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Obi meets Atiku, Saraki, Lamido

Nigeria, May 14 -- The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, and his Labour Party (LP) counterpart, Peter Obi, met privately in Abuja on Mo... Read More


Senate panel defends 0.5% cybercrime levy

Nigeria, May 10 -- Chairman of the Senate Committee on National Security and Intelligence, Shehu Buba, has said the implementation of 0.5 per cent cyber crime fee on transactions was not meant to puni... Read More


Bill to increase salaries, allowances of judicial officers passes second reading at Senate

Nigeria, May 9 -- A bill seeking to increase the salaries, allowances and official benefits of judicial officers has passed second reading at the senate. The bill was passed on Thursday during the pl... Read More


Senate passes bill prescribing death sentence for drug traffickers

Nigeria, May 9 -- The Senate on Thursday passed a bill seeking to prescribe death penalty for persons found guilty of trading or consuming hard drugs and narcotics. The bill titled "National Drug Law... Read More


Bill to establish part-time jobs for unemployed graduates passes second reading at Senate

Nigeria, May 9 -- A bill seeking to establish a National Internship and Unemployment Benefit Scheme has passed second reading at the Senate. It was sponsored by Salisu Shuaib (APC, Ogun Central) and ... Read More


Why Suleja correctional centre was destroyed by rainstorm - Senate panel

Nigeria, May 8 -- Chairman of the Senate Committee on Interior, Adams Oshiomhole, has said rainstorms destroyed the Suleja Correctional Centre in Niger State because it was constructed with mud over 1... Read More


Akpabio laments state of Nigeria's mining sector

Nigeria, May 8 -- The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, says foreign miners are benefiting more from the nation's solid minerals than their Nigerian hosts. Mr Akpabio said this on Tuesday at a thre... Read More


Nigerian lawmaker criticises renovation of Senate chamber

Nigeria, May 7 -- The Chief Whip of the Senate, Ali Ndume, has criticised the quality of renovation carried out in the senate permanent chamber. Mr Ndume, the senator for Borno South, lamented that t... Read More


Senate adjusts sitting arrangement, reallocates seats to ranking lawmakers

Nigeria, May 7 -- The leadership of the Senate has finally moved the seats of some ranking senators who complained about the sitting arrangement in the chamber. The senators, upon resumption of plena... Read More


Ranking senators' protests, reintroduction of peace corps bill, others top stories at Senate

Nigeria, May 6 -- Two years after, senators reconvenes in newly-renovated chamber Senators resumed from about four weeks of Easter and Eid-el-Fitr recess on Tuesday at the newly-renovated chamber. T... Read More