The Nigerian Senate has said that it would on Wednesday (tomorrow) inaugurate its standing committees. This was announced by Senate President Ahmad Lawan after a closed-door...
The National Assembly has issued a warning to all revenue generating federal ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) engaging in diversion of revenues to desist from the...
The Senate on Monday described a suit seeking to stop it from spending N5.5 billion on the purchase of vehicles for its principal officers as an...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), BudgIT, Enough is Enough (EiE) and 6,721 concerned Nigerians have dragged the National Assembly Service Commission to court in...
Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has described as absurd and unacceptable the attack on the former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu. Ekweremadu was to give a keynote...
The leadership of the Senate has denied claims by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly, Senate, Ita Enang that there is a...
In a bid to stop the Senate from carrying out its takeover threat, the Edo State House of Assembly, has run to an Abuja Federal High...
Vocal former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has slammed the Senate over its mode of screening for ministerial nominees. In a post on his official Twitter handle,...
The Senate on Tuesday, confirmed all 43 of the ministerial nominees sent to it by President Muhammadu Buhari, after it’s screening exercise. Buhari had on Tuesday,...
The Nigerian Senate on Monday vowed to write the South African Government in efforts to ensure the killing of Nigerians in that country is brought to...
The House of Representatives has said it made a mistake in its resolutions on the crisis rocking the Edo State House of Assembly. According to a...
Majority of ministerial nominees sent to the Senate by President Muhammadu Buhari may be disqualified except they are able to provide their asset declaration certificate by...
The Nigerian Senate has screened 24 of the 43 ministerial nominees President Muhammadu Buhari sent to it on Tuesday. The screening continues today (Friday) as the...
Nigerian senators on Wednesday fumed at perceived patiality of the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, during the screening of ministerial nominees. This happened when the former Transportation...
President Muhammadu Buhari In Wednesday swore-In Ibrahim Tanko as the substantive CJN following his screening and approval by the Senate. President Buhari swore him in at...
Paul Ibe, spokesperson of Atiku Abubakar, has attacked President Muhammadu Buhari on the release of his ministerial list. Ibe claimed that the President was only directing...
There are indications that President Muhammadu Buhari has sent his ministerial list to the Senate for confirmation. The speculations gained more prominence as the Senate went...
The lawmakers elect of Edo State House of Assembly loyal to the All Progressives Congress (APC) national chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, on Thursday had a meeting with...
Senate has approved the nomination of Aliyu Saidu Abubakar as non-executive commissioner of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). His approval comes after the 8th Senate led...
The Nigerian Senate has rejected a prayer by its ad-hoc committee investigating Elisha Abbo, to extend the time it will submit the report on the senator’s...
The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday, confirmed Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad as the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). The development came after Muhammad, who has been...
Worried over the insecurity challenges currently afflicting the nation, the Senate on Tuesday reiterate the need to convey an “all-inclusive” national summit on security. The Senate...
The Supreme Court has dismissed two suits filed by Ned Nwoko, challenging the election of Sen. Peter Nwaoboshi as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate representing...
Nigerian Senate has said that it is unhappy, like most other Nigerians, over the security situation in some parts of the country. The Senate also noted,...
The Senate on Friday said President Muhammadu Buhari is not under compulsion to attached portfolios to his ministerial nominees’ list, contrary to a resolution passed on...
The Nigerian Senate has confirmed that it is set to screen three non-executive Commissioners and one Executive Commissioner for the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC). President of...
Barring any hitches, President Muhammadu Buhari would submit his long-awaited ministerial list to the Senate before this week runs out. This was made known by the...
The Nigerian Senate has been urged to revisit the recent police reform bill passed into law, which prescribed two years imprisonment or N5 million fine for...
The Senate has set up a six-man ad hoc committee to investigate the case of blindness caused by the use of Avastin injection at the National...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on all former governors now in the ninth Senate to publicly commit to stop collecting pensions from their...
The Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, has expressed concern over the current structure of the All Progressives Congress in the South-South. He said there is...
President of the 9th Senate, Ahmed Lawan, on Friday suggested that the issue of appropriation bill staying long with lawmakers before its passage will be a...
President Muhammadu Buhari has charged the newly elected presiding officers of the 9th National Assembly to use their positions for the higher interest of the country...
The Nigerian Senate has commenced the process of electing its principal officers and inauguration of the 9th Senate. The event however started with commotion and arguments...
As the date for the inauguration of newly elected public officers draws closer, embattled Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, has said the seizure of his Certificate...
Apparently worried over the poor state of health infrastructure in the country, the Senate has summoned the health minister, Prof. Isaac Adewole, to explain the reason...
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has painted a gloomy picture for the Nigerian economy under the President Muhammadu Buhari administration, saying...
The Senate on Wednesday commenced the screening of Dr. Godwin Emefiele as Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for a second term. The CBN...
The Senate on Wednesday threw its weight behind the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, NFIU, over its new guidelines it issued concerning withdrawals from the accounts of...
The Acting Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu has said the police is reviewing its strategies on view of the worsening security situation in the country....
The All Progressive Congress (APc) has been dragged to court over its failure to consider the South East region in the leadership arrangement for the 9th...
Chairman, Senate Committee on Navy, Senator Isah Hamma Misau, has stated that his colleague from Delta Central, Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege has to face the consequences of...
Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriation, Rep. Mustapha Dawaki, has disclosed that the National Assembly (NASS) would transmit the approved 2019 budget of N8.92 trillion...
As the race for the presidency of the ninth Senate intensifies, the Senator Ahmad Lawan for ninth Senate President Group has resolved to meet with two...
The Senate Committee on Works has directed that the Apapa Truck Park under construction be completed and handed over to Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) for use...
A group of protesters under the aegis of Advocates for Good Governance (AGG) on Wednesday barricaded the main entrance of the National Assembly in protest of...
The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday postponed passage of the 2019 Appropriation Bill till Tuesday next week. Senate Committee on Appropriation had last week submitted its report...
To: His Excellency, The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari, & Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki, Speaker of the...
The Senator representing Ebonyi South Senatorial District, Sonni Ogbuoji, has been ordered to vacate his seat at the National Assembly by a Federal High Court sitting...
The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday passed the Electric Power Sector Reform Act (Amendment) Bill, 2019 and Chemical Weapons (Prohibition) Bill, 2019. Also passed by the lawmakers...
