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The Senate on Wednesday adopted the harmonised version of the tax reform bills proposed by President Bola Tinubu. The Senate’s resolution followed the consideration of the recommendations of the conference …

The Senate has passed a bill for second reading to establish the National Agency for Malaria Eradication (NAME), a landmark initiative to tackle Nigeria’s overwhelming malaria burden. Senator Ned Nwoko …

The Nigerian Senate has passed the final two tax reform bills put forward by President Bola Tinubu, completing the approval process for all four bills in the tax reform package. …

A bill which would empower the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to hold general elections on same day has scaled second reading in the Senate. The bill aims to amend …

The Senate on Wednesday asked the federal ministry of telecommunications and digital economy to engage with telecom operators with a view to addressing the recent increase in the cost of …

The Deputy Senate President, Barau Jibrin, says the upper chamber  will take up the issue of the Nigeria Forest Security Service (NFSS) Bill to ensure its passage into law without …

We the members of Womanifesto, a coalition of over 350 women’s rights advocates, activists, and practitioners, watched the shocking move by the Nigerian Senate to suspend the Senator representing Kogi …

The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has strongly criticized the Nigerian Senate’s decision to suspend Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan for six months, calling it an unconstitutional move that undermines democracy …

The International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) Nigeria has called for an independent, and transparent investigation into the sexual harassment allegation leveled against Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, by Senator Natasha …

A bill to create Hadejia State out of the present Jigawa State in the Northwest of Nigeria has passed the first reading in the Senate. The Senate took the bill …