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Senate condemns rehabilitation of repentant Boko Haram terrorists, to meet Tinubu over worsening insecurity

Nigeria, July 8 -- The Senate on Tuesday urged the federal government to end the practice of pardoning and rehabilitating repentant members of the Boko Haram sect into society. The upper chamber made... Read More


Protesters storm National Assembly, demand suspension of screening of ambassadorial nominee

Nigeria, July 7 -- A coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) staged a protest at the entrance of the National Assembly on Tuesday to demand the suspension of the screening and confirmation of ... Read More


Xenophobia: Nigerian lawmakers reject calls to use proceeds from MTN, DStv to compensate victims

Nigeria, July 7 -- The Senate on Tuesday rejected calls by some of its members to nationalise South African companies operating in Nigeria and use the proceeds from the firms to compensate Nigerians w... Read More


ANALYSIS: State police may alter balance of power between federal and state govts

Nigeria, July 7 -- When President Bola Tinubu transmitted the state police constitutional amendment bill to the Senate, the debate largely revolved around insecurity, banditry and the inability of the... Read More


JUST IN: Senate passes state police bill, empowers governors to appoint police commissioners, give directives

Nigeria, June 24 -- The Senate on Wednesday passed the bill seeking to establish state police in Nigeria. The upper chamber approved the bill after considering the report of its Committee on the Revi... Read More


Senate begins final debate on state police bill

Nigeria, June 24 -- Nigerian senators have commenced the final debate on a constitutional amendment bill seeking to establish state police. Deliberations during the plenary began at about 2:50 p.m., ... Read More


Four new senators take oath of office

Nigeria, June 24 -- The newly elected senators representing Ondo South and Enugu North Senatorial Districts, Dayo Faduyile and Ikeje Asogwa, respectively, have been inaugurated as members of the 10th ... Read More


Senator disqualified from APC screening defects to ADC

Nigeria, June 23 -- Garba Maidoki, one of the senators barred by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) from participating in its senatorial primary election, has resigned his membership of the pa... Read More


Tinubu transmits state police framework to Senate

Nigeria, June 23 -- President Bola Tinubu has transmitted a constitutional amendment bill seeking the establishment of state police to the Senate. The proposed legislation seeks to amend relevant pro... Read More


#EkitiDecides2026: Accord Party candidate, Opeyemi Falegan, heads to tribunal to challenge Oyebanji's victory

Nigeria, June 22 -- The Accord Party candidate in the 20 June governorship election in Ekiti State, Opeyemi Falegan, has directed his legal team to file a petition before the Election Petition Tribuna... Read More