President Muhammadu Buhari has requested that the Senate approve its plan to restructure N23.7 trillion Ways and Means advances given the Federal Government by the Central...
The Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has come under fire from the Senate Committee on Public Accounts for a N960 million personnel expense in the...
A former deputy president of the Nigerian Senate, Ibrahim Mantu has died. Mantu is said to have have given in to complications arising from Covid-19 infection....
Two months after President Muhammadu Buhari requested Senate approval for a N2.3 trillion loan, the lawmakers have given him a go-ahead to obtain the debt. President...
President Muhammadu Buhari has finally approved the postings of ambassador-designates to Nigerian Missions abroad. The Nigerian Senate had six months ago confirmed nomination of the envoys....
The Nigerian Senate, dumping all forms of affiliations and sentiments, is unyielding in its call on President Muhammadu Buhari to sack his underperforming security chiefs. The...
The Senate has requested the Nigerian government to conduct an inquiry into a purported loss of revenue summing up to $9 billion every year from illegal...
The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday approved the immediate reconstruction and dualisation of the Kano-Danbatta- Kazaure-Daura-Niger border road. The Senate took the resolution after adopting a motion...
The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday renewed its call to President Muhammadu Buhari to sack the service chiefs over the failure of the military and other security...
The Nigerian Senate has described as irresponsibility taken too far, the report that it was desperate to pass the controversial social media bill. An online publication...
The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday passed a resolution calling for the sack of the country’s service chiefs over the spate of insecurity in the country. The...
The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday, said it would provide legal backing for the proposed community policing in the country. This was revealed by the President of...
The Nigerian Senate on Thursday adjourned plenary till Friday over the death of its member, Benjamin Uwajumogu. Uwajumogu, 51, who represented Imo North, died on Wednesday....
A bill to establish a Federal Roads Authority on Wednesday passed second reading at the Senate. The bill seeks to repeal the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency...
The Senate, through its president Ahmad Lawan, has promised to commence work on the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) the moment senators resume work in January 2020....
The Nigerian Senate has refused to approve the nomination of Mr Raheem Muideen as the Resident Electoral Commissioner for Osun State. The lawmakers rejected the nomination...
A bill to review provisions of the Criminal Code Act on rape and kidnapping passed second reading at the Nigerian Senate on Tuesday. The bill sponsored...
A bill on gender equality has been reintroduced in the 9th National Assembly by Senator Biodun Olujimi (Ekiti South). The bill, which is seeking gender equality...
The senate has intervened in the ongoing dispute between the Nigerian government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) over the implementation of the Integrated...
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, said on Wednesday that Nigerians need to pray more for the country to overcome its numerous challenges. Lawan stated...
The Nigerian Senate has asked three of its committees to immediately probe seven International Oil Companies (IOCs) for alleged refusal to remit to the government about...
The Nigerian Senate has said that it would on Wednesday (tomorrow) inaugurate its standing committees. This was announced by Senate President Ahmad Lawan after a closed-door...
The Nigerian Senate has frowned at citizens’ outcry over its plans to purchase Sport Utility Vehicles amounting to about N5.5 billion for senators. The leader of...
The committee on the Diaspora and Non-Governmental Organisations of Nigerian Senate has called on the Federal Government to take decisive actions over the xenophobic attacks in...
The senator representing Ogun West, Tolu Odebiyi, has appealed to the Federal Government Joint Task Force on smuggling to exercise high sense of responsibility in its...
Godwin Obaseki, governor of Edo state, has responded to the ultimatum given to him by the Senate to issue a fresh proclamation letter to reconvene the...
Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has announced chairpersons for the Senate Standing Committees. During plenary on Tuesday, Lawan announced 69 committees for the Senate. The announcement was...
The Senate on Tuesday, confirmed all 43 of the ministerial nominees sent to it by President Muhammadu Buhari, after it’s screening exercise. Buhari had on Tuesday,...
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, has said President Muhammadu Buhari’s 43-man ministerial list is meant to boost the formation of an...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the Senate to send the names of President Muhammadu Buhari’s ministerial nominees to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission...
The Nigerian Senate has screened 24 of the 43 ministerial nominees President Muhammadu Buhari sent to it on Tuesday. The screening continues today (Friday) as the...
Nigerian Senate on Thursday refused to question a ministerial nominee, but instead, asked him ‘to take a bow and go’ because he ‘is loyal’ and has...
The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday commenced the screening of the ministerial nominees sent to it on Tuesday by President Muhammadu Buhari. The nominees had arrived for...
Deputy Majority Leader of the Nigerian Senate, Ajayi Boroffice, has denied media reports quoting him to have said he cannot visit his home town for fear...
The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday warned the South African government to put an end into the incessant killing of Nigerians by South African citizens. The Senate...
Nigerian Senate on Wednesday expressed worries over the growing issues of pipeline explosions and deaths of Nigerians as a result. The lawmakers have therefore directed the...
The Nigerian Senate and the police have both been urged to ensure that justice is served to Senator Elisha Abbo for attacking a nursing mother at...
The senator from Adamawa North, Elisha Abbo, who assaulted a nursing murder at a sex toy shop in Abuja, has been granted bail in the sum...
A former member and national publicity secretary of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Dayo Adeyeye, is now the new spokesman of the Senate. This...
Nigerian Senate presided over by Ahmad Lawan on Thursday swore in a 12-member ad hoc committee. The committee chaired by Senator Abubakar Kyari, is to liaise...
A day to the election of 9th Senate leadership, Senator Ajayi Boroffice has renounced his desire to become the next deputy president of the Senate. The...
Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has announced that he has no intention to seek re-election into the Senate in 2023. Ekweremadu, who represents the Enugu West...
Disturbed by worsening security situation in the country, a Nigerian senator has suggested that he and his colleagues should sell three out of their many vehicles...
The Senate on Wednesday passed the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB) and some others earlier rejected by President Muhammadu Buhari. The PIGB is aimed at having...
The Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday failed to meet the deadline it set to lay the 2019 budget. The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, who gave the...
The Eighth National Assembly is gradually rounding up, and the ninth National Assembly is due to be inaugurated in June 2019. As some actors bow out,...
The Senate has also adjourned plenary till April 2 to allow heads of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) appear before its committees to defend their 2019...
One of the senators who lost his re-election bid, Biodun Olujimi (PDP Ekiti), has described the 2019 general elections as a sham, saying that the poll...
The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday adjourned planary to March 12 few minutes after resumption over their inability form a quorum. The lawmakers were initially scheduled to...
The Senate Thursday adjourned plenary till after the presidential and National Assembly polls without considering the 2019 budget. Ike Ekweremadu, Deputy Senate President, who presided over...
