ByIbraheem Dooba… Three thousand years ago, the war between two 800-pound gorillas of that time, Egyptian and Hittite empires, was threatening to destroy them all. They...
The Senate will allow the embattled acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, defend the budget of the agency irrespective of...
Six of the nine members of the Senate Ad-Hoc Committee on the Humanitarian Crisis in the North-East signed the report of the committee that indicted Secretary...
Seems the majority All Progressives Congress senators in the Senate will not rest until Senator Ike Ekeremadu of the minority Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is booted...
The Senate on Thursday adjourned plenary to January 10 after it swore in the three senators who emerged winners in last Saturday’s National Assembly rerun election...
The Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki, on Wednesday, revealed that the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB) will be passed by the Red Chamber before the end...
President Muhammadu Buhari, today, said he would present the 2017 budget to a joint session of the National Assembly next week Wednesday. President Buhari who made...
Disagreement between the Senate and the House of Representatives on harmonisation of certain aspects of the Code of Conduct Amendment Bill, recently passed by the two...
There was a rowdy session earlier today on the floor of the Senate, following the defection of Senator Yele Omogunwa, representing Ondo South Senatorial District. He...
The Senate, on Wednesday, said President Muhammadu Buhari has no viable economic blueprint to get the country out of its current economic recession. Lawmakers who spoke...
Senators on Wednesday engaged each other in a heated debate over the new Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and the Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP) documents resent...
More revelations have emerged as to why the Senate refused to approve the 2016 budget of Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) asides the excuse that it...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it will hold the Rivers State rerun election for National and State Assembly positions on December 10. This...
The Presidency is optimistic the Nigerian Senate will change its decision and allow President Muhammadu Buhari’s request for external loan of $29.960billion by the time the...
The Senate on Tuesday put up a-10-man ad-hoc committee to probe the diversion of the N5 billion funds meant for the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in...
President Muhammadu Buhari has submitted to the Senate for screening and confirmation six names of national commissioners of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). He also sent...
A minister under President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government has been accused of aiding MTN to repatriate $13.9 billion to its home country, South Africa. Senator Dino...
Nigerian Senate on Tuesday opposed its President, Senator Bukola Saraki on the sale of national assets. Senate made their stand known on the issue during its...
President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki, has said that what Nigerians are concerned with at the moment, is not who brought the economic woes in...
Twelve months after the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) pledged to give the nation reviewed salaries and allowances for political office holders, lawmakers and...
By Sonala Olumhense…This story is about three ghosts. Three ghosts that are not only related, but who haunt in the same darkness, none of them appearing...
By Levi Obijiofor… Nigerians can now rest easy. The Frivolous Petitions Bill 2015 that was introduced in the Senate and sparked public outrage after it passed...
By Reuben Abati …The present Senate serving the Nigerian people runs the risk of being remembered as the worst since 1999. Public Relations Consultants and...
On Thursday, an excited Senate President BUkola Saraki took to his twitter handle to announce the setting up of a functional (Information and Communications Technology) ICT...
In what is being viewed as a ploy to elongate the process of the screening of nominees for ministerial appointments, the Senate on Monday adjourned sitting...
The Nigerian Senate Wednesday confirmed 18 of the ministerial nominees sent to it by President Muhammadu Buhari. The Senate President, Bukola Saraki made the announcement at...
The Senate in the outgoing Seventh Assembly in what could be regarded as a world record on Wednesday passed 46 bills into law within 10 minutes....