The Senate has confirmed Justice Olukayode Ariwoola as the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). He was named in acting capacity to replace Mr Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad who retired on 27th June. Ariwoola was 68 years old last 22nd August. At the resumption of plenary on Wednesday, Senate Minority Leader, Senator Ibrahim Gobir moved two motions for the upper chamber …

The Senate has carpeted the management of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) for failure to justify its spending of N17.158 billion in 2013. The Senate said the required evidential documents were said to have been eaten up by termites. The amount, which is stated in the 2018 audit report, was reportedly transferred between January to December 2013 by …

Amid the electricity crisis compounded by the recent collapse of the national grid, the Senate on Thursday passed the Electricity Bill 2022 which would allow states to generate and distribute power, as well as solve the sector’s challenges. Senate Committee Chairman on Power, Gabriel Suswam said the bill sought to provide an ideal legal and institutional framework to leverage the …

The Senate on Tuesday altered the Electoral Act and provided for the participation of statutory delegates in the conventions, congresses or meetings of political parties in Nigeria. The expeditious consideration followed the suspension of relevant Senate Rules to pave the way for the first, second and third readings of the bill same day. Titled, “A bill for an Act to …