Senators on Wednesday came hard on President Muhammadu Buhari over what they described as the unrealistic projections made in the 2017 budget. The lawmakers who took...
President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the senate exonerating Acting Chairman of the Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibrahim Magu, and Secretary to the Government of the...
Senate President, Bukola Saraki, his Deputy, Senator Ike Ekweremadu and chairman, Senate committee on Anti-Corruption and Financial Crimes, Chukwuka Utazi, on Thursday, clashed over the deployment...
In less than two years since his inauguration on May 29, 2015, President Muhammadu Buhari is seeking another medical vacation, The president on Tuesday wrote the...
The Senate, on Wednesday, passed the 2017-2019 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and the Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP). The Red Chamber retained the exchange rate at...
The Senate, Wednesday, raised the alarm that the crisis in the North East region of Nigeria has been turned into a money-making venture. Senators also raised...
Senate Deputy President, Ike Ekweremadu, has finally rejected claims that he is nursing plans to defect to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Ekweremadu’s denial is...
The Senate, on Tuesday, frowned at the alleged refusal by the Federal Government to pay some Federal Judges their four-month salary arrears. Accordingly, two committees, Finance...
Minority Leader of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, today, told the new Senate Leader, Ahmed Lawan, that he is not constitutionally empowered to run the affairs of...
The Senate, on Wednesday, confirmed the appointment of Anthony Ayine as Auditor-General of the Federation (AGF). President Muhammadu Buhari had in a letter addressed to the...
The new Senate Majority Leader, Senator Ahmad Lawan, on Wednesday, assumed duties, even as his predecessor, Ali Ndume complained that due process was not followed in...
The Senate, on Wednesday, rejected Federal Government’s ban on the importation of vehicles through the land borders in the country. It described the policy as anti-people...
In a shocking move Tuesday, the All Progressives Congress (APC) caucus in the Senate, announced the replacement of Senator Ali Ndume as its Leader and Ahmed...
The Senate, worried that the planned closure of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport will not serve the collective interest of Nigerians, has summoned some ministers to...
The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has revealed that the Red Chamber will commence debate on the 2017 budget document next week. Saraki who spoke on Tuesday...
There appears to be an uneasy calm at the corporate headquarters of the country’s leading anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), since the...
Senate President, Bukola Saraki on Tuesday pledged that the Nigerian Senate, upon resumption, will look into the crises that have led to the wanton loss of...
Republican President-elect Donald Trump has dismissed recent sanctions slammed on Russia by outgoing Barack Obama in a statement saying “it is time for America to move...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday signed the Bill on Endangered Species (Control of International Trade and Traffic) Amendment Act 2016 into law. This was the last...
The Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar III, has asked the Senate to discard the bill which seeks to ensure men and women have equal inheritance rights...
The drama arising from the Senate’s failure to confirm the appointment of Acting Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairman, Ibrahim Magu, continues as another Senator...
The presidency has reached out to the Senate informing it of its intention to carry out a cabinet shake up that may affect no fewer than...
Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Mr. Babachir David Lawal, may have to come up with more explanations over allegations of corruption against him....
Days after the Senate outrightly rejected the confirmation of the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu, new facts have...
The Nigerian Senate is fuming over what it feels is an insulting response from the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Babachir Lawal,...
The Senate, on Thursday, rejected the confirmation of the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu. Ripples Nigeria had earlier...
The Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal, has described as attempt to rubbish his person, the call by the Nigerian Senate on Wednesday...
A report of the Senate adhoc committee on North-East Humanitarian Crisis, on Wednesday, indicted the Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. David Babachir Lawal....
In anticipation of the arival of President Muhammadu Buhari who is still in Gambia, to the National Assembly to present the 2017 budget, the three entraces...
Senator Dino Melate (APC, Kogi State) has derided the present administration for allowing corruption thrive in the NNPC in spite of its stance against graft. The...
Lawmakers, predominantly drawn from the North-East and North-West geopolitical zones, on Tuesday disagreed sharply on the floor of the Senate. This followed the removal of Kano...
The Senate has a busy week ahead of it as a number of activities earlier put off by the lawmakers will dominate the deliberations of the...
The Senate, today, shifted the planned confirmation hearing of the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu. The acting chairman...
The Upper Legislative Chamber, on Thursday, received the status report of its Constitution Review Committee, chaired by the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu....
Worried over the death of three members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), the Senate, on Thursday, called for the complete overhaul of the scheme....
About five months after receiving a letter from President Muhammadu Buhari to confirm Mr. Ibrahim Magu as chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),...
The Senate, will on Wednesday (December 7th, 2016) begin the public hearing on the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIB), which passed second reading on Tuesday, November...
Lawmakers and the Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, on Monday, disagreed on plans by Upper Legislative Chamber to scrap the Federal Roads Maintenance...
Normalcy may soon return to the troubled Niger Delta region, as strong indications have emerged that the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), currently before the Senate will...
Senate President, Bukola Saraki says that for as long as government spends money on road construction, power generation, railway and other infrastructural facilities which could be...
Barely twenty four hours after Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmakers staged a walkout over the defection of Senator Yele Omogunwa to the ruling All Progressives Congress...
The Senate, on Wednesday, instructed the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) to immediately stop the planned increment of data tarrifs for mobile phone users. The Upper Legislative...
The Senate, today, set up a 6-man adhoc committee to investigate Federal Government’s revenue generating agencies, over claims that they are under-remitting billions of naira realized...
After lawmakers of the upper legislative chamber are done with the EFCC Act, a former governor of Rivers state, Dr. Peter Odili, who has stayed away...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday vowed that the appropriation bill for 2017 fiscal year will not be tampered with or padded, as happened to the 2016...
Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki, yesterday, confirmed an exclusive story recently published by Ripples Nigeria that the on-going process of amending the 1999 Constitution being undertaken...
President Muhammadu Buahri will on December 1, 2016, send the budget for 2017 fiscal year to the a joint session of the National Assembly This was...
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu will soon appear before a joint committee of the Senate to explain Nigeria’s recent oil deals...
The Senate has expressed surprise at a recommendation by the Nigerian Law Reform Commission for a review of the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Act in order to...
Mr. Ibrahim Magu, the dreaded anti-corruption czar and current acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), needs no introduction in the political sphere....
