Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriation joins race for Senate Presidency in 10th National Assembly, says religious sentiments matters less as Christians have been elected to lead both chambers of parliament in the past
HomeCategory
Senate Archives - Page 91 of 109 - Parliament Reports
Editors PickElectionsFeaturedHouse of RepresentativesNigeria Decides 2023 ElectionsSenateThe PollsTrending
2023: Only 6 sitting lawmakers triumphed in the Governorship Polls
No less than seventeen incumbent lawmakers were on the ballot in the Governorship Election across the six geo-political zones of the country. We examine how these legislators fared in the March 18 Polls
Editors PickElectionsFeaturedHouse of RepresentativesNigeria Decides 2023 ElectionsSenateSpotlightState AssembliesThe PollsTrending
PROFILES: 17 lawmakers to watch in the 2023 Governorship Race
As citizens vote their representatives into the 993 State Assembly seats, we profile 17 lawmakers to watch in the 2023 Governorship Race across the six geo-political zones of the country
In this edition of Parliament Spotlight, we highlight 12 Facts about Nigeria's First Elected Female Senator, Franca Afegbua
This piece focuses on former House of Representatives members who will be 'graduating' to the 10th Senate come June 2023
ElectionsHouse of RepresentativesNational Assembly PoliticsNigeria Decides 2023 ElectionsSenateThe Polls
PROFILES: Meet the 7 ‘Obidient’ Senators-Elect in the Tenth National Assembly
With 7 Senators-Elect in the 10th National Assembly, the Labour Party can be described as the party with the most dark horses in the February 25 National Assembly Elections. This piece examines the political antecedents of these ‘Obident lawmakers’ in the next Senate and how they secured victory at the general election.  READ ALSO: “Only 33% of Nigerians voted NASS candidates on individual merit” – OrderPaper Taunted as a party without a...
 Victory it was, for ten out of the seventeen ex-governors who sought Senatorial seats in the February 25 National Assembly elections. This piece spotlights these ex-governors along the demographics of incumbent lawmakers, former National Assembly members and newbies READ ALSO: Fact File: Performance Scorecards of Ex-Governors at the 9th Assembly The Red Chamber of the National Assembly has for a long time been perceived as a retirement home for ex-governors in...
As the race for the next leadership of the 10th National Assembly gathers steam, it would be interesting to see how the governing party handles the ‘ghost of 2011/2015’ still roaming. This piece examines the background to the 2011 and 2015 ‘coups’ against the majority party in the National Assembly, as well as a rundown of power-sharing between the Presidency and the National Assembly in the Fourth Republic (1999 – 2023) READ ALSO: 24...
Senate postpones resumption of plenary to enable members partake in rescheduled Governorship and Assembly elections on March 18, 2023 READ ALSO: 2023: Senate commences recess ahead of Presidential and National Assembly elections The Nigerian Senate has announced a postponement of its scheduled plenary until Tuesday, March 21, 2023. This is contained in a letter signed by Chinedu Francis Akubueze, Clerk of the Senate, on Monday, believed to have been necessitated by the change in date...