Nigeria Senate

March 01, (THEWILL) - The senate on Tuesday passed bills to grant financial and administrative autonomy to local governments areas in the country. The development followed the presentation and voting on the report of the committee on constitutional review on...

March 01, (THEWILL) - President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the Senate to amend the newly-signed Electoral Act 2022. The President in a letter addressed to the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, and read at the plenary on Tuesday,  asked the...

February 24, (THEWILL) - The Senate has passed a bill seeking to establish the Nigerian Maritime Security Trust Fund. The passage of the bill, followed the adoption of the report of Senate Conference Committee on the Nigerian Maritime Security Trust...

February 22, (THEWILL) - The Senate has confirmed the nominations of five Executive Directors designates of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA). The confirmation of the nominees followed the consideration and adoption of a report by the...

February 22, (THEWILL) - The senate, will on Wednesday lay the report of the committee on the review of the 1999 Constitution. Disclosing this Tuesday, deputy president of the senate and chairman, senate committee on the alteration to the provisions of...

February 16, (THEWILL) - The senate has confirmed the nomination of Mrs. Emily Chidinma Osuji as Executive Director of the Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC). Her confirmation on Wednesday at plenary followed the consideration and adoption of the report of...

February 16, (THEWILL) - The senate has confirmed five nominees appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari as commissioners of the National Population Commission (NPC). Also confirmed were four other nominees as commissioners of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). The confirmation of...

February 15, (THEWILL) - The senate has passed the Chartered Institute of Forensic and Fraud Examiners of Nigeria bill and three others for concurrence. The bills were passed moments before the upper chamber adjourned plenary on Tuesday. The four bills for...

February 15, (THEWILL) - The senate, on Tuesday, passed the bill for the act to provide for the establishment of Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB), a multimodal accident investigation agency. The passing of the bill is coming about a month...

February 08, (THEWILL) - The Senate has passed a Bill that seeks to increase the number of Law School campuses from six to 12. The Bill, titled: “A Bill for an Act to amend the Legal Education (Consolidation, etc) Act by...