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

It's Official: INEC declares APC's Oyebanji winner of Ekiti governorship election

Nigeria, June 21 -- Biodun Oyebanji of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been re-elected as Governor of Ekiti State after being formally declared winner of the governorship election by the Indep... Read More

I didn't sign report recommending Akpoti-Uduaghan's suspension - Ireti Kingibe

Nigeria, June 18 -- The senator representing the Federal Capital Territory, Ireti Kingibe, has said she did not endorse the report recommending the suspension of Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-U... Read More

Abdulsalami canvasses removal of military decrees "smuggled" into 1999 Constitution

Nigeria, June 18 -- A former Nigerian Head of State, Abdulsalami Abubakar, has called for the removal of military decrees incorporated into Nigeria's Constitution to strengthen the country's democracy... Read More

FACT CHECK: Oshiomhole's claim on Akpoti-Uduaghan's suspension is untrue. Here is what he said.

Nigeria, June 17 -- Nigerian politicians often accuse the media of misrepresenting or misinterpreting their statements whenever there is backlash arising from their public comments. A recent example ... Read More

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