Key stakeholders in Nigeria’s health sector have rejected the proposal of the Senate to establish a National Agency for Malaria Eradication. The opposition was voiced during a public hearing on the National Agency for Malaria Eradication (Establishment) Bill 2025 (SB.172),…
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has stated that all lawmakers in the Senate are not there to make money but rather to make sacrifices for future generations. He stated this during a plenary on the general principles of the Bill for…
The Senate has urged the Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy to engage telecommunication companies in Nigeria to review the recent high cost of data and make sure it is affordable for users. In a motion with the…
The Senate has provided delegates to pay condolence visit to late Ijaw leader and elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark’s family who died at 97 on February 17th, 2025. During the plenary on Tuesday, the Senate’s Deputy President, Jibrin Barau, after…
Just like the House of Representatives, the Senate has approved President Bola Tinubu’s proclamation of a state of emergency in Rivers State, invoking its constitutional powers under the amended 1999 Constitution. The approval grants President Tinubu the authority to enforce…
A new bill aimed at banning the use of foreign currencies, including the US Dollar and British Pound Sterling, for domestic transactions in Nigeria has passed its first reading in the Senate. The bill, titled “A Bill for an Act…
