Tag: SENATE
Senate moves to create agency for repentant Boko Haram members
The Senate has introduced a bill to create an agency
that would take responsibility for the rehabilitation, deradicalisation and
integration of repentant Boko Haram members in...
Ifeanyi Ubah joins Senate constitution review committee
Senate President Ahmad Lawan has appointed Senator
Ifeanyi Ubah as member of the 56-man Senate constitution review committee.
Ubah confirmed his addition to the committee in...
Ekweremadu elected leader of South-East Senate caucus
Senator Ike Ekweremadu has been elected leader of the South-East caucus in the Senate.
Senate Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe, disclosed
this on Wednesday during plenary.
Abaribe raised...
Senate, Reps suspend plenary over death of Longjan
The Senate and the House of Representatives on Tuesday
suspended plenary and all legislative activities in honour of the late Senator
Ignatius Longjan.
Longjan, who represented Plateau...
Plateau senator, Ignatius Longjan, dies in Turkish hospital
Senator Ignatius Longjan who represented Plateau South Senatorial District has died at a Turkish hospital in Abuja.
The lawmaker's former chief of staff, John Dafa’an,...
Omo-Agege presides over Senate for first time
Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, on Thursday, presided over plenary for the first time.
Omo-Agege, who represents Delta Central Senatorial District,
rose to occupy the...
Court restrains INEC, Senate from executing Ifeanyi Ubah’s sack
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has restrained
the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Clerk of the National
Assembly and Clerk of the Senate, from...
Court reaffirms order sacking Ifeanyi Ubah as senator
The High Court of the
Federal Capital Territory in Kubwa, Abuja has reaffirmed its earlier order dismissing
Ifeanyi Ubah of the Young Peoples Party as senator...
Senate confirms Tunde Fowler’s replacement, Nami, as FIRS boss
The Senate on Wednesday confirmed the nomination of
Muhammad Nami as the Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS)
and 13 others as board members.
The confirmation...
Senate summons Aregbesola, Babandede over visa-on-arrival policy
The Senate on Tuesday summoned the Minister of
Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, over the policy of the Federal Government that
Africans could come into Nigeria without visa.
The...