The Senate on Wednesday adjourned plenary till July 4. This followed the adoption of a motion presented by the Deputy President of the Senate, Barau Jubril,...
The Senate Chief Whip, Orji Kalu, Saturday, stunned his colleagues when he broke down in tears at the upper legislative chamber’s valedictory session in Abuja. The...
The Senate on Thursday approved the refund of N6.7 billion spent by the Kebbi government on repairs of the Federal Government’s roads in the state. This...
The Senate has shifted its valedictory session to Saturday. The Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, disclosed this during a meeting with the Senate Press Corps on Wednesday...
The Nigerian Senate has granted the request of President Bola Tinubu to appoint 20 special advisers. The President’s request was granted on Tuesday, after it was...
The Senate on Tuesday passed an amended Act establishing the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). This followed the consideration of a report...
The Senate on Saturday extended the implementation period for the N819 billion 2022 Supplementary Budget to December 31. This followed the consideration and passage of the...
The Nigerian Senate has increased the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) ways and means advances to the Federal Government from five per cent to 15 per...
A bill on the compensation for victims of the October 2020 ENDSARS protest in the country scaled the first reading in the Senate on Wednesday. The...
President Muhammadu Buhari has requested the Senate’s approval for payment of $566,754,584.31, £98,526,012.00, and N226 billion judgement debts. The president made the request in a letter...
President Muhammadu Buhari has requested the Senate’s approval for the issuance of a N16.7 billion promissory note to the Borno State government as a refund for...
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the reappointment of Abike Dabiri-Erewa as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission for another term of...
The ‘battle’ for the leadership positions of the 10th Senate Assembly is seen as the father of all battles and a war which we must know...
A resolution urging the Central Bank of Nigeria to release $717,478,606 in airlines’ funds that are currently held in the nation was approved by the Senate...
President Muhammadu Buhari has requested Senate’s approval for a $800 million loan from the World Bank. The president made the request in a letter read by...
Senate on Tuesday set up an ad hoc committee to investigate alleged unauthorised spending by Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) on its 2021 and 2022 budget...
President Muhammadu Buhari has forwarded the names of 12 persons to the Senate for confirmation as members of the Governing Board of the North East Development...
Ahmad Lawan, the president of the Senate, stated on Wednesday that the security situation in some areas of the nation was getting worse. The military, he...
The Senate on Wednesday approved the sum of N22.7 trillion spent by the Federal Government without the parliament’s approval. This followed the adoption of a report...
The Senate on Tuesday ordered the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, to stop immediately the planned demolition of aviation agencies’ offices in Lagos. This followed the...
Senators-elect from the North-Central have insisted on the Deputy Senate President position coming to the region in the 10th National Assembly. The caucus comprising of members...
The Senate has shifted the resumption of the plenary to May 2. The Clerk of the Senate, Mr. Chinedu Akubueze, disclosed this in a statement on...
These top 10 stories across the nation’s newspapers might interest you. 1. ‘Worry about your president-elect, not me’, Atiku debunks reports of plans to flee Nigeria...
The Senate has upheld the former Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris’ indictment with respect to the payment of N74 billion in social benefits without...
The Senate has demanded the refund of the N19 billion the Budget Office transferred to four Ministries Department and Agencies (MDAs) without the Ministry of Finance’s...
In 2016, the Auditor General released a report indicating that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) was unable to account for crude oil deliveries worth...
The Senate, on Tuesday, approved a new Chinese bank, China Development Bank, to fund the Kaduna-Kano railway project after China Exim Bank withdrew its financial support....
The prolonged internment of former Senate President Joseph Wayas’ remains in a mortuary 14 months after his dying in a London hospital drew the ire of...
The Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi, has joined the race for the 10th Senate Presidency. Umahi confirmed the development when he addressed members of the state...
The Senate on Tuesday lamented President Muhammadu Buhari has rejected a Bill seeking to amend the nation’s constitution and empower lawmakers to summon the president and...
Only three female senators-elect were on the list of successful names published by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as the incoming legislators of the 10th...
The complete list of the 10th Senate’s incoming members who whom elections on February 25, has been made public by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)....
The Senate was thrown into a rowdy session on Tuesday as members deliberated on the shoddy manner the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has conducted the...
Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade, has lost his bid to return to the Senate after losing the Cross River North Senatorial district seat to incumbent...
The former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, on Saturday’s won the senatorial election in Edo North Senatorial District. The Independent National...
The Senate on Tuesday gave the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy a 48-hour ultimatum to account for the N13.9 billion received from service-wide votes from...
The Senate on Wednesday confirmed the former Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase as Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC). President Muhammadu Buhari had on...
The Senate on Wednesday adjourned the plenary for the 2023 general elections. The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, made the announcement at the plenary in Abuja. He...
The Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions on Friday summoned the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, Mele...
The Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, and the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, have been given three days to provide details...
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, on Tuesday, charged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure credible conduct of this year’s elections. Lawan, who made the...
The Senate on Tuesday said that it would adjourn plenary next week to give lawmakers the time for campaigns ahead of polls. This is coming few...
“There comes a midnight hour when everyone has to throw away his mask”…..Soren Kierkegaard. In an attempt to fairly interrogate the above quote, one needs to...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday urged the National Assembly to reconsider its position on his proposal to securitize the Federal Government’s outstanding Ways and Means balance...
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Army, Ali Ndume, said on Friday evening that the Senate was not aware of the N22 trillion Ways and...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday held a closed-door meeting with the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, at the State House in Abuja. The meeting took place 24...
The Senate has approved N95.26 billion for the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) Power Company after Committee on Power submitted a report on the budget. In...
The Senate has suspended the request by President Muhammadu Buhari to restructure the N22.7 trillion loan from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) over accusation of...
The Senate on Wednesday urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to extend the deadline for the withdrawal of old Naira notes to June 30, 2023....
The Senate on Wednesday passed a supplementary budget of N819 billion for the 2022 fiscal year. The development came after the Senate amended the 2022 Appropriation...
