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...
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....