Senate Prioritize Sexual Harassment Bill Others

                                  
                
The senate on Tuesday resolved to ensure the speedy passage of the bill for an act to make provision for the prohibition of sexual harassment of students by Educators in Tertiary Educational Institutions sponsored by Senator Ovie Omo-Agege and 57 other lawmakers.

Omo-Agege while presenting the bill for second reading decried the high rate of sexual harassment in tertiary institutions and emphasized that the bill if passed will protect and reassure the students of their rights.

Senate Recommends Death Penalty For Kidnappers

The Senate today, May 4, approved that state governments should enact laws to enable security agencies prosecute kidnappers and other crime related offences in their jurisdictions.

Following a report by its joint committee on Police Affairs, National Security and Intelligence, addressing the unfortunate recurrence of kidnapping and hostage-taking in the country, the Senate recommended that:

World Press Freedom Day: Saraki lauds Nigerian Media

Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki on Tuesday congratulated all practitioners in the media across the country and the world for their invaluable service to humanity as they celebrate the World Press Freedom Day.

Saraki in a statement signed on his behalf by his Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, in Abuja, also hailed all Nigerians on the occasion and said that the freedom of the press also connotes the freedom of individuals to partake in the governance of the country, discuss issues and freely give expression to their dreams and aspiration within the ambience of the law.

PIB set to Pass Second Reading in the 8th Senate

The controversial Petroleum Industry and Governance bill that scaled the sixth and seventh Senate without success is finally set to pass second reading in the 8^th Senate.

The bill for an act to provide for the Governance and Institutional framework for the Petroleum Industry and for other matters connected therewith sponsored by Senator Omotayo D. Alsoadura (Ondo Central) was set to pass second reading today but was however stalled for lawmakers to study the bill properly.