The Senate on Wednesday threatened to publish the list of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) that failed to appear before its Committee on Public Accounts to...
Senate will pass the 2021 supplementary budget of N895.8 billion next Tuesday. The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, disclosed this when he referred the budget to the...
Despite widespread reports, the Senate on Wednesday disclosed that the N9 billion approved in the 2020 Appropriation Act for the renovation of the National Assembly complex...
The Senate has mandated six of its committees to engage the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, on the Federal Government’s Economic Recovery...
There was consternation in the Senate section of the National Assembly Complex due to a leaking roof which led to a water-logged chamber. Ripples Nigeria gathered...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday urged the Senate to consider the approval of N895 billion as Supplementary Budget. The Senate President Ahmad Lawan read Buhari’s letter...
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of Major General Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff (COAS). This followed his appointment by President...
A member of the Senate Committee on Aviation, Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, has given assurances that the red chamber would do everything possible to ensure that the...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged the Senate to reject the nomination of Presidential Aide, Lauretta Onochie, as a National Commissioner in the Independent National...
The Senate on Wednesday adjourned plenary till June 22 to review its Legislative Agenda. The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, announced this after a special session to...
The Senate on Tuesday stopped the Nigeria Postal Services (NIPOST) from collecting tax on behalf of the Federal Government. This followed the passage of the Nigerian...
The Senate has ruled out the possibility of a brand new Constitution for Nigeria, because the 1999 Constitution does not include a clause on how to...
A piece of legislation seeking to make it unlawful for the government of the federation and states to have abandoned projects in any part of Nigeria...
The Senate, on Wednesday, passed a bill seeking to abolish the discrimination between holders of Higher National Diploma certificate issued by polytechnics and those with Bachelor...
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has disclosed that a national public hearing on the review of the 1999 Constitution will hold from Thursday, June 3...
At a plenary, last week, Senator Ezenwa Francis Onyewuchi-sponsored bill – Terrorism Prevention (Amendment) Bill, 2021 – sought to imprison for 15 years distraught Nigerians who...
The spokesman of the Nigerian Senate, Ajibola Basiru, has told the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami (SAN), to stop making...
The Senate Committee on Public Accounts (SPAC), has given the management of the National Examination Council (NECO) 24 hours to provide verifiable evidence of payment for...
The bill seeking the establishment of the Federal Sports University of Nigeria, Nkalagu, Ebonyi State, scaled second reading in Senate on Wednesday. The bill was sponsored...
The Senate has proposed a 15-year-jail term for any Nigerian who pays ransom to kidnappers. The bill seeking to prohibit the payment and receipt of ransom...
The Senate on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to halt the planned deployment of 5G network technology in Nigeria. The upper legislative chamber made the call...
The Senate on Wednesday suspended plenary for one week to enable its members participate in the zonal public hearing across the country. The President of the...
The Senate on Tuesday mandated the Ministry of Education, the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), and the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to review the...
President Muhammadu Buhari has sought the approval of the Senate for an external loan of 6.183 billion dollars, to fund the deficit of N5.602triillon in the...
The Senate Committee on Finance has indicted the National Lottery Trust Fund (NLTF), alleging fraud to the tune of over N7 billion. The Chairman of the...
The Senate has announced that zonal hearings for a constitutional review are scheduled to commence on May 26. This was contained in a statement issued by...
The Senate has disclosed that Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) are yet to remit over N3 trillion to the Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF) of the Federal...
The Senate on Thursday held a closed door session with the country’s service chiefs, the inspector General of Police and heads of intelligence agencies in the...
The Nigerian Senate Sunday explained the rationale behind the lack of indictment of Isa Pantami, the Minister of Communications despite widespread uproar over his links with...
The Nigerian Senate has decried the dominance of foreign operators in the employment of personnel in the nation’s diving sector. Specifically, the Chairman, Senate Committee on...
The Alliance for Surviving COVID-19 and Beyond (ASCAB), a civil society coalition, has tasked the Senate over the institution of an agency towards ensuring investigations of...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you. 1. Remi Tinubu calls Sen Adeyemi ‘wolf in sheep’s clothing’ for tackling Buhari over insecurity Wife...
The Senate on Wednesday approved N216.64 billion as the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) budget for the 2021 fiscal year. The upper legislative chamber’s approval followed...
The Senate has passed the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) Amendment Bill. This followed the adoption of the report of the Senate Committee on Banking,...
Wife of former Lagos State governor and Senator representing Lagos Central at the Senate, Remi Tinubu, has attacked her colleague, Smart Adeyemi (Kogi West), for daring...
The Senate on Tuesday asked its leadership to arrange a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on the nation’s security challenges. The upper legislative chamber took the...
Senator Mohammed Sani Musa (representing Niger East) has confirmed that the Boko Haram sect has hoisted its flag in some villages in his home state. He...
The senate on Wednesday, April 21, commenced the process towards a constitutional amendment in order to make the use of card readers compulsory for elections in...
The Senate on Wednesday approved the sum of N257.18 billion as the Nigerian Customs Service budget for 2021. The upper legislative chamber also approved the N1.678...
The Senate has revealed its decision to investigate an alleged assault on a security guard by the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Danladi Umar....
The Senate on Monday challenged governors of the 36 states in the country to grant full autonomy to the judiciary in their various states. President Muhammadu...
A coalition of civil society groups on Thursday, expressed disappointment with the National Assembly for failing to meet the deadline set for the passage of the...
The Senate on Wednesday, confirmed the nomination of Dr Halilu Shaba as the Director-General of the National Space Research and Development Agency (NSRDA). The confirmation followed...
The Senate resumed plenary on Tuesday, April 13, after a fortnight break, and adjourned sitting till Wednesday due to the demise of two lawmakers Ripples Nigeria...
Chairman, Senate Committee on Health, Senator Ibrahim Oloriegbe, on Thursday, appealed to striking resident doctors to return to work, saying “any soul that dies as a...
The Senate Committee on Public Accounts on Wednesday commenced investigation into the alleged sale of two Prado jeeps for N1.5million by officials of the Lake Chad...
A legal practitioner, Omang Omang on Wednesday, April 7, appealed to the Senate President Ahmed Lawan to ban the current occupant of the Cross River North...
The Federal Government on Tuesday explained to the Senate how it intends to spend the 995million euros and $1.5 billion loan request. According to the Minister...
The Senate Public Accounts Committee has again, summoned the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, giving him up till Thursday, to appear before...
The Senate Committee on Public Accounts on Sunday, March 28, issued another summons to the management of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) for clarification of its...
