IN: Senate approves Buhari’s N22.7trn ways and means borrowing
The Nigerian senate has approved the sum of N22.7 trillion that was spent by the executive arm of government without ...
Senate orders accountant-general to refund N74bn misappropriated funds
The senate has begun a probe of the accountant-general of the federation (AGF) for paying N74 billion as social benefits ...
Buhari turns down bill empowering NASS to summon president
Ahmad Lawan, Nigeria's senate president, on Tuesday, stated the senate will investigate the 19 Constitution Alteration Bills rejected by President ...
Senate honours Catholic priest burnt alive by bandits Niger
The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday observed a one-minute silence in honour of Fr. Isaac Achi, the slain Niger priest who ...
Senate asks CBN to extended deadline for phasing out old naira notes
The Senate on Tuesday asked the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to extend the deadline for the exchange of old ...