A Nigerian court on Wednesday, presided over by Justice Ahmed Mohammed, voided moves by the legislative arm of government to re-order the nation’s election timetable. In...
The festering crisis of confidence between the Presidency and the National Assembly may have deepened. There were signs yesterday that the Senate may have resolved to...
Nigeria’s National Assembly led by Senate President Bukola Saraki and House Speaker Yakubu Dogara paid out N5, 638, 664, 700 to 44 unqualified contractors, PREMIUM TIMES...
The Senate is currently in a closed door meeting. The meeting started at about 10:53am. As at 1:20pm on Tuesday, lawmakers were still in their closed...
The Senate has directed security agencies to prevent the suspended Senator Ovie Omo-Agege from further gaining entrance into its chamber, Saturday PUNCH learnt on Friday. Omo-Agege,...
The plot by the leadership of the Senate to take further actions against some members of the Parliamentary Support Group for Buhari was largely responsible for...
Following the invasion of the Senate by some unknown hoodlums, allegedly acting on the orders of a suspended senator, Ovie Omo-Agege, the upper legislative chamber, has...
Trouble started in the Red Chamber at about 11.30am, when some armed thugs, invaded the Senate. The thugs drove into the building in three vehicles- a...
The Senate has resumed plenary after coming out of a closed door session where the earlier incident of forceful removal of the mace was deliberated upon....
Some people suspected to be political thugs on Wednesday morning invaded the floor of the Senate during plenary and snatched away the mace. This is coming...
The Senate, on Tuesday, supported the position of Enyinnaya Abaribe, who last week, decried the spate of killings in different parts of the country and condemned...
The Senate, on Tuesday, summoned the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, her Defence counterpart, Mansur Dan-Ali and Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN),...
President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki has called on the new President of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Justice Chile Eboe-Osuji, to among others, embark on...
Senators, on Thursday, clashed on the floor of the Red Chamber, following a statement made by Enyinnaya Abaribe. Abaribe, while condemning comments credited to Muhammadu Buhari...
The Senate, on Thursday, suspended Senator Ovie Omo-Agege for 90 legislative days. This translates to six months, following the adoption of a report of the committee...
The Senate on Thursday rejected a request from the Kaduna State Government for a loan $350 million, from the World Bank. The rejection followed the recommendation...
The body in charge of determining salaries and allowances for public office holders, Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), Wednesday said only the National Assembly Service...
The Senate in what is apparently a move to veto President Muhammadu Buhari has reintroduced the Bill seeking to amend the Electoral Act 2010. According to...
Members of the Senate, who are against the impending move to override President Muhammadu Buhari on the Electoral Act 2010 Amendment Bill, are now “over 50,”...
The Senate on Thursday, rejected the nomination of Dr. Asheikh A. Maidugu as a member of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of...
The police have paraded two men they said were members of an armed gang perpetrating violence in Kogi State. The police said the suspects had confessed...
The heat generated by the plan to change the order of elections in the country is growing hotter, as both sides have stepped up schemes to...
Senator Dino Melaye, representing Kogi West, has announced his decision to head to the Supreme Court to challenge the judgement of the Appeal Court upholding the...
The Senate has been advised to ignore the reasons given by President Muhammadu Buhari for not signing the Electoral Act 2010 Amendment Bill passed by the...
Senators, on Thursday, said Nigeria was gradually itching towards a failed state. They condemned the spate of killings in different parts of the country. Lawmakers made...
The Senate on Thursday opposed an Abuja Federal High Court order stopping the National Assembly from taking any further action on the Electoral Act Amendment Bill,...
The Senate, on Wednesday, instructed its committee on National Security and Intelligence; Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, to summon the National Security Adviser (NSA), Mr....
The next steps to be followed by the senate have been revealed following President Muhammadu Buhari’s refusal to assent to the amended electoral act sent to...
Almost one year after it resolved that nominees of President Muhammadu Buhari not captured in the 1999 Constitution will no longer be considered, following a statement...
Legal practitioner and rights activist, Femi Falana has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to put an end to the payment of “illegal” salaries and allowances being paid...
The 8th Senate presided over by Abubakar Bukola Saraki may go down in history as the Senate that eventually blew the lid of Nigeria’s most guarded...
The Senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, has angered a number of his colleagues for lifting the veil on the N13.5 million illegal allowances members of...
The Nigerian Army has reacted to the statement by Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu suggesting the possibility of a coup owing to alleged anti-democratic acts by...
The Senate on Thursday, mandated its committees on Police Affairs, Security and Intelligence to summon the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris and the Chief of...
The Senate, on Wednesday, rejected a bill proposing the option of wearing of skirts by female members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). The rejection...
The Senate, on Tuesday, invited the Minister of State for Aviation, Mr. Hadi Sirika, to brief it on steps taken by the Federal Government to minimise...
The federal government and the Senate have again presented different narratives as to what is the cause of delay in the passage of the 2018 Appropriation...
Nigeria’s expulsion from the Egmont Group may have been averted following the intervention Thursday evening by the President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, and the...
The National Assembly has passed a Federal Audit Services Bill which seeks to ensure the independence for the Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation. The...
Ten days to the meeting of members of Egmont Group, where Nigeria will be expelled, both chambers of the National Assembly are yet to transmit a...
The Senate, on Wednesday, said it will pass the 2018 budget without submissions from many Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). The threat followed an observation by...
The Senate, on Tuesday, unveiled plans to investigate allegations of double registration leveled against the governor of Kogi State, Mr. Yahaya Bello. The decision to probe...
Lobbying is in top gear in the Senate, preparatory to overriding President Muhammadu Buhari, if he decides to veto the recent amendment to the Electoral Act,...
Senator Shehu Sani from Kaduna state has alleged that a monkey swallowed N70 million from the farm of a senator, Abdullahi Adamu. Sani’s sarcastic statement, followed...
Twenty four hours after the Senate mandated its committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions to investigate Senator Ovie Omo-Agege and nine others over statements criticising...
The Senate, on Tuesday, mandated its committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions, to investigate comments credited to Senator Ovie Omo-Agege and nine others. In the...
The Senate, on Tuesday, passed a Motion calling on the Federal Government, through the Ministry of Health to establish rehabilitation centers in each of the 36...
The ongoing amendment of election sequence by the National Assembly, on Wednesday, caused an uproar on the floor of the Senate. Senators loyal to President Muhammadu...
President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki has again maintained that lawmakers will not be intimated. Saraki who stated this on Tuesday on the floor of the...
Strong indications have emerged that political leaders from the north, may have commenced moves to endorse President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor. This is even as the leaders,...