Nigerian Senate

November 12, (THEWILL) — The Senate has approved President Bola Tinubu’s request to borrow N1.15 trillion from the domestic debt market to finance part of the deficit in the 2025 national budget. The approval followed the presentation and consideration of...

November 06, (THEWILL) — The Senate has directed the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to fully enforce its December 31, 2025 deadline for the ban on the production of alcohol in sachets and small...

November 06, (THEWILL) — The Senate on Thursday confirmed Dr. Kingsley Tochukwu Ude, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) from Enugu State, as a Minister of the Federal Republic. President Bola Tinubu had on Tuesday forwarded Ude’s name to the...

November 05, (THEWILL) — The Senate has passed a landmark bill proposing a mandatory 14-year jail term for any educator or individual found guilty of sexually harassing a student in an educational institution — with no option of fine. The...

October 28, (THEWILL) — President Bola Tinubu has asked the Senate to screen and confirm the newly appointed service chiefs. The request was contained in a letter read during plenary on Tuesday by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio. The nominees include...

October 21, (THEWILL) — The Senate on Tuesday passed a bill seeking to establish the Nigeria Mines Rangers Service (NMRS), a specialised security agency designed to curb illegal and artisanal mining across the country. Sponsored by Senator Mohammed Onawo (SDP–Nasarawa),...

October 16, (THEWILL) — The Nigerian Senate has confirmed the appointment of Professor Joash Ojo Amupitan (SAN), as the new Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, requested the senate's confirmation for Amupitan as...

October 08, (THEWILL) — The Nigerian Senate has sworn in two new lawmakers to fill vacant seats in the upper chamber. Emmanuel Nwachukwu of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has assumed the Anambra South seat formerly occupied by the...

September 23, (THEWILL) — The Nigerian Senate has postponed the resumption of plenary earlier scheduled for Tuesday, September 23, to October 7, 2025. The postponement was conveyed in an internal memo signed by the Chief of Staff to the Senate...

July 11, (THEWILL) — The Nigerian Senate has recommended a N200 million compensation package for the family of a two-year-old child, Onosereba Omhonria, who was killed by a stray bullet during a National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA)...