Minority lawmakers say they support state police in principle but reject the voice vote used to pass the bill The House of Representatives has passed the Constitution Alteration (State Police)…
Garba Maidoki says native doctors help "intercede" with ancestors, as the Senate advances a bill to overhaul drug regulation Senator Garba Maidoki, representing Kebbi South, has called for the inclusion…
Speaker Abbas Tajudeen says the executive version of the Bill carries stronger safeguards than the one the House earlier passed Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, has defended…
Akpabio admits the Electoral Act may need a second look, even as he defends the Assembly's three-year record Senate President Godswill Akpabio has admitted that the National Assembly may have…
House marks three years with record bill count, but scores lower on inclusion The House of Representatives has introduced 2,747 bills since its inauguration in June 2023, passed 363 of…
Probe: Ad hoc committee to trace N1.3bn allocation through budget process; Senate defers action pending ICPC investigation The House of Representatives has resolved to probe the controversial inclusion of N1.3…
Lawmakers reject deradicalisation policy following targeted killings of military officers; security concerns overshadow non-kinetic strategy The Nigerian Senate has called on the Federal Government to discontinue its rehabilitation and reintegration…
Senate Leader Bamidele pushes decentralised policing as critical security reform while constitutional concerns raised over amendment procedures The Senate has passed a constitutional amendment bill seeking to establish state police…
The Nigerian Senate has reversed a provision in its standing orders that required senators-elect to take their oath of office before participating in the election of presiding officers. The motion…
The Nigerian Senate has amended its standing rules to restrict eligibility for presiding and principal offices to lawmakers who have served at least two consecutive terms. The amendment was adopted…
