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This newspaper had reported how the senators breached Section 63 of the Constitution by sitting for 66 days against the 181 days stipulated by the law.
The Senate, Nigeria’s highest law-making body, did not only break its own rules, it repeatedly undermined the nation’s constitution...
In the whole of 2021, Nigerian senators held plenary sessions for just 66 days. This could mean they held plenary for a little over two months. Or going by the legislative calendar of three days per week, one could say the lawmakers sat for about five months and six days. The senators are currently on…
Judicial Watch announced today that the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Ethics has refused to take action against Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), who admitted to willfully violating Senate rules by releasing confidential records regarding then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s time as a White House counsel. The documents were marked “Committee confidential,” meaning they were not for public […]
The Senate on Tuesday amended the Senate Standing Rules 2015 and approved a simple majority for the election of presiding officers.