Nigerian Senate

April 27, (THEWILL) - The Senate has passed the Terrorism (Prevention) Act 2013 (Amendment) Bill, 2022, which seeks to prohibit the payment of ransom to kidnappers in the country. The passage of the bill followed the consideration of a report by...

April 12, (THEWILL) – The Senate has passed a bill seeking to establish the Federal University of Technology, Auchi, Edo State. This followed its re-committal to the Committee of the Whole on Tuesday, in a motion sponsored by Senator Yahaya...

January 25, (THEWILL) - The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday passed the harmonised version of the Electoral Act Amendment Bill. They finally agreed on the harmonised version of the amendment on clause 84 between the Senate and House of Representatives. The version...

November 12, (THEWILL) - Senate President Ahmad Lawan has expressed the need to restrict importation of footwear into the country in view of their availability locally. Lawan stated this during the official commissioning of the multi-million-naira Enyimba Automated Shoe Company...

July 27, (THEWILL) - The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday at the fifth session of its Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions, withdrew from investigating allegations of assault levelled against the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Danladi...

July 18, (THEWILL) - The Nigerian Senate has justified its position on the electronic transmission of election results. THEWILL reports that the Upper Chamber, had on Thursday, while considering the Electoral Act 2010 Amendment Bill, voted that: “The Commission (INEC) may...

July 01, (THEWILL) - Following the footsteps of the House of Representatives, the Senate on Thursday passed the Petroleum Industry Bill and approved 3 percent for the host communities However, the Senate's approval of 3 percent for the host communities...

June 29, (THEWILL) - The Senate will on Thursday debate the report of its joint committees on Petroleum (Upstream, Downstream and Gas) on the Petroleum Industry Bill. Senate President Ahmad Lawan disclosed this on Tuesday after the Chairman of the...

BEVERLY HILLS, May 19, (THEWILL) - The Senator representing Osun West, Adelere Oriolowo, on Wednesday presented Bill seeking the establishment of a Federal institute on tractorization and other modern ways of agriculture. The Bill presented to the Senate on Wednesday, focuses...

BEVERLY HILLS, April 28, (THEWILL) - The Senate has mandated its leadership to schedule an appointment with the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces to enable all the 109 senators to meet with him in a closed session...