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The 10th Senate on Tuesday expressed unhappiness about the frequent jailbreaks that have been happening across the country in recent years. This happened as the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, expressed regret that many jailbreaks have happened following a change of name from the Nigeria Prisons Service to Nigeria Correctional Service. Akpabio mentioned this while discussing a bill to amend the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission Act, highlighting the 'deception' in adopting the name, Nigeria Correctional Service.

The spokesperson for the Senate, Yemi Adaramodu, has said that the Senate would not abandon Nigerians to their fate over the recent hike in electricity tariff. He also noted that the Red Chamber, upon resumption from its recess, would decide on the over 300% increase in electricity tariff for customers under the Band A classification. […]

The Senate has condoled the military over the killing of the commanding officer of the 181 Battalion, two Army Majors, and 13 soldiers. Some youths ambushed and killed 16 officers and men of the 181 Amphibious Battalion of the Nigerian Army on a peace mission to the Okuoma community in Bomadi Local Government Area of […]