Senate

March 22, (THEWILL) - Former senate leader and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Victor Ndoma-Egba, says the Cross River State Governor-elect, Senator Bassey Otu, will bring a methodical approach to governance in the state. In addition, the legal...

September 21, (THEWILL) – The Senate, on Wednesday, confirmed the appointment of Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, as Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). At the resumption of plenary on Wednesday, Senate Minority Leader, Senator Ibrahim Gobir, moved two motions for the upper...

September 14, (THEWILL) – The Senate has rejected the 2023-2025 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper (MTEF/FSP), which proposed a N6 trillion tax and import duties waivers in the N19.76 trillion 2023 budget, which also contained a...

November 30, (THEWILL) - The Nigerian Senate has mandated its Committee on Interior to probe the causes of jailbreaks across the country. The development followed a motion titled, ‘Terror Attacks on Two Communities in Plateau North and Jail Break at...

BEVERLY HILLS, April 13, (THEWILL) - The Senate on Tuesday adjourned plenary till Wednesday over the recent death of two members of the National Assembly. The Upper Chamber also held a minute’s silence in honour of both lawmakers who are members...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 29, (THEWILL) - The Senate Public Accounts Committee (SPAC) has given the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, up till Thursday to appear before it over the alleged disappearance of $9.5 million interest...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 24, (THEWILL) – A Bill that seeks to decentralise the Police Command structure, with operational and budgetary powers vested in the zonal offices, scaled first reading in the Senate on Wednesday. The Bill, titled: “The Nigeria Police Act...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 24, (THEWILL) – The Senate has passed for third reading, a Bill which seeks to establish the National Agricultural Development Fund. The report on the Bill titled: “National Agricultural Development Fund (Establishment) Bill, 2021” was presented by the...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 24, (THEWILL) – The Senate on Wednesday said it will proceed on a three-week Easter break from Thursday. Senate President Ahmad Lawan disclosed this at the end of plenary on Wednesday. He said, the break would commence Thursday and last...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 24, (THEWILL) – The Senate on Wednesday confirmed the appointment of Haliru Nababa as the Controller-General of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) formerly designated as the Nigerian Prisons Service. This followed the consideration of the report of the...