A bill seeking for an act to set up state police in Nigeria has scaled through second reading in the Senate. Senator Bashiru Surajudeen Ajibola, who...
A bill seeking the ban on the importation and use of all kinds of generators passed first reading at the Senate on Wednesday. The bill which...
THE Senate on Tuesday set up a joint Committee to assess the impact of the deadly Coronavirus on the nation’s economy. The Joint Committee comprised Senate...
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Nigerian Senate to change the date for the implementation of 7.5 per cent for Value Added Tax (VAT). The request...
The controversial anti-social media bill sponsored by Senator Mohammed Sani Musa was on Monday rejected by stakeholders during the public hearing put together by the Senate...
The Senate will conduct the public hearing on the anti-social media bill currently before the lawmakers on Monday. A copy of invitation letters sent out to...
A bill for the establishment of a National Electoral Offences Commission which proposes a 20-year jail term for electoral offenders passed second reading on the floor...
The Senate on Thursday considered a bill which proposes stiffer sanctions for any person or corporate entity involved in gas flaring in Nigeria from January 1,...
The Senate on Thursday commenced a probe into the reasons behind the huge difference in deposit and lending interest rates among commercial banks and other financial...
The President of the Nigerian Senate, Ahmed Lawan, on Tuesday said the Senate will not rest until insecurity challenges in the country are tackled. The Senate...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it will soon meet to fix a date for election to fill the seats vacated by Bayelsa State...
The Senate on Tuesday moved to check the rising emigration of medical and health professionals from Nigeria to developed countries when it considered a bill seeking...
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the nomination of Captain Musa Shuaibu Nuhu as Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). Nuhu’s confirmation was sequel to...
The Senate Committee on Public Accounts on Tuesday threatened to demand the removal of heads of Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) for failing to appear before...
Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege was on Thursday named as the head of a 56-member Constitution Review Committee inaugurated by the Senate. The committee was...
The Nigerian Senate has warned Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of Government to present their audited accounts before the end of the year. The Senate threatened...
The Nigerian Senate has clarified that loan request presented by President Muhammadu Buhari-led government before the National Assembly was $22.6 billion and not the $29.96 billion...
The Senate on Thursday resolved to probe the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) over the sum of $396 million expended on Turn-Around Maintenance of refineries in...
Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, has added his voice to the growing calls for the sacking of...
The Senate said on Wednesday the country’s security infrastructure has failed Nigerians and implored President Muhammadu Buhari to as a matter of urgency declare a National...
The Nigerian Senate has disclosed that it will probe Deputy Senate President Ovie Omo-Agege over the allegation that he was convicted of felony in a California...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday disclosed that a new Board for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) will be constituted and sent to the National Assembly...
The Senator representing Anambra South at the National Assembly, Ifeanyi Ubah, on Thursday secured an order of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, compelling the...
The Senator representing Anambra South Senatorial District, Ifeanyi Ubah, on Friday evening filed an appeal at the Court of Appeal, Abuja, to challenge his sack from...
There is heightened tension in the camp of US President Donald Trump after articles of impeachment charging the American leader with abuse of power and obstruction...
The Senate Monday faulted the decision of the Socio-Economic Right And Accountability Project (SERAP) to file a lawsuit over the N37 billion earmarked for the renovation...
The Nigerian Senate has adjourned plenary till January 28, 2020 The lawmakers announced this on Friday during a short plenary, where it delibrated and passed the...
The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi 111, has remarked that anyone who did not want to be criticised had no business in government. The...
The Nigerian Senate on Thursday adjourned plenary till Friday over the death of its member, Benjamin Uwajumogu. Uwajumogu, 51, who represented Imo North, died on Wednesday....
The Nigerian Senate has approved the appointment of Muhammad Nami as Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). President Muhammadu Buhari had written the...
The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday resolved to conduct an investigation into the alleged closure of over 600 Nigerian shops and businesses by Ghanaian authorities. The Senate,...
A bill seeking to take the obligation of road construction, maintenance and rehabilitation from the Federal Government is currently under consideration at the Senate. If passed...
A bill which seeks to end discrimination against female officers in the Nigerian Police Force was on Thursday introduced to the Nigerian Senate. The bill wants...
The Senate on Thursday, asked its committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal matters to investigate last Friday’s invasion of the Federal High Court, Abuja by...
The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday passed for second reading, a bill seeking to have a minimum of 20 per cent of Nigeria’s annual budget allocated to...
The Senate said on Wednesday it would carry out a holistic investigation into the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) over alleged non-remittance of N800 billion...
The Senate on Wednesday urged the federal, state and local governments to declare emergency on unemployment across the country. The call followed the adoption of a...
The Senate on Tuesday authorised its Committee on Finance to investigate the circumstances around the non-remittance of over N20tn into the Federation Account by the Central...
The Senate, through its president Ahmad Lawan, has promised to commence work on the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) the moment senators resume work in January 2020....
The Senate Wednesday rejected the nomination of Raheem Muideen Olalekan as the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) over his membership of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The...
The Nigeria Senate Committee on Appropriation is alleged to have raised the 2020 budget. The committee purportedly increased the capital part of the 2020 Appropriation Bill...
The Nigerian Senate has refused to approve the nomination of Mr Raheem Muideen as the Resident Electoral Commissioner for Osun State. The lawmakers rejected the nomination...
The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday adjourned plenary over the death of a member of the House of Representatives, Ja’afaru Ilyasu. The deceased lawmaker, represented Magamu/Rijau federal...
The House of Representatives on Friday said it would go ahead and host the interim management team of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) for the...
The Nigerian Senate on Friday said it has not taken any decision regarding the removal of the death penalty from the controversial Hate Speech Commission Bill...
Kaduna Central Senator in the 8th Senate, Shehu Sani has warned that Nigerian could be walking into debt slavery with the current escalation of borrowing by...
The Nigerian Senate has again refused to recognize the Caretaker Committee of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Chairman Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs,...
A former Governor of Ogun State, Aremo Olusegun Osoba, has condemned the controversial Hate Speech Bill being considered at the Senate. Osoba, a Chieftain of the...
The House of Representatives Thursday passed the 2019 Finance Bill presented by President Muhammadu Buhari after it passed its third reading. The Senate had earlier passed...
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Senate to amend a section of Nigeria’s current Companies and Allied Matters (CAMA) law. He made the request in a...
