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Nigerian Senate

29 Feb
The Senate has passed a bill for extension of service for employees of National Assembly from 60 to 65 years.
29 Feb
The new income policy guidelines were released by the Productivity, Prices and Incomes Board. Under these guidelines, the Federal State set a 15 per cent wage increase ceiling on all private sector workers earning less than 3,000 Naira a year.
23 Feb
The Senate has rejected the controversial bill seeking to extend the service year for employees of the National Assembly by additional five years.
19 Feb
The Senate have been cautioned to guard against the lure of granting an extension of retirement age for the Clerk and other staffers of the National Assembly from 60 to 65 years.
12 Dec
y Following the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) report the Senate has resolved to amend the Fiscal Responsibility Act, 2007, 16 years after. He assured the Commission that the Senate was ready to create a better working environment for the Fiscal Responsibility Commission. He pointed out that based on the input which the Commission has…
21 Nov
The Nigerian Senate, through its committee on banking, insurance and other financial Institutions has disclosed its readiness to comprehensively review extant....
26 Oct
The Nigerian Senate has assured the Nigerian Army (NA) of total support in surmounting security challenges plaguing the country.
3 Oct
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has written to the Senate, seeking confirmation of three additional ministerial nominees.
10 Aug 2023
Rising-Up for a United Nigeria has rejected in strong terms, calls by Timi Frank and other individuals for the resignation of the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio.
7 Aug 2023
The Nigerian Senate has confirmed 45 Ministerial Nominees today. Three others yet to be confirmed due to pending security clearance and other reasons
8 Jun 2023
The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday passed the bill seeking to mandate the teaching of sexual and gender-based violence in secondary schools across the country.
6 Jun 2023
The Nigerian Senate in plenary session on Tuesday rescinded its decision on eight bills which it had earlier passed to start another process of re-consideration and passage.

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