Nigerian Senate

October 03, (THEWILL) - The Senate has amended its standing Rule 3(2) (1-3), to stop newly elected or first-time Senators from contesting for the position of presiding officers of the Red Chamber The amendments follow a motion moved at plenary...

October 03, (THEWILL) - President Bola Tinubu has asked the Senate to screen and confirm three additional ministerial nominees. The president, in a letter addressed to Senate President, Goodswill Akpabio, listed the nominees as Dr. Jamila Bio, Balarebe Abbas and...

September 26, (THEWILL) – The Senate has confirmed Dr. Olayemi Micheal Cardoso as substantive Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The confirmation followed hours of rigorous screening, which ended at about 5:45pm on Tuesday, at a plenary...

September 26, (THEWILL) - The Senate will resume from its annual recess on Tuesday, September 26, 2023, to continue the first legislative year of the 10th Assembly Expectedly, the Red Chamber will this Tuesday, September 26, 2023, screen Yemi Cardoso,...

September 17, (THEWILL) - President Bola Tinubu on Friday, September 15, 2023, nominated Dr Olayemi Michael Cardoso, as the new Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) subject to approval by the Senate. When (not, if) approved by the...

August 23, (THEWILL) - The appointment of Senator David Nwaeze Umahi, as the federal minister of works by President Ahmed Tinubu and his subsequent resignation as a senator, created a vacuum at the senate for Ebonyi South Senatorial District. Consequently,...

Allegations of Cronyism Trail Nominee Choices Corruption Allegations Against Matawale, El-rufai, Bagudu, Others Taint List Tinubu Rewards Ex-Northwest Governors For Votes That Guaranteed His Victory With 48 Nominees, President Must Unbundle Ministries, Create New Ones The All Progressives Congress,...

August 05, (THEWILL) - The Nigerian Senate has rejected President Bola Tinubu's request for consideration of military intervention in Niger Republic, to resolve the ongoing political impasse in the country. The President had written to the Senate on Friday, seeking...

July 31, (THEWILL) - There was an uproar on Monday, at the Senate special plenary session for the screening of President Bola Tinubu’s ministerial nominees when Prof. Joseph Terlumun Utsev, the nominee from Benue State, said he started his...

July 27, (THEWILL) - Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), on Thursday, described as half-hearted and hypocritical, the demand by the Senate that Finland-based pro-Biafran agitator, Simon Ekpa, be extradited and prosecuted for the...