The Nigerian Senate on Thursday approved and passed the revised 2020 budget of N10.8 trillion. The House of Representatives had also a day earlier approved and...
A bill that seeks to protect rape victims in the country from stigmatization, on Wednesday passed second reading at the Nigerian Senate. The bill entitled ‘Rape...
The nomination of Lamido Yuguda as the Director-General (DG) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has been approved by the Senate. While the Senate confirmed...
The Senate on Tuesday commenced the probe of moribund paper mills in the country with a view to reviving them. The resolution followed the adoption of...
The Chief Whip of the Nigerian Senate, Orji Uzi Kalu, on Tuesday returned to the plenary of the Senate. Kalu had been in prison since late...
The Senate said on Thursday it would launch a probe into the N1.8 trillion Federal Government interventions in the power sector since the privatization of the...
The Senate on Wednesday said those accusing President Muhammadu Buhari of lopsided appointments into Federal Government establishments and agencies are merely engaged in ‘beer parlour’, talks....
The Senate on Tuesday approved President Muhammadu Buhari’s $5.513 billion external loan request to finance the revised 2020 budget. The president’s request was approved after the...
The Nigerian Senate has called on the relevant authorities to see that rapists in the country face stiffer punishments. The Senate made the call during its...
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of 37 nominees forwarded to it by President Muhammadu Buhari for confirmation. The nominees were confirmed after the upper...
The Nigerian Senate Committee on Finance has asked the National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to explain why the cost of oil production is ‘very high’ in Nigeria....
A bill seeking the amendment of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development Act 2010 scaled second reading in the Senate on Tuesday. The bill...
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has called for the immediate review of the privatization exercise of the power sector by previous administrations. Lawan gave the...
The Senate on Tuesday told the Federal Government to suspend the planned electricity tariff hike over hardship caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. The...
The Nigerian Senate has reacted to calls by state governors for Nigeria’s federal lawmakers to dump the controversial Infectious Diseases Bill 2020 currently before both chambers...
The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday urged the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Nigerian government to implement a report of its ad-hoc committee to address killings by bandits in...
The Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, said on Tuesday the Senate’s investigation into the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) finances was to complement the Federal Government’s ongoing...
The Nigerian House of Representatives has approved Present Muhammadu Buhari’s request to borrow N850 billion from domestic capital market. The Reps members gave their approval for...
The names of 42 ambassadorial nominees have been sent to the Senate for screening and confirmation by President Muhammadu Buhari. The President of the Senate, Ahmad...
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the Nigerian Senate to confirm Professor Jumai Audi for appointment as the Chairman of the Nigerian Law Reform Commission. President Buhari...
A rights group in Delta State, the Ijaw People’s Development Initiative (IPDI), on Friday said it does not have confidence in the ability of the Nigerian...
The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday approved its committee recommendation that the nation’s police force should be decentralised. The lawmakers also approved community policing as a way...
A National Health Emergency Bill on Tuesday passed first reading at the Nigerian Senate. The bill, which is a quarantine law, is similar to the Infectious...
The Senate has urged the Federal Government of Nigeria led by President Muhammadu Buhari to suspend the planned deployment of the Fifth Generation Network across the...
The Senate on Tuesday gave a speedy approval to a request by President Muhammadu Buhari to borrow N850billion to finance the 2020 budget. President Buhari had...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday asked the Nigerian Senate to approve N850 billion loan for the Federal Government. He said the loan would be used by...
The National Assembly has resumed plenary on Tuesday (today) after its break following the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria. The lawmakers, meanwhile, adhered to the...
The Senate will resume plenary on Tuesday, the clerk of the upper legislative chamber said on Monday. Nelson Ayewoh, who disclosed this in a statement in...
One Prince Musa, who impersonated Senator Bulus Amos, representing Gombe South at the Nigerian Senate, has been convicted by a Gombe State High Court. Musa posed...
Following the rising cases of coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria, the House of Representatives has decided to adjourn plenary indefinitely. This was disclosed by the House Speaker,...
The Senate on Friday suspended public hearing following the outbreak of Coronavirus in the country. The upper legislative also announced a partial closure of its public...
The Presidency on Thursday described as cheap politics calls by senators for President Muhammadu Buhari to address Nigerians on the outbreak of Coronavirus in the country....
An Appeal Court in Abuja has sacked the ruling of an FCT High Court which sacked Ifeanyi Ubah as a senator. The FCT High Court presided...
The Nigerian Senate has banned all forms of public hearing and excursion of students to the Senate. It also announced the closure of its gallery to...
The Nigerian Senate has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently let Nigerians know his government’s efforts to address Coronavirus (COVID-19) disease in the country. The...
The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday called on President Muhammadu Buhari to consider placing a travel ban on countries with high risk of coronavirus. The request was...
A bill seeking for an act to set up state police in Nigeria has scaled through second reading in the Senate. Senator Bashiru Surajudeen Ajibola, who...
A bill seeking the ban on the importation and use of all kinds of generators passed first reading at the Senate on Wednesday. The bill which...
THE Senate on Tuesday set up a joint Committee to assess the impact of the deadly Coronavirus on the nation’s economy. The Joint Committee comprised Senate...
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Nigerian Senate to change the date for the implementation of 7.5 per cent for Value Added Tax (VAT). The request...
The controversial anti-social media bill sponsored by Senator Mohammed Sani Musa was on Monday rejected by stakeholders during the public hearing put together by the Senate...
The Senate will conduct the public hearing on the anti-social media bill currently before the lawmakers on Monday. A copy of invitation letters sent out to...
A bill for the establishment of a National Electoral Offences Commission which proposes a 20-year jail term for electoral offenders passed second reading on the floor...
The Senate on Thursday considered a bill which proposes stiffer sanctions for any person or corporate entity involved in gas flaring in Nigeria from January 1,...
The Senate on Thursday commenced a probe into the reasons behind the huge difference in deposit and lending interest rates among commercial banks and other financial...
The President of the Nigerian Senate, Ahmed Lawan, on Tuesday said the Senate will not rest until insecurity challenges in the country are tackled. The Senate...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it will soon meet to fix a date for election to fill the seats vacated by Bayelsa State...
The Senate on Tuesday moved to check the rising emigration of medical and health professionals from Nigeria to developed countries when it considered a bill seeking...
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the nomination of Captain Musa Shuaibu Nuhu as Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). Nuhu’s confirmation was sequel to...
The Senate Committee on Public Accounts on Tuesday threatened to demand the removal of heads of Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) for failing to appear before...