Nigeria Senate

January 18, (THEWILL) - A bill seeking to criminalise landlords to demand payment of advance rent from tenants of residential and office buildings and spaces beyond three months has passed first reading at the Senate. The lawmaker representing Kogi West...

January 18, (THEWILL) - The Senate has asked the Federal Government to Immortalise the former Head of the Interim National Government, Chief Ernest Shonekan. The directives followed a motion titled, “Passage of Chief Ernest Shonekan, GCFR, (May, 9th 1936 – Tuesday,...

December 25, (THEWILL) - Three days to the expiration of the mandatory 21 days to assent to The Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2021, President Muhammadu Buhari jetted out to Istanbul for a three-day Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit and flew back...

December 22, (THEWILL) - The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday passed the 2022 Appropriation Act, raising the budget size to N17,126,873,917,692 trillion from the N16.391 trillion presented by President Muhammadu Buhari. THEWILL recalls that the House of Representatives, had on Tuesday passed...

December 22, (THEWILL) - The Senate on Wednesday backed down action to override the President’s veto of the Electoral Act (Amendments) Bill 2021. The development followed the  outcome of a 37-minute closed session by the lawmakers on Wednesday. The closed...

December 22, (THEWILL) - Senate plenary session resumed on Wednesday with lawmakers going into a closed-door session. The discussions in the session may likely center on threats by some senators to override President Muhammadu Buhari’s veto of the 2021 Electoral...

December 21, (THEWILL) - The senate has extended the tenure of the 2021 budget to March 31, 2022, following a request by President Muhammadu Buhari. Buhari had in a letter read at Plenary on Tuesday by Senate President Ahmad Lawan, asked...

December 14, (THEWILL) - The Senate on Tuesday amended its 2015 Standing Rules and approved a simple majority for the election of presiding officers. The red chamber also retained a closed ballot system of voting for the election of the president...

December 08, (THEWILL) - The establishment of a National Sports Commission (NSC) and approval for the founding of a Federal University of Sports, Nkalagu in Ebonyi State have both been passed by the Nigerian Senate in two bills. Following the...

December 07, (THEWILL) - The senate has condemned the United Kingdom's unjustified inclusion of Nigeria in its COVID-19 red list. The body advised the UK government to be sensitive to the diplomatic relations between both countries when taking decisions that...