The secretary to the government of the Federation, Babachir David Lawal has revealed that a number of activities in this year’s Democracy Day celebration were not...
The Senate at plenary on Thursday turned down the nomination of Saidu Abubakar, a nominee for the board of the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC). It should...
Disturbed by allegations of secret employments executed by Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of the Federal Government, the Senate committee on Federal Character and Inter-Governmental Affairs,...
The Senate on Tuesday, summoned the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr. Ibrahim Idris to appear before the relevant committees on plans to end the genocide in...
The Senate, today, out-rightly rejected the 46 political ambassadorial nominees list sent to it about a fortnight ago by President Muhammadu Buhari. The Senate committee on...
More revelations have emerged as to why the Senate refused to approve the 2016 budget of Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) asides the excuse that it...
The Senate has uncovered a fresh alleged budget padding of over N10 billion in the 2016 budget of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). The fresh...
More than one week after lawmakers rejected President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2016-2018 External Borrowing Rolling Plan request of $29.9 billion, the Senate has returned the proposal to...
Almost four months after President Muhammadu Buhari forwarded the 2016 budget of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to the Senate, lawmakers, on Thursday, failed to...
The Senate may soon abandon the contentious Grazing Reserve Bill. The bill is currently before the Senate and has already been read for the first time....
The Senate on Tuesday, ordered a comprehensive investigation into allegations of contract scam in the Code of Conduct Bureau. The Senate adopted a motion sponsored by...
The Eighth Senate wiil on Wednesday November 9, 2016, consider a legislation to reform the administration and management of the customs and excise system in Nigeria....
Barely two days after Senators rejected President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2016-2018 borrowing plan request, the Red Chamber on Thursday, described the proposal and the 2016-2018 Medium Term...
Worried by the cold relationship between the executive arm of government, the National Assembly and the party, Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Governors’ Forum,...
The Senate, on Wednesday, failed to amend the Electoral Act of 2010. The amendment would have provided for the substitution of a dead governorship or presidential...
The Senate, Wednesday gave the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) up to December 10, 2016 to conduct the pending National Assembly Elections in Rivers State. The...
The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, today, prevented a rejection of a list of non-career ambassadorial nominees sent in by President Nuhammadu Buhari. Senate Leader, Ali Ndume...
The Nigerian Senate, on Tuesday, dumped President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2016-2018 External Borrowing Rolling Plan request of N29.96 billion. The request was rejected immediately the Senate convened...
Last Thursday, the Senate, in concurrence with the House of Representatives, transferred the power of the President in controlling the Code of Conduct Bureau and Code...
The National Assembly on Thursday, transferred the power of the President in controlling the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) and Code of Conduct Tribunal Act (CCT)...
The Senate, today, expressed worry over Federal Government’s implementation of the proposed N500 billion intervention funds for the recruitment of 500,000 school teachers and payment of...
The Senate on Wednesday, said it was working to break the current Federal Government’s monopoly of ownership, control and management of prisons across various states of...
The Senate maybe toying with the idea of re-introducing the payment of tolls on federal highways around the country. The upper chamber, on Tuesday, instructed its...
The Senate has suspended its planned debate on the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and the Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP) this week. Instead, the leadership of...
President Muhammadu Buhari has forwarded a fresh list of 46 ambassadorial nominees to the Senate for confirmation. This is the second list of career nominees Buhari...
The Senate on Tuesday, revealed that investigation into the alleged repatriation of $13.9 billion by MTN Nigeria has begun. The Red Chamber has also revealed that...
Senator Danjuma La’ah, representing Kaduna South, has raised the alarm over what he described as the increasing genocide and destruction of property in southern part of...
The Senate on Tuesday, indicated plans to summon the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Mahmud Mohammed and others named in the ongoing corruption saga and invasion...
The Senate on Tuesday, confirmed Ejemba Eko (North Central) from Benue state and Justice Amina A. Augie (North West) from Kebbi as Justices of the Supreme...
The Senate, on Tuesday, urged President Muhammadu Buhari to issue a proclamation for holding of a population and housing census in 2018 and also release adequate...
The week-long feud between President Muhammadu Buhari and his wife, Aisha has extended to the floor of the Senate, as Senators Biodun Olujimi and her counterpart...
Dr Oluyombo Onafowokan, an Associate Professor, said on Saturday that the directive by the Senate that JAMB should extend the validity of its results to three...
Candidates applying to study in universities, polytechnics and colleges of Education in the country, may soon breath a sigh of relief, as the Senate has passed...
The Senate, today, resolved to set aside 3% of the Federal Value Added Taxes (VAT) for the development of ravaged North-eastern part of the country. Also,...
The Senate on Tuesday rejected some names sent to it by the executive for appointment into the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Those affected were...
Coming on the heels of recent arrest of seven judges in the country, after a raid on their residences by the DSS, President Muhammadu Buhari has...
Mustapha Bukar who represents President Muhammadu Buhari in the Nigerian Senate, on Tuesday, led a debate against Federal Government’s proposed sale of bonds worth N309 billion...
National leader of the APC Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reacted to the Federal government dropping its forgery case against some officials of the Senate. Tinubu...
Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki and his deputy, Senator Ike Ekweremadu today described the verdict of the High Court of Federal Capital Territory dismissing the charges...
Reprieve has come the way of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu, as the Federal Government, Thursday, filed a motion to withdraw...
Almost one year after President Muhammadu Buhari appointed Mr. Ibrahim Magu as acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), his appointment is yet...
As the world celebrates Teacher’s Day, Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has called on government to prioritise the payment of salaries and general welfare of teachers...
The political fortunes of the Tinubu dynasty, today at the Senate, took a hit, as lawmakers, frustrated a bill seeking to give Lagos state a special...
The Federal Government has made a budget proposed of N6, 866,335,052,740 for 2017. This was contained in the Medium Term Expenditure Framework, MTEF and Fiscal Strategy...
Nigeria’s Senators had agreed to contribute N300, 000 each to alleviate the plight of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in all camps in the country. The senators...
The bill by the Federal Government which seeks to make Nigerians pay tax for communications suffered a setback on Monday. This is as the Senate has...
Dr Okechukwu Enelamah, the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, has described as baseless, the allegation by Senator Dino Melaye that he colluded with MTN Limited...
The Senate, on Monday, came down hard against grazing of cows within the Abuja metropolis, as it ordered that any cow caught wandering within the city...
Senator Joshua Dariye may lose his seat at the Senate following his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC....
Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to relocate Kemi Adeosun and Udoma Udo Udoma, ministers of Finance and Budget and planning respectively....
