The Senate has urged Northerners living in the southern part of the country to always be united and support the communities they are residing in to promote peace, national unity, and development. 

The Service Chiefs were in the hallowed chamber at 12.37 pm, and the Senate entered into a closed-door session to discuss with the Service Chiefs at 12.49 pm following a motion by Opeyemi Bamidele and supported by Abba Moro.

They were subsequently led to their respective seats after the swearing-in.

The Senate has assured that the much-awaited population and housing census slated for November this year will take place as scheduled.

Senate Minority Leader, Abba Moro, says reverting to direct statutory allocations to local governments will stop unnecessary interference by state governors in the affairs of local councils in Nigeria.

`The Senate has asked the Federal Government to, as a matter of urgency, withhold statutory allocations to local government councils not democratically elected using Caretaker Committee Chairmen.`

The Senate urged the Federal Government to work with the United Nations and other countries of the world to ensure an immediate ceasefire in the ongoing Israeli-Palestine war.

The Senate has approved the nomination of Zak Adedeji as Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS).

There was mild drama at the Senate on Tuesday as the Chief Whip, Ali Ndume stormed out of the Chamber after he was ruled out of order by Senate President Godswill Akpabio.

There was mild drama on the floor of the Senate, as the Senate Minority Leader Simon Mwadkwom took on Dele Alake, one of the ministerial nominees of President Bola Tinubu at the ongoing ministerial screening.