Senator Godswill Akpabio, a former Governor of Akwa, has defeated his closest contender, Senator Abdul’aziz Yari, with 55 votes to emerge the President of the 10th Senate. Yari, a former governor of Zamfara State, and Akpabio are both from the ruling party All Progressive Congress, APC. Also, Senator Jibrin Barau, representing Kano North Federal Constituency,…
![[UPDATE]: NASS forwards harmonised Peace Corps Bill to Buhari for assent](https://dailycommerce.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Peace-Corps-600x400.jpg "[UPDATE]: NASS forwards harmonised Peace Corps Bill to Buhari for assent")
The National Assembly has forwarded the harmonised version of the Nigerian Peace Corps (Establishment) Bill after passage by both chambers -the Senate and the House of Representatives to President Muhammadu Buhari for assent. It was gathered on Thursday that the transmission of the bill for Presidential assent was done by the Clerk to the National…
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the Senate to consider and approve the Nigerian Data Protection Bill sent to it by the Executive. The president’s request is contained in a letter addressed to the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, and read at plenary on Tuesday. “Pursuant to Section 58, subsection 2 of the 1999 Constitution as amended,…
Though his intention is to contest for the seat of Senate President in the 10th Senate, Senator Sani Musa (Niger East), on Tuesday, said that the North Central will not settle for anything less than Deputy Senate President in case none of the contestants from the geopolitical region made it the powerful position in June….
