The Senate has begun a heated debate on Nigeria’s worsening security situation, following a motion by Lola Ashiru from Kwara South, on the urgent need to address escalating insecurity in Kwara, Kebbi, and Niger states, and calls for immediate and comprehensive federal intervention. The motion highlighted recent attacks, including the abduction of schoolchildren in Kebbi,…
The Minority Caucus of the House of Representatives has condemned the hike in electricity tariffs across the country by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC. The minority leader, Rep. Kingsley Chinda, said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja, calling it insensitive, inhuman, and uncalled for, according to Daily Post. He said such an…
A heated exchange erupted in the Senate on Thursday as Senate President Godswill Akpabio ordered the Sergeant-at-Arms to remove Senator Natasha Uduaghan, representing Kogi Central, from the chamber. The altercation stemmed from a report by Senate Chief Whip Mohammed Monguno, who informed the Senate that senator Natasha had refused to relocate to a new seat…
*OPEN LETTER FOR LEGISLATIVE INTERVENTION ON NIGERIA’S INTERNATIONAL PASSPORTS FEES INCREASE* *Date:* September 7th, 2025 *To: The Senate President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria* *To: The Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Federal Republic of Nigeria* *From: HallowMace Foundation Africa* Subject: Urgent Call for Legislative Intervention on The Exorbitant Increase in International…
The suspended lawmaker representing Bauchi Central Senatorial District, Senator Abdul Ningi has given the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio a 7-day ultimatum to recall him all face legal action. The lawmaker through a letter written to Akpabio through his lawyer, Femi Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) also threatened to drag Akpabio to…
Akpabio Calls for West African Unity, Deepening of Regional Integration President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has said that the Economic Community of West African States(ECOWAS) should be used to ensure unity and deepening of integration of the West African region. In a welcome address titled: “A Call for West African Unity” which he delivered…
The Plateau House of Assembly Speaker, Hon. Gabriel Dewan, has finally sworn in nine out of the 16 members of the All Progressive Congress (APC) who were declared winners by the Appeal Court. The new lawmakers were declared winners after the Court of Appeal sacked the 16 PDP members on the grounds that their party…
The sweeping changes, adopted after a closed-door session that lasted about three hours, restrict eligibility for presiding offices in the 11th National Assembly to ranking members of the current 10th Senate who win re-election in 2027, effectively shutting out first-time entrants and returning politicians outside the present Assembly. Presiding offices in the Senate are the…
The Senate has confirmed Bernard Doro as a minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria following a brief screening session that lasted less than 30 minutes. Doro, who becomes the third ministerial nominee from Plateau State, used the opportunity to outline his vision for fostering an inclusive humanitarian ecosystem in the country. He promised to…
At about 1:40 p.m., just as senators returned from the closed-door meeting, Mr Dickson, a member of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former Bayelsa State governor, was seen walking out of the chamber, visibly angry. Although he did not publicly state the reason for his sudden exit from the chamber, it was apparent…
