Nigerian Senate

July 11, (THEWILL) - Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, on Tuesday, announced the composition of some Standing Committees for the Red Chambers. They include Committees on Appropriations, Public Accounts, Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions, Media and Public Affairs, Legislative Compliance,...

July 05, (THEWILL) - There has been so much talk of late about the Ministerial appointments that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is about to make. Given the fast-paced style of governance that he has adopted so far, it...

July 05, (THEWILL) - Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, has congratulated Senator Michael Opeyemi Bamidele (Ekiti Central), on his emergence as Senate Leader of the 10th Assembly, describing him as a fit and proper person to occupy such...

July 04, (THEWILL) - The Nigerian senate, on Tuesday, announced new principal officers. Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, who made the announcement, said the officers emerged by consensus. The new officers are Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, Ekiti State, as Senate Leader, Senator Dave Umahi, Ebonyi...

There is uneasy calm in the Senate as the lawmakers get ready to select a new Minority Leader. The jostle for the position seems to be generating tension among opposition senators, following moves by some vested interests to impose...

Blaming others for personal transgressions is as old as humanity. Caught out by the all-knowing, all-seeing God for surreptitiously dining on what was forbidden, Adam looked no further than Eve his sole human partner in the blissful garden as...

June 13, (THEWILL) - Former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs and lawmaker representing Akwa Ibom North-West Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Godswill Akpabio, has been elected new President of the 10th Senate. Akpabio, a former two-term governor of Akwa...

June 13, (THEWILL) - With less than 24 hours to the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly, the coast is clear for the former Governor of Akwa Ibom State and Senator representing Akwa Ibom North West, to emerge as...

June 08, (THEWILL) - A former Senator, who represented Anambra Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Clement Annie Okonkwo, is dead. A family source said the former lawmaker died on Wednesday, in the United States. He was 63. "The...

June 08, (THEWILL) - A socio-cultural group, Niger Delta Conscience Coalition (NDCC), has reiterated its unalloyed support for the candidature of Senator Godswill Akpabio as President of the 10th Senate. Members of the Niger Delta Conscience Coalition (NDCC) have...