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The Senate on Tuesday raised the punishment for kidnappers from 10 years to life imprisonment. The Upper Chamber also deleted the statute of limitation on defilement as well as removed gender restrictions on the offences of…

  The Senate Tuesday proffered stiffer penalties kidnapping in a new amendment of the Criminal Code Act, 2004, which also seeks the removal of gender restrictions on rape offences. In the bill sponsored by Senator Oluremi…

The Senate on Thursday called for an increase in the budgetary allocation for primary health care (PHC) services in Nigeria. The Senate also urged the Ministry of Health to create awareness on the benefits of health and life insurance.…