The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Bashiru Ajibola, has explained why the upper legislative chamber postponed the passage of the 2023...
Ten days before the end of 2022, President Muhammadu Buhari has written the Senate, seeking the approval of a total sum of N819.5 billion supplementary 2022...
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the nomination of an aide to President Muhammadu Buhari, Lauretta Onochie as the susbtantive chairman of the board of the Niger...
The Nigerian Senate has deliberated on the cash withdrawal limit policy announced by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), offering three recommendations to the financial regulator....
The Public Accounts Committee of the 9th Senate has summoned the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mr. Mufutau Bello, over unverifiable N113...
A bill seeking to reduce the power of the president on the sack of the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) scaled the...
The Senate has referred the Special Assistant on New Media to the President, Lauretta Onochie, to its Committee on Niger Delta Affairs for screening as the...
Two deputy governors of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Aishah Ahmed and Edward Adamu, have been questioned by the Senate Committee on Banking and Financial...
The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, said on Monday he would not vie for election into the Senate after the expiration of his tenure in 2023....
One hundred ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs) have been given a one-week deadline by the Senate to appear before it and provide an account of how...
The new cash withdrawal policy recently announced by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will be the subject of a motion that the Senate will discuss...
With just 31 days to the end of the year, the Senate on Wednesday passed the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) 2022 budget of N607.9 billion. This...
The Ministry of Labour has come under probe by the Senate’s Public Accounts Committee over suspected forgery of participants’ signatures at the zonal skill acquisition it...
The Senate has endorsed the award of N48 billion oil pipeline surveillance contract to a former militant leader in the Niger Delta, Government Ekpemupolo aka Tompolo....
The Senate Committee on Special Duties on Monday summoned the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, over the alleged insertion of N206 billion...
The Senate on Thursday quizzed the Minister of Defence, Major General Bashir Magashi (retd), over alleged duplication of budgetary votes. The Vice Chairman of the Senate...
The Senate established an ad hoc committee on Wednesday to investigate the alleged uneven distribution of a half-trillion-naira loan by the Development Bank of Nigeria to...
The Senate on Wednesday declared its support for the redesign of the Naira notes by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The development followed the adoption...
The Senate has resolved to investigate the discrepancy in the National Agency for the Control of Aids (NACA) budgeting system. The Chairman of the Senate Committee...
The Senate Committee on Army on Thursday assured the Nigerian Army of continuous support in its efforts to address security challenges in the country. The Chairman...
The Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges, and Public Petitions on Thursday gave the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) two weeks to resolve its crisis. The bureau...
The Senate on Wednesday approved the 2023-2025 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP) for the country. This followed the adoption of the...
The Senate on Tuesday passed a bill on the amendment of the Court of Appeal Act, 2013. The bill, sponsored by Senator Chukwuka Utazi, is seeking...
The Senate, on Wednesday, confirmed the nomination of Justice Olukayode Ariwoola as the substantial Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). This followed a screening by the Committee...
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, on Friday, reaffirmed the National Assembly’s commitment to the fight against corruption and insecurity in the country. Lawan, who spoke at...
Deji Adeyanju, a political analyst, has lampooned the plan by some members of the 9th National Assembly to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari over the distressing state...
The Senate on Wednesday passed the Electricity Bill, 2022 following a consideration of detailed report from its Committee on power. The passage of the bill coincidentally...
The Senate on Wednesday passed a bill on the establishment of the National Social Security Commission. The bill is expected to put in place a National...
The Senate on Tuesday suspended plenary over the death of a lawmaker representing Egor/Ikpoba-Okha Federal Constituency of Edo State in the House of Representatives, Jude Ise-Idehen....
CLAIM: A Facebook user in a recent post claimed that delegates sent by the Nigerian Senate to visit Senator Ike Ekweremadu, who is in prison custody...
Senators on Wednesday confirmed the seven ministerial nominees forwarded to the upper legislative chamber by President Muhammadu Buhari last week. President Buhari had on June 21...
Following Senator Ike Ekweremadu’s detention in London for alleged organ harvesting, the Senate intends to send a delegation to pay a visit to the former Deputy...
As the country kept grappling with the several political intrigues and challenge, the polity was jolted by the news of the resignation of former Chief Justice...
The National Assembly will work to alter the election statute to provide protection against the law’s flaws, according to Senate President Ahmad Lawan. Lawan made this...
The Senate, on Tuesday, insisted that the investigation into the activities of former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Tanko Muhammad, will proceed. Sen. Opeyemi Bamidele (APC-Ekiti)...
The Senate on Wednesday set up an ad hoc committee to probe Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) for alleged non-compliance with the Petroleum Act and violation...
The Senate, on Wednesday, proposed a Bill to ensure the revamp of the Almajiri education system for national development. Senator Aliyu Wamakko (Sokoto North, APC) moved...
The Senate on Tuesday resumed plenary after a five-week break. The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, in his welcome address said the upper legislative chamber would continue...
The past few weeks have been full of intrigues in Nigeria’s political space as the two major parties; the All Progressive Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) caucus in the Senate from the South-East has urged Iyorchia Ayu, the party’s national chairman, to propose Uche Ekwunife, a lawmaker...
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, said on Tuesday the Senate would intervene in the lingering dispute between the Federal government and the Academic Staff Union of...
The Senate on Tuesday revised the Electoral Act 2022 to allow ‘statutory delegates,’ or elected officials, to attend and vote in political party conventions, congresses, and...
The Senate, last week, passed a bill which outlawed the payment of ransom to kidnappers. We tracked two other stories from the National Assembly (NASS), for...
The Terrorism (Prevention) Act of 2013 has been passed by the Senate, outlawing ransom payments to kidnappers in Nigeria. The bill was passed after the Senate...
The Senate on Thursday identified crude oil theft as the major cause of the country’s economic downturn. In a heated debate at the plenary, several senators...
President Muhammadu Buhari has transmitted bills seeking to prevent money laundering and terrorism to the Senate for consideration. In a letter addressed to the lawmakers and...
Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, said on Tuesday the All Progressives Congress (APC) caucus in the National Assembly would work hard for the party’s success in the...
President Muhammadu Buhari has requested the Senate’s approval for adjustments to the 2022 fiscal framework to accommodate the increase in fuel subsidy to N4 trillion. The...
The Senate, on Wednesday, passed a bill to facilitate a thorough review of copyright laws banning individuals or corporate bodies from broadcasting any digital or online...
The Senate on Tuesday passed the bill on the establishment of the University of Medical Sciences and Biomedical Technology across the six geopolitical zones in the...
