Senate of Nigeria

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legislative body upper house of parliament

The Senate of Nigeria is the upper chamber of the country’s bicameral National Assembly, responsible for lawmaking, oversight of the executive, and the confirmation of key government appointments.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Senate of Nigeria canonical 40
Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 10
Nigerian Senate 6

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body ⓘ
upper house of parliament ⓘ
chamberType bicameral legislature upper chamber ⓘ
coLegislativeBody House of Representatives of Nigeria ⓘ
compositionPrinciple equal representation of states ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: 1999 Constitution of Nigeria
country Nigeria ⓘ
deputyPresidingOfficerTitle Deputy President of the Senate ⓘ
electoralBody Independent National Electoral Commission ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria ⓘ
governingRules Standing Orders of the Senate ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem yes ⓘ
hasFunction approval of federal budget ⓘ
approval of treaties ⓘ
confirmation of key government appointments ⓘ
impeachment trials ⓘ
lawmaking ⓘ
oversight of the executive ⓘ
representation of states ⓘ
hasHouseType upper house ⓘ
hasJurisdiction federal laws of Nigeria ⓘ
hasNumberOfConstituencies 109 ⓘ
hasNumberOfMembers 109 ⓘ
hasPower to approve appointment of Chief Justice of Nigeria ⓘ
to approve appointment of service chiefs ⓘ
to approve appointments of ambassadors ⓘ
to approve state of emergency declarations ⓘ
to conduct investigations in aid of legislation ⓘ
to confirm heads of key federal agencies ⓘ
to confirm ministerial appointments ⓘ
to participate in constitutional amendment ⓘ
to remove the President through impeachment ⓘ
to remove the Vice President through impeachment ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legislativeChamberOf Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: Federal Republic of Nigeria
legislatureNumbering 10th National Assembly (current as of 2023–2027) ⓘ
locatedIn Abuja ⓘ
Abuja ⓘ
surface form: Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria
meetsAt National Assembly Complex, Abuja ⓘ
minimumAgeForMembership 35 years ⓘ
numberOfSenatorsForFCT 1 ⓘ
numberOfSenatorsPerState 3 ⓘ
oversees Government of Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: Federal Government of Nigeria executive branch
partOf National Assembly of Nigeria ⓘ
predecessor Senate of Nigeria self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Second Republic)
presidingOfficerTitle President of the Senate ⓘ
sessionLocation Senate chamber ⓘ
surface form: Senate Chamber, National Assembly Complex
termLength 4 years ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ

Referenced by (62)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nigeria → upperHouse → Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
Senate of Nigeria → predecessor → Senate of Nigeria self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Second Republic)
National Assembly of Nigeria → hasComponent → Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
National Assembly of Nigeria → upperHouse → Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
Supreme Court of Nigeria → confirmationBy → Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
Government of Nigeria → upperHouseName → Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
Deputy President of the Senate → partOf → Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
subject surface form: Deputy President of the Senate of Nigeria
this entity surface form: Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
Deputy President of the Senate → legislativeChamber → Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
subject surface form: Deputy President of the Senate of Nigeria
this entity surface form: Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria → establishes → Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
10th National Assembly (current as of 2023–2027) → hasComponent → Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
subject surface form: 10th National Assembly (2023–2027)
10th National Assembly (current as of 2023–2027) → hasChamber → Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
subject surface form: 10th National Assembly (2023–2027)
10th National Assembly (current as of 2023–2027) → chamberType → Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
subject surface form: 10th National Assembly (2023–2027)
this entity surface form: upper house: Senate of Nigeria
Independent National Electoral Commission → confirmationBy → Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
Standing Orders of the Senate → appliesTo → Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
Standing Orders of the Senate → adoptedBy → Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nigerian Senate
National Assembly Complex, Abuja → houses → Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
President of the Senate → legislativeBody → Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
subject surface form: President of the Senate of Nigeria
this entity surface form: Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
President of the Senate → appointedBy → Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
subject surface form: President of the Senate of Nigeria
this entity surface form: Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
House of Representatives of Nigeria → coLegislativeBodyWith → Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
National Assembly Complex → houses → Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
9th National Assembly (2019–2023) → comprises → Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
9th National Assembly (2019–2023) → legislativeChamber → Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
9th National Assembly (2019–2023) → upperHouse → Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
Appropriations Committee → hasChamber → Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
Constitution Review Committee → legislativeChamberContext → Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nigerian Senate
Constitution Review Committee → oversightBy → Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: plenary of the Nigerian Senate
Chief Justice of Nigeria → confirmedBy → Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
Action Congress of Nigeria → representedIn → Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nigerian Senate
Federal Executive Council of Nigeria → membersConfirmedBy → Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
FGN → upperHouse → Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
Second Republic of Nigeria → upperHouse → Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
Goodluck Jonathan administration in Nigeria → upperHouse → Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
First Republic of Nigeria → upperHouse → Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
National Assembly → hasComponent → Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
subject surface form: National Assembly (Nigeria)
National Assembly → upperHouse → Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
subject surface form: National Assembly (Nigeria)
President of the Senate of Nigeria → partOf → Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
President of the Senate of Nigeria → legislativeBody → Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
President of the Senate of Nigeria → appointedBy → Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
1999 Constitution → providesFor → Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
Sergeant‑at‑Arms of the Nigerian Senate → partOf → Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
subject surface form: Sergeant-at-Arms of the Nigerian Senate
this entity surface form: Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
Sergeant‑at‑Arms of the Nigerian Senate → legislativeBody → Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
subject surface form: Sergeant-at-Arms of the Nigerian Senate
this entity surface form: Nigerian Senate
Sergeant‑at‑Arms of the Nigerian Senate → appointedBy → Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
subject surface form: Sergeant-at-Arms of the Nigerian Senate
this entity surface form: Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
Fourth Republic of Nigeria → legislativeChamber → Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
Mace of the Senate of Nigeria → usedBy → Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
8th National Assembly (2015–2019) → hasPart → Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
8th National Assembly (2015–2019) → upperHouse → Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
8th National Assembly (2015–2019) → legislativeChambers → Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
Office of the Auditor-General for the Federation → reportDestination → Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
Standing Orders of the National Assembly of Nigeria → appliesTo → Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
Standing Orders of the National Assembly of Nigeria → separateVersionsFor → Senate of Nigeria ⓘ