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A bill to establish the National Animal Husbandry and Ranches Commission on Wednesday, June 5, passed its second reading after a heated debate.    The bill sponsored by Senator Titus Tartenger Zam (APC, Benue North West) is aimed at resolving the issue of herder/farmer clashes in the country and it …

Tim Sheehy, a businessman and former Navy SEAL, won the Republican primary for U.S. Senate in Montana on Tuesday, according to The Associated Press, setting him up for a November showdown against Senator Jon Tester, the Democratic incumbent. With roughly half of the vote counted, Mr. Sheehy had 73 percent, …

Senate President Godswill Akpabio says the decision of organised labour to shut down the national grid was more of an act of economic sabotage than agitation for a new minimum wage.    Akpabio stated this on Tuesday, June 4, on the floor of the senate after a motion sponsored by …

The Senate today May 28 recalled Senator Abdul Ningi from a three-month suspension. Ningi was on March 12 suspended for three months by the Senate for claiming during a BBC Hausa Service interview that the National Assembly passed two 2024 Appropriation Bills. He also alleged that the 2024 budget was …

The Senate has passed the National Anthem Bill 2024 to revert to the old national anthem, “Nigeria, we hail thee”.    The bill which speedily passed first and second readings now awaits assent into law by President Bola Tinubu.   The Senate passed legislation to swap the national anthem from …

Democratic candidates for the Senate in Arizona, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin lead their Republican rivals and are running well ahead of President Biden in key states where he continues to struggle, according to polls by The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer and Siena College. The battleground surveys of registered …

Family and friends have celebrated the 62nd birthday of former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, who is serving a nine-year jail term in the UK for organ trafficking.      Former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Olisa Metuh, shared photos with Ekeremadu’s daughters, including Sonia and …

Bill passes after hours of gridlock over funding for three-quarters of the government for the next six months. Lawmakers in the United States Senate have passed a $1.2 trillion spending bill, narrowly averting a partial government shutdown. The lower house on Saturday approved the measure by a 74-24 vote after …

Senate President, Godswill Akpabio has stated that he doesn’t believe that those behind the killing of sixteen military personnel in Okuama community in Ughelli South local government area of Delta state last week, are from Niger Delta.   Speaking during plenary today, March 19, Akpabio countered a motion raised by …

Senate Majority Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele has alleged that some senators want to impeach the current Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, before July 2024.    Contributing to a debate on the claim made by Abdul Ningi, senator representing Bauchi central, that the 2024 budget was padded by N3 trillion, Bamidele claimed that the …