The Senate on Wednesday invited the minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, over the unbundling of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). The...
The Senate seeks to pass a Bill that will enable repatriation and prosecution of suspected Nigerian looters and their accomplices living abroad. The lawmakers on Wednesday...
The Media Office of Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has raised an alerted over attempts he said were made by forces behind his on-going trial...
The Federal Government, Monday, explained why it accepted part payment on the fine imposed on telecommunications company, MTN. The Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami,...
Against the outcry that greeted its intention to procure new exotic vehicles for lawmakers in the face of the nation’s dwindling economy, the office of the...
The controversies trailing the implementation of the Treasury Single Account, TSA, came to a head on Wednesday, as the Senate directed the Central Bank of Nigeria...
In spite of the fact that a Federal High Court in Lagos, refused an application by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, seeking to stay further...
The Senate on Sunday said that the move by some governors under the Northern State Governors’ Forum (NSGF) to negotiate for a loan from the Kingdom...
The Senate which had earlier stated that it was not feasible to pass the 2016 budget on the scheduled February 25 date has raised hopes that...
The Senate on Thursday sanctioned the prosecution of top civil servants over the discovery of 23, 000 ghost workers on government payroll reportedly uncovered during the...
The upper legislative chamber has queried the N19billion vote allocated to the Police out of the N53billion initially earmarked in the 2016 budget. The lawmakers also...
The Senate, on Monday, explained why it rejected the 2016 Budget, saying the version submitted by President Muhammadu Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on National Assembly Matters,...
The Nigerian Senate, Monday, announced that it has 30 bills of interest that fast track the change agenda of the current administration slated for the 2016...
The Senate was on Thursday faced with a dilemma, as it had in its possession, two versions of the 2016 proposed budget which were both submitted...
The Senate on Wednesday called on Chief Executives of Aviation agencies in the country to take steps to replace aging pilots in their system. This was...
In what may sound incredible and put a lie to a statement credited to the Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, faulting reports that the Federal...
The upper legislative chamber on Wednesday uncovered how the sum of N701.5billion earmarked for Natural Resources Fund was misappropriated. The Senate Committee on Public Accounts discovered...
Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki Tuesday said if the relevant committees of the Senate had performed their constitutional roles in monitoring and investigating how funds...
The Newspapers Proprietors Association of Nigeria, NPAN, has added its voice to the growing dissent over a bill pending before the Senate titled ‘Bill for an...
Opposition to the proposed anti-social media bill by the Senate seems to be growing by the day, as the Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP), has...
In from Etaghene Edirin . . . It hit Nigerians, especially users of the social media, with a bang, more so because no one had any...
In from Stanley Azuakola . . . The Senate on Tuesday approved N574.532 billion as Nigeria’s 2015 supplementary budget. That approval jacked aggregate government expenditure in...
The Senate has made progress in a bid to ensure that any person who sends any false text message or post false message on the social...
Against a backdrop of agitations by senators of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for President Muhammadu Buhari to be summoned to the Red Chambers to explain...
The Senate, Wednesday, ordered an investigation into the management of the Treasury Single Account, TSA as operated by the government of President Muhammadu Buhari. The Senate,...
The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Wednesday, announced the composition of Senate standing committees, conceding what is the Grade A committees which are regarded as ‘juicy’ to...
The Senate on Tuesday continued with the screening of President Muhammadu Buhari’s ministerial nominees, with the screening of six candidates. Those screened included a former Vice...
The Senate President at the end of plenary today announced that screening of ministerial nominees will continue when the Senate resumes for plenary on Tuesday, October...
The Senate, at plenary this morning, has confirmed Senator Olusola Adeyeye (APC-Osun Central) as its new chief whip. He was nominated by the South West caucus...
Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki and the Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Nigeria, Fahad Sefyan, have pledged to work towards deepening the economic ties between...
In from Enite Banjamin … The Senate on Friday seemed set to carry out a comprehensive probe into the nation’s power sector to establish reasons Nigerians...
The Senate has set up a committee to scrutinise waiver, concessions and grant policies under the last administration, even as it called on the Federal Government...
Five APC senators in the Unity Forum, in support of Senator Ahmed Lawan in the Senate have initiated a court action that may plunge the upper...
The Senate has postponed its resumption from July 21 to July 28, to avert possible crisis in the upper chamber over the appointment of principal officers....
Iyom Uche Ekwunife has been declared winner of the Anambra Central senatorial election by the INEC. She pulled a whopping 101, 548 votes to come tops,...
In spite of oppositions to his nomination, especially because of his alleged role in the Ekiti State governorship election, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro was Wednesday confirmed as...
The Senate Tuesday summoned the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Attahiru Jega to appear before it, Wednesday, February 18, to among other...
