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Senate passes electoral bill retaining controversial provision allowing transmission of results in a manner prescribed by INEC   The long-anticipated approval of the Electoral Act Amendment Bill was granted on Wednesday, with the Senate passing the legislation after hours of intense debate. The Senate rejected a proposal to make real-time electronic transmission of election results mandatory, but approved wide-ranging amendments that significantly alter election timelines, penalties for electoral offences and voter accreditation procedures. A major point...

After another prolonged closed-door session, the Senate is yet to have a clear outcome on the Electoral Act Amendment Bill The long-awaited Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill again hit a brick wall on Tuesday as the Senate failed, for the second sitting in a row, to conclude deliberations on the proposed reforms after another prolonged closed-door session that ended without any clear outcome. Lawmakers spent about four and a half hours in an executive session examining...

A mild drama erupted in Senate as lawmakers cried out over paucity of funds which they said has crippled operations of standing committees and undermined effective budget implementation There was mild drama in the Senate on Friday as several lawmakers voiced frustration over inadequate funding, which they said has crippled the operations of standing committees and undermined effective budget implementation. The concerns were raised during a meeting between the Senate Committee on Appropriations and chairmen...

“Security is not something we discuss in the open market,” Senate President Akpabio tells  Senator Ningi on sidelining the National Assembly in US airstrikes in Nigeria  The Senate on Wednesday declined to open a public debate on the December 25, 2025, United States airstrikes targeting terrorist camps in Sokoto State. This followed concerns raised by Senator Abdul Ningi regarding the National Assembly’s exclusion from discussions before the operation. Senate President Godswill Akpabio ruled that the...