Baring any last minute change of plans, the Senate will next Tuesday, commence an investigation into how Paris Club refunds and other bail out funds given...
Immediate-past President of the Senate, David Mark, on Wednesday, spoke on the floor for the first time in two years and four months. This is the...
Some senators, on Wednesday, descended heavily on President Muhammadu Buhari and claimed that the country was on the brink of collapse. They also claimed that Nigerians...
The Senate has deferred the probe of the alleged insubordination, abuse of office and alleged fraud in the award of over $25 billion worth of contracts...
More than one week after the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, constituted a committee to probe the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr Ibrahim Idris, on claims that...
The Senate on Wednesday considered and passed for second reading a Bill for an Act requiring regular publication of existing vacant positions in Federal Government offices...
The Senate, on Thursday, descended on the Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, over claims that the National Assembly was yet to approve President Muhammadu Buhari’s...
The Senate has revealed that it will soon commence investigations into the alleged misappropriation of over N1.2 billion by the leadership of the National Broadcasting Commission...
The Senate says plans have been concluded to hand companies found culpable in its investigation into alleged N30 trillion revenue scam in the import and export...
The Senate has set up a committee to conduct a comprehensive investigation on the alleged insubordination, due process abuse and maleficence leveled against the Group Managing...
The Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, has stated that the Senate was wrong to accuse the Federal Government of abysmal funding releases for capital projects in...
Lawmakers on the Senate committees on Appropriation and Finance, on Tuesday, slugged it out with the Ministers of Budget and National Planning, and Finance, Mr Udoma...
The Senate, on Tuesday, decried the state of Nigeria’s foreign missions. It said the condition of foreign missions was embarrassing. It revealed that some foreign missions...
The Senate has urged the Federal Ministry of Education to scrap post Unified Matriculation Examination (UME) in its entirety. It has also urged the Joint Admission...
Fresh facts have emerged that the suspended former Leader of the Senate, Senator Ali Ndume, who was expected to resume next week, after serving out his...
Following a resolution by Nigeria’s Senate summoning the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, and her colleague, the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udoma Udoma, over...
Ministers will soon face the Senate, to give their accounts of stewardship on the implementation of the 2017 budget. This revelation was made on Tuesday by...
President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday, announced the movement of chairmen and deputies of the various standing committees in the upper chamber. Saraki, who...
President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki has declared as unconstitutional the actions by the South East governors and the Nigerian Defence headquarters against the Indigenous People...
The Senate has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to rein in the chairman of the Presidential Action Committee on Anti-Corruption (PACAC), Professor Itse Sagay, who it accused...
Six months after the Senate mandated its joint committees on Petroleum Resources (Downstream), Petroleum Resources (Upstream) and Gas to probe an alleged N10 trillion-subsidy fraud by...
Works on the proposed amendments to the 1999 Constitution may be delayed further as the 36 state Houses of Assembly have yet to receive the amendments...
President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has said that the Senate will accelerate the passage of the Existing Vacancies in the Federal Civil Service (Prohibition)...
The Upper Legislative Chamber, on Monday, descended heavily on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) saying the party which lost power at the centre in 2015, destroyed...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday signed and transmitted a letter to the National Assembly informing the legislators of his return to duties. The letter stated in...
Against the directive of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, the Senate has advised nominees into the headship of three Federal Government institutions not to resume work until...
President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has approve the sack of over 100 personal aides. Special Adviser to Saraki on Media and Publicity, Mr Yusuf Olaniyonu,...
The Senate has cautioned sponsors and participants in the protests by a coalition of civil society organizations (CSOs) under the aegis of #OurMumuDonDo, to stop heating...
Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, has called on Nigerians to judge the Upper Chamber of the 8th National Assembly...
A former military governor of Kaduna State, Col. Abubakar Umar, has called on Nigerians to support the efforts of public officers committed to their duties and...
By Ehisuan Odis Last Wednesday, the Senate passed an amendment bill tagged, ‘The Legislature’. It altered sections 4, 51, 67, 68, 93 and 109 of the...
On Thursday, it was the turn of the House of Representatives to undertake the clause-by-clause debate of proposed amendments to the 1999 Constitution. The House fared...
Although calls from various quarters across the country have intensified in recent times in support of restructuring, the Senate, on Wednesday, in what will be interpreted...
The senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved the widely popular age criteria reduction for political offices. The amendment votes read thus: 86 in support, 10 against, 1...
The Senate at about 12.35pm today, voted against devolution of powers to States. Forty eight voted against it, while 46 voted in favour. It however voted in...
Barely 24 hours after it indicted top government officials, over the suspension of Nigeria by Egmont Group, the Senate has introduced a bill for an Act...
The Senate, on Thursday, declined to confirm the nomination of Professor Mustapha Zubairu as a Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC). Similarly, the confirmation of three other REC...
Amidst serious concerns over undue interference in the work of the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU), the Egmont Group, which is a body of 154 financial...
The Senate, on Wednesday, announced that it will soon commence a probe of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), to ascertain how grants and other...
About two weeks after it boasted to high heavens that it will henceforth not consider requests for confirmation of nominees from the presidency, the Senate, on...
More than two weeks after a scandalous video emerged, which showed Senator Bukar Abba Ibrahim dressing up in the presence of two women, allegedly after sex,...
Senate President Bukola Saraki on Wednesday swore in Ademola Adeleke, who received his certificate of return at the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)...
The Senate on Tuesday passed a bill that would ensure that victims of gunshot wounds receive necessary treatment from medical workers and assistance from security agencies....
The Senate, on Tuesday, came hard on the Government of Kogi State, over a three-page advertorial it placed in some national dailies, wherein it claimed that...
Overwhelmed by negative reactions to some observations on the floor of the Senate, the President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki on Thursday night held a...
Chairmen of the standing committees in Nigeria’s upper legislative chamber, the Senate, have initiated moves to ensure that their currrent positions are secure. On the other...
The Senate has mandated its Committee on Marine Transport to investigate a N3billion fraud allegation against the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). The allegations were raised on...
The Senate on Wednesday swore in Isah Lau as the lawmaker representing Taraba North Senatorial District. The swearing-in ceremony was conducted shortly before the day’s plenary...
Few days after a scandalous video emerged, which showed Senator Bukar Abba Ibrahim dressing up in the presence of two women in a room, possibly after...
The Senate on Wednesday again warned the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, to desist from attacking the National Assembly. It said the...