The Senate on Tuesday passed the Electoral Act, 2022 (Repeal and Re-Enactment) Bill, 2026, following a dramatic and at times rowdy plenary marked by sharp disagreements...
Nigeria’s Senate has amended Clause 28 of the Electoral Act (Repeal and Re-enactment) Bill, 2026, cutting the mandatory notice period for general elections from 360 days...
The Senate will reconvene plenary on Tuesday, February 17, at 11 a.m., following a directive by the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio. The Clerk...
The Senate has defended its decision to make the electronic transmission of election results discretionary rather than mandatory in the ongoing reform of Nigeria’s electoral framework,...
The Senate has approved the adoption of both electronic and manual methods for the transmission of election results from polling units nationwide. The resolution was reached...
***Edun, Bagudu, others to appear before Senate Committee on Appropriations The Senate on Wednesday passed for second reading a Bill seeking to repeal and re-enact the...
The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday considered sweeping reforms to the legal profession, passing into second reading a bill seeking to amend the Legal Practitioners Act 2004....
The Senate has confirmed General Christopher Musa (rtd), the immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, as Nigeria’s new Minister of Defence. Musa’s nomination was approved on...
In a decisive move to stem rising insecurity, the Senate has approved key amendments to the 2022 Terrorism (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, prescribing the death penalty...
The Senate will on Wednesday screen the immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Gwabin Musa, as the new Minister of Defence. This follows the...