The Senate on Tuesday did a U-turn by reversing itself on electronic transmission of election results, as it empowered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to...
The Senate on Wednesday confirmed nominees for the board of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). This is even as one of the lawmakers noted...
President Muhammadu Buhari has forwarded the revised 2022-2024 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP) to the Senate for consideration. The Deputy Senate...
President Muhammadu Buhari is slated for a presentation of the 2022 Appropriation Bill before a joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives on Thursday....
The Senate on Wednesday asked President Muhammadu Buhari to declare bandits wreaking havoc in the North-West part of the country as terrorists. The call followed the...
The Nigerian Senate has called on the Federal Government to urgently consider an Emergency Intervention Fund of about N300 billion for critical roads in Niger State....
The Senate has passed the 2022-2024 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP) of the Federal Government with no adjustments to the assumptions...
A Bill proposing for life imprisonment for the “offence of kidnapping or any form of abduction, wrongful restraint and confinement,” on Tuesday, passed the second reading...
The Senate on Tuesday passed a bill seeking to control and manage sickle cell anaemia in Nigeria. The passage of the bill followed the adoption of...
A group known as the Atiku Abubakar’s Support Organisation on Monday condemned the recent move by President Muhammadu Buhari to get a fresh foreign loan. The...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday sent a letter to the Senate, seeking its approval for additional external loans in addition to 2018 to 2021 borrowing plan....
The Senate has raised concern over the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) excessive staff expenses, directing the Director-General, Mr Lamido Yuguda, to act quickly to prevent...
Some Nigerian companies are said to be evading tax payment with change of office location as the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) can no longer trace...
The Senate on Monday urged the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to suspend the ongoing nationwide strike in the interest of Nigerians. The Federal Government...
President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan has stated that the National Assembly has approved extra-budgetary funding for modern equipment to enhance fire power and operational needs...
The Senate has refuted reports about the potential creation of 20 additional states. According to the upper chamber, their resolution was “grossly misrepresented” by sections of...
Claim: Viral video claims Nigerian Senate is calling for division of the country. Conclusion: False. The scene in the video in reference took place within the...
The Senate has halted its probe of an alleged assault on a security man, Clement Sargwak, at the Banex Plaza in Abuja, by the Chairman of...
The Senate has commenced the process of recovering N76 billion loans from some agencies via the office of the Accountant-General of the Federation (AuGF). In order...
The National Assembly (NASS), last week, was nothing short of a theatre of commotion during the consideration of the Electoral Act (Repeal/Re-enactment) Bill, 2021. In a...
Embattled Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) Danladi Umar, has instituted a suit against the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation,...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has contradicted the position of the National Assembly on the electronic transmission of election results, saying it has the capacity...
The Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, on Friday described the decision of the Senate to curtail the powers of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in...
The Senate on Thursday, passed the contentious Electoral Act Amendment Bill amidst a lot of rancour and heated debate, with 52 voting for it while 28...
The Senate on Thursday adjourned plenary till September 14 for its annual vacation. The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, disclosed this after considering the votes and proceedings...
The National Assembly was plunged into a rowdy session on Thursday as plenary turned riotous over deliberations on the Electoral Act Amendment Bill. The bill seeks...
The Senate on Thursday approved the Federal Government’s 2018-2020 external borrowing rolling plan of $8.3 billion and 490 million euros. The fund was approved after the...
=Nigeria will henceforth deploy robots and artificial intelligence in fighting crime in the country. Consequently the Federal Government has established a centre where such initiatives would...
The Senate on Wednesday commenced proceedings on the Electoral Act Amendment bill ahead of the 2023 elections. This was presented by the Committee on INEC during...
The Senate has passed a bill that proposes a 10-year jail term for purveyors of hate speech in the country. The bill which was passed during...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday forwarded the 2022-2024 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP) to the Senate for approval. The Senate President,...
Social media users are applauding the Nigerian Senate for rejecting Lauretta Onochie’s nomination for the post of National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said Senate’s rejection of the nomination of Lauretta Onochie as a National Commissioner with the Independent National Electoral Commission has...
The Senate has turned down a fresh request of $434.7m from the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, for projects already captured in the borrowing plan...
The claim by President Muhammadu Buhari’s aide, Lauretta Onochie, denying being a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been punctured by an affidavit she...
Nigerians on social media have taken a swipe at the Senate for screening Lauretta Onochie, Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Social Media, for appointment...
In order to ensure adequate preparedness regarding the 2023 elections, the Senate on Thursday commenced the screening of the Special Assistant to the President Muhammadu Buhari...
The House of Representatives and Senate have disagreed over the approval of another loan for President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. President Buhari had sought approval for the...
The Senate on Wednesday passed the 2021 Supplementary Budget of N982.72 billion, an increase of N87 billion of the request presented to it two weeks ago...
Lawmakers at the National Assembly have condemned what they described as the “unlawful” encroachment and arrest of Nigerians by the government of the Republic of Benin....
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said that the Senate will on Wednesday, consider President Muhammadu Buhari’s N895.8 billion supplementary budget request. Lawan made the...
Senate President Ahmad Lawan has announced the composition of the Conference Committee on the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). The announcement was made on Tuesday at plenary....
The Senate has directed former Managing Directors of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (SITF), to appear before it on Tuesday to explain the circumstances that...
A new Electoral Act Amendment Bill set to be presented on the floor of the Senate has advocated for a total ban of electronic transmission of...
The Senate, on Wednesday, approved the passage of the Firearms Act 2004 (Amendment) Bill 2021, increasing the fine for illegal importation and sales of firearms to...
The Senate has stated that the Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNOC) Mele Kyari, will address the Senate on the Petroleum Industry Bill, 2021...
The National Assembly has confirmed the nomination of Mr. Kolawole Oladipupo from the South West Zone as the Executive Commissioner of the Federal Competition and Consumer...
After a long wait, the Senate on Tuesday announced that debate will commence on the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) on Thursday. This pronouncement...
The Minister for Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said the Federal Government was not the sponsor of the controversial anti-press bills now before the National...
The Senate on Friday said it had uncovered a massive fraud ring within the Ministry of Niger Delta as officials were indicted of illegally disposing six...
