Senate passes bill to allow IGP to complete four-year term

Senate passes bill to allow IGP to complete four-year term

The Senate on Tuesday passed a bill seeking to allow anybody appointed as the Inspector General of Police to complete a four-year term as mandated by Section 7 of the Police Act 2020. The bill was read for the first time today, and it immediately passed through the second and third readings. It was introduced … Read more

Senate passes 25 bills in one year

Senate passes 25 bills in one year

The Senate passed 25 out of the 447 bills introduced on its floor in the last one year. Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, who disclosed in Abuja on Thursday, also said that the upper chamber adopted 115 resolutions. The 10th Senate was inaugurated on 13 June, 2023. Mr Bamidele said the 25 bills fully passed into … Read more

Nigerian govt seeks wider consultations for change of country’s anthem

Nigerian govt seeks wider consultations for change of country’s anthem

The federal government has asked members of the National Assembly to subject the Nigerian National Anthem Bill to wider consultations before passing it. The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, stated this in Abuja on Monday at a public hearing on the bill to revert to the old national anthem. It … Read more

Bauchi governor pledges to support embattled senator

Bauchi governor pledges to support embattled senator

Bauchi State governor, Bala Muhammad, on Wednesday, said he would support Abdul Ningi, a senator from the state who was suspended by the Senate. Mr Ningi was suspended on Tuesday after he alleged that the 2024 budget was padded with over N3 trillion. Though the senator apologised and said he was quoted out of context, … Read more