Two of the bills rejected by President Muhammadu Buhari have received the blessings of the Senate, as the lawmakers on Wednesday resolved to veto the bills....
President of the Nigerian Senate, Bukola Saraki, said the Senate has fulfilled the promise it made to pass the Nigeria Police Trust Fund Bill within the...
The outgoing Governor of Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, has said he is going to the Senate to fight for free education for Nigerian students. The...
The Eighth National Assembly is gradually rounding up, and the ninth National Assembly is due to be inaugurated in June 2019. As some actors bow out,...
The budget padding claims made by President Muhammadu Buhari who accused the National Assembly of hugely padding debt figures to be repaid by the Federal Government...
Former Senate Majority Leader, Senator Ali Ndume has released a list of nine things he hoped to achieve should he be elected the President of the...
The Minister of Trade and Investment, Okechukwu Enelamah had a rough time convincing the Senate Committee on Trade and Investment on Monday over the allocation of...
There were indications last night that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has tentatively agreed on power sharing formula for five more principal offices in the 9th...
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has been accused by the Senator-elect for Osun East Senatorial District, Chief Francis Fadahunsi, of treating senators...
The Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, on Monday, appealed to the Senate for the approval of an additional $461.8 million loan for the completion...
By John Chukwu… Lawmakers who will represent various federal constituencies across the country were elected on February 23 to occupy the 9th National Assembly. There were...
Former Akwa Ibom State Governor, Godswill Akpabio, and the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state have approached the Election Petition Tribunal to reclaim the Akwa...
Some members of the upper chamber of the National Assembly, on Wednesday, described the debt profile of the country as alarming. The senators, Ike Ekweremadu, Dino...
After months of deliberation, the Senate ad hoc committee on a New National Minimum Wage Bill, 2019, has agreed with the House of Representatives, recommending N30,000...
The Nigerian Senate was on Wednesday thrown into a rowdy session over a request by Senator Dino Melaye to present a motion on militarisation of the...
Senator Godswill Akpabio has lost in his bid to return to the Senate chambers to represent Akwa Ibom North Senatorial District. Akpabio who recently left the...
The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday adjourned planary to March 12 few minutes after resumption over their inability form a quorum. The lawmakers were initially scheduled to...
Barely two weeks after the Senate set up an eight-member Ad-hoc Committee for further legislative inputs into the N27,000 New Minimum Wage Bill sent to it...
The Nigerian Senate has announced the withdrawal of a suit filed before the Supreme Court challenging the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice...
The Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, has faulted the Senate’s decision to approach the Supreme Court for the interpretation of federal government’s...
The APC caucus in the Senate has disowned the suit the Senate filed at the Supreme Court, seeking interpretation on the suspension of the Chief Justice...
The Nigerian Senate has put off its plan to reconvene on Tuesday, January 29th. The Senate had earlier adjourned till 19th of February to enable members...
The Nigerian Senate has confirmed the appointment of Modibbo Tukur as the pioneer Director of the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU). The confirmation was made at...
An executive bill sent to the Senate last year seeking to concentrate the control of water resources under the Federal Government has died a natural death...
The media aide to Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Yusuph Olaniyonu, has said the Senate President does not have the power to unilaterally stop payment of salaries...
The Senate has ordered an immediate probe into the arrest and detention of the convener of Concerned Nigerians, Deji Adeyanju who has spent days in incarceration....
Ali Ndume, the senator representing Borno South, has disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari’s letter on the request to present the 2019 budget on Wednesday is yet...
The Senate, on Tuesday, suspended the confirmation of the four nominees as Members of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The senate cited marginalization as...
Six months after his conviction by a Federal Capital Territory High Court, Senator Joshua Dariye is still receiving the N750, 000 salary and N13.5m monthly running...
Ahmad Lawan, Majority Leader of the Senate and a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says President Muhammadu Buhari not signing the electoral act amendment...
President Muhammadu Buhari may present the 2019 Budget to the National Assembly next week. But the lawmakers said they have not received any official communication from...
Ibrahim Idris, Inspector-General of Police (IGP), has spoken against the senate confirming the appointment of an IGP. Idris said this while demanding that the senate expunge...
The Senate Leader, Ahmed Lawan, has said the country may be forced to rely on the 2006 electoral act as amended in 2015 if President Muhammadu...
The Governor of Kwara State, Abdulfatah Ahmed yesterday admitted that he might forego his senatorial ticket for Kwara South Senatorial District for the incumbent Sen. Abdulrafiu...
The Nigerian Senate Committee on Gas has demanded the schedule of 45 withdrawals made from the accounts of the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) from 1999...
The Senate says it may set up an ad-hoc committee, on resumption from its one-week recess, to probe the alleged mismanagement of N33bn currently rocking the...
A pro-Atiku group has berated the Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) over its reaction on the stand of the senate regarding the reduction of fine placed on...
Many senators who have been cleared by the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest the 2019 general elections stayed away from plenary on Tuesday, forcing the...
The Nigerian Senate has frowned against attempts by the Federal Government to reduce the $8.1 billion fine imposed on MTN Nigeria, to $800 million. The Senate,...
Barely spending ten minutes at the floor of the red chambers, the senate Tuesday adjourned plenary to the 20th of November. The senate president, Dr. Bukola...
The Deputy Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Publicity, Senator Ben Murray-Bruce, has assured Nigerians that the upper legislative chamber would ensure the speedy passage of...
The Senate has reacted to criticisms over its cutting of the budgets of some ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) to fund the 2019 elections. Rafiu Ibrahim,...
Months after signing the 2019 appropriation bill as accrued to different Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), the Senate, Wednesday, approved that the budget of 30 MDAs...
The Senate on Wednesday turned rowdy following allegations that the Social Intervention Programme of the Federal Government had been turned into a campaign tool. Making the...
The upper chamber of the National Assembly will today (Tuesday) probe claims by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on the rationale behind the diversion of...
The upper chamber of the National Assembly Wednesday embarked on another break, two weeks after resuming from its annual break. The Senators are billed to resume...
Former Minority Leader of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has asked Senate President Bukola Saraki and other senators who have defected from one party to another to...
The Nigerian Senate In Wednesday, passed a resolution calling on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to suspend the excessive ATM card maintenance charges being deducted...
Wednesday’s plenary of the upper chamber of the National Assembly was held up for more than 25 minutes as the session became rowdy over sitting arrangements....
The Nigerian senate has set up an ad hoc committee to probe a $3.5 billion “subsidy recovery fund” said to be managed by Maikanti Baru, Group...
