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(+ Video) SENATE ERUPTS: “I CAN TAKE OVER FROM YOU!” – Lawmakers Trade Insults, Boast of Vote Counts, Storm Out During Budget Hearing

What was meant to be a routine 2026 budget defence by the Ministry of Works on Wednesday degenerated into a spectacle of ego, political...

Not Yet Uhuru: Senate Makes U-Turn on Electoral Act, Restores E-Transmission but Stops Short of Real-Time Mandate

In a reversal amid mounting public pressure and street protests, the Nigerian Senate on Tuesday rescinded its earlier position on electronic transmission of election...

Senate to Reconvene for Emergency Sitting Amid Outcry Over Electoral Amendment

The Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has formally announced plans to reconvene for an emergency plenary sitting on Tuesday, February 10, 2026,...

Senate Electoral Bill, Threat to Nigeria’s Democracy

By Sabastine Abu In a move that has ignited nationwide fury and cast a long shadow over the credibility of the 2027 elections, Nigeria's 10th...

Reps Get Harmonisers As Senate Struggles To Explain Its passage of ‘flawed’ Electoral Act Amendment Bill

The House of Representatives has put together members who will join select Senators to harmonise Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, 2026, as the Upper Legislative...

Accused by NGOs, Civil Society Over Delay of Electoral Act Amendment, Senate again Delays Passage

Despite accusations that it is delaying the passage of the Electoral Act amendment, the Senate has done the unthinkable: it has further postponed deliberations...

Ex-FCSC commissioner petitions Senate, alleges pattern of influence-peddling, false corruption claims by Oshiomhole

A confirmation of how federal appointments are made by undue pressure from well-placed Nigerians rather than by merit has emerged from a petition filed...

Senate confirms Mahmood Yakubu, Femi Fani-Kayode, Ibok-Ete Ibas and 60 Others as Ambassadors

The Senate on Thursday confirmed a fresh batch of ambassadorial nominees forwarded by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, including prominent figures such as Prof. Mahmood...

Senate ratifies Tinubu’s troop deployment to Benin Republic

The Senate on Tuesday granted full approval to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s request to deploy Nigerian armed forces to the neighbouring Benin Republic, a...

Senate clerks rally behind Odo as extortion scandal deepens

The administrative wing of the Senate has been thrown into fresh turmoil as committee clerks publicly defend Emmanuel Odo, the Acting Clerk of the...

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