The National caucus meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is ongoing at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, with President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, national...
Former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Attahiru Jega, has faulted the amendment of the election timetable by the National Assembly. Jega said the...
The Senate, on Tuesday, passed a Motion calling on the Federal Government, through the Ministry of Health to establish rehabilitation centers in each of the 36...
President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Monday, took to his social media accounts to express excitement that 25 out of 36 states assemblies...
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has said that state Houses of Assembly which are excessively dependent on governors cannot deliver dividends of...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed a two-count charge of fraud against the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Danladi Umar....
The Nigerian Senate said it has been vindicated on its rejection of the appointment of Ibrahim Magu as substantive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes...
From Ajansii Mgbo Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has descended heavily on political parties in Nigeria, describing them as weak, deceitful and lacking...
President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, Monday claimed that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) had continued to engaged in corrupt practices despite frantic efforts to...
A new battle line may have been drawn between the two presiding officers of the National Assembly and the Presidency over the new amendments to the...
President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has stated that despite the widespread perception that the National Assembly is being overfunded, it is actually grappling...
The Federal High Court in Lagos has ruled that Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has “sufficient interest to bring its suit to stop former governors...
President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday urged all political leaders in the country to remain committed to delivering good governance to the...
Following the gruesome murder of several Innocent victims in Benue State, as a result of clashes between farmers and herdsmen, President Muhammadu Buhari has held meetings...
The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has appealed against the December 12, 2017 judgment of the Court of Appeal which reversed his acquittal by the Code...
Plans by President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to withdraw $1 billion from the Excess Crude Account (ECA) to fund Boko Haram insurgency fight in the North...
The Senate President, Bukola Saraki has said that he would review the Appeal Court judgement concerning his trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), and...
Senate President Bukola Saraki has offered yet another definition of the concept of restructuring as the debate on the controversial subject continues. Speaking Tuesday during the...
Katsina State Governor Aminu Bello Masari has admonished northerners to embrace the concept of restructuring, arguing that the North had nothing to fear as it was...
Barring any unforeseen circumstances, there are indications that the legislature is set to accede to the request by the executive for the passage of the 2018...
The Senate on Wednesday, called on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to invite the Libyan Ambassador to Nigeria and discuss how to end the ongoing Libyan...
The leadership of both chambers of the National Assembly has forwarded copies of amendments of the 1999 Constitution to State Houses of Assembly for concurrence, Ripples...
An FCT High Court sitting in Jabi Thursday granted an interim order restraining the Nigerian Senate from investigating the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris. Justice...
President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki, has revealed that the upper legislative chamber will begin the consideration of the general principles of the 2018 budget...
The Senate, on Tuesday, said a former Leader of the Senate, Senator Ali Ndume, can resume today, 15th November, having served out his suspension of 90...
Former Senate Leader, Ali Ndume, has revealed that he offered to resign three times as helsman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Red...
The Senate has indicted the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for regulatory failure in the alleged illegal repatriation of $13.9 billion by telecommunications company, MTN. Adopting...
The upper legislative chamber of the National Assembly has said it will no longer engage in any future face-off with the executive arm of government. It...
The Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, Tuesday stated that tax declarations of Nigerians who have been listed in the Paradise Papers would have their prior tax...
The President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives have both warned the executive against poor implementation of the 2018...
Some members of the House of Representatives Thursday protested President Muhammadu Buhari’s request to present the 2018 budget to a joint session of the National Assembly....
Barely one day after Senate ad hoc committee investigating various allegations leveled against the Police and the Police Service Commission (PSC), threatened to issue a warrant...
The Senate on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to make adequate financial provision in the 2018 Budget for the take-off of the North East Development Commission...
Reports emerged Tuesday night that embattled Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Maikanti Baru, may be trying to lobby members of...
A former minister of education, Oby Ezekwesili has stated that the National Assembly’s lack of “individual and institutional integrity” had prevented it from being an effective...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, Wednesday confirmed that the amendments to the 1999 Constitution in the last review process had yet to...
New efforts directed towards holding the long delayed national convention of All Progressives Congress, APC, are to be canvassed today at an expanded meeting involving National...
Lawmakers on the Senate committees on Appropriation and Finance, on Tuesday, slugged it out with the Ministers of Budget and National Planning, and Finance, Mr Udoma...
The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, has stoked fresh controversy around the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU), stating that...
President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Wednesday said that giving young persons the opportunity to partake in leadership is crucial to good governance...
Fresh facts have emerged that the suspended former Leader of the Senate, Senator Ali Ndume, who was expected to resume next week, after serving out his...
President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday, announced the movement of chairmen and deputies of the various standing committees in the upper chamber. Saraki, who...
Timi Frank, suspended Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), said in Abuja on Sunday that the APC’s internal woes meant that the...
The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has called on media practitioners in Nigeria, especially journalists, to get their facts correct in reporting issues pertaining to him...
Following widespread backlash over the failure of both houses of the National Assembly to pass some significant amendments which form part of the essence of a...
One week after the Senate introduced a bill to make the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) an autonomous body was read for the first time, the...
Although it pegged the exchange rate at N305 to $1, the Senate, on Thursday instructed the Federal Government to peg the exchange rate to Nigerians embarking...
About two weeks after it boasted to high heavens that it will henceforth not consider requests for confirmation of nominees from the presidency, the Senate, on...
Senate President Bukola Saraki on Wednesday swore in Ademola Adeleke, who received his certificate of return at the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)...
Overwhelmed by negative reactions to some observations on the floor of the Senate, the President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki on Thursday night held a...
