The Senate has mandated the Independent National Electoral commission, INEC, to hold the Rivers State National Assembly re-run elections on or before December 10. The lawmakers threatened to suspend sitting if INEC fails to conduct the polls.
The Senate has passed a motion seeking to reintroduction of toll gates on all federal roads in the country.
Suleiman Nazif, a senator from Bauchi north, sponsored the motion, describing the state of federal roads in Nigeria as a “national shame and embarrassment”.
The Nigerian Senate has resolved to call on the President Muhammadu buhari to issue a proclamation for the holding of a Population and Housing Census in 2018 since 2016 is no longer feasible.
The Federal Government has formerly withdrawn the forgery charges against the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu, and two others, because of a pending case related to the charges before the Federal High Court in Abuja.
The trial of Senate President, Bukola Saraki, for alleged forgery was stalled on Wednesday, as the prosecution counsel, Aliyu Umar, said he had not prepared a response to a fresh motion by the defendants challenging the jurisdiction of the court.
The trial of Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu, on charges of forgery of the Senate Standing Orders, could not go on as scheduled at an Abuja High Court, as the court has commenced its vacation.
