Nigeria Senate

October 04, (THEWILL) - The Senate, on Wednesday, confirmed Dr Jamila Bio Ibrahim from Kwara State and Ayodele Olawande from Ondo State, as ministers. The lawmakers also confirmed the Ministerial-nominee from Kaduna State, Balarabe Lawal Abbas. Their confirmation brought the...

September 15, (THEWILL) - The Senate Minority Leader, Senator Simon Davou Mwadkwon, has described the tribunal judgements nullifying the election of some National Assembly members in Plateau State, as strange, declaring that the judgement will not stand. Mwadkwon, the Peoples...

The lawmaker representing Cross River North Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe, has kicked off the defence of his mandate. Represented by his legal team headed by Mba Ukweni, SAN, Senator Jarigbe has so far presented 1,531...

July 25, (THEWILL) - The Nigerian Senate will receive the Ministerial list from President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Thursday, July 27, Senate Majority Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, said on Tuesday. Opeyemi spoke in Abuja on the occasion of his 60th Anniversary...

The Senate on Thursday suspended the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) from obtaining a loan facility of $155 million from the World Bank for mass production of local meters. The upper legislative chamber resolved to suspend application of the loan...

July 06, (THEWILL) - The Senate, on Thursday, disclosed plans to probe the concession of the Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano and the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. The decision followed a motion raised at plenary by...

July 05, (THEWILL) - The Senate Wednesday rejected a motion seeking to investigate the moribund conditions of the nation’s refineries despite spending several trillions of naira on their maintenance. This is coming barely two months after former president Muhammadu...

June 25, (THEWILL) - President of the Nigerian Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has pledged that the National Assembly, under his watch, would partner with the President Bola Tinubu-led administration to change policies inhibiting the progress and development of Nigeria. Akpabio made...

Foremost support group for the Senate presidential bid of Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio, The Godswill Project, TGP, has congratulated its principal, the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, on his unprecedented election as the President of the 10th Senate of the...

June 08, (THEWILL) - The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has commended the National Assembly on its historic passage of the Police Pension Board Bill and the Nigeria Police Force College, Training School and Institution (Establishment) Bill. The...