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Senate passes bills to increase number of judges of Federal High Court, appellate court

Nigeria, June 10 -- A bill seeking to increase the number of judges of the Federal High Court from 70 to 90 has passed second reading in the Senate. Another bill seeking to increase the number of jus... Read More


Fire guts section of National Assembly building

Nigeria, June 10 -- A section of the Senate wing of the National Assembly was gutted by fire on Wednesday shortly after members of the Senate Committee on the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC)... Read More


Akpoti-Uduaghan saga distracted Nigerians from noticing Senate's good work- Senate Leader

Nigeria, June 10 -- The Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, has recounted the challenges he and other leaders of the upper chamber faced during the suspension of Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Udua... Read More


Senate panel queries SEDC over inability to account for over N4bn

Nigeria, June 10 -- The Senate Committee on the South East Development Commission (SEDC) on Tuesday queried the management of the commission over its inability to account for more than N4 billion spen... Read More


Senate canvasses total ban on textile imports, pushes for revival of sector

Nigeria, June 9 -- The Senate on Wednesday called for a total ban on the importation of textile products to enable Nigeria's local textile industry to thrive, create jobs, and generate more revenue fo... Read More


NASS defends purchase of luxury SUVs for lawmakers after court declares it unlawful

Nigeria, June 9 -- The Toyota Land Cruiser vehicles allocated to each of the 109 senators and Toyota Prado SUVs purchased for the 360 members of the House of Representatives were acquired to facilitat... Read More


National Assembly to approve state police this week - Senate Leader

Nigeria, June 9 -- The Senate Committee on Constitution Review (CRC) will present its final report on the proposed creation of state police to the Senate for consideration and approval before the end ... Read More


2027: Dele Momodu lobbies ADC to consider him as Atiku's running mate

Nigeria, June 8 -- Veteran journalist and former presidential aspirant, Dele Momodu, has urged the leadership of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) to nominate him as the running mate to the party'... Read More


Lawmaker hails Tinubu for flagging off construction of Gombe-Biu-Maiduguri highway

Nigeria, June 6 -- Gombe Central Senator, Danjuma Goje, has commended President Bola Tinubu for approving the construction of the Gombe-Biu-Maiduguri highway. Mr Goje, a former governor of Gombe Stat... Read More


ANALYSIS: 2027: Will former President Jonathan run? The implications

Nigeria, June 4 -- The adoption of former President Goodluck Jonathan as the presidential candidate of the Taminu Turaki faction of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has become one of the ... Read More