AdminMar 14, 20182 min readSenate reacts to Buhari’s rejection of electoral act amendmentThe Nigerian Senate has spoken on President Muhammadu Buhari’s refusal to assent to the National Assembly’s amendment of the Electoral...
AdminMar 13, 20182 min readSenate speaks on 2018 budget, confirmation of Magu, other Buhari’s nomineesNigerian Senate on Tuesday said there was no date yet for the passage of the 2018 Budget. Senate’s spokesperson, Sen. Sa’abi Abdullahi,...
AdminMar 13, 20182 min readSenate moves to divide Ministry InformationSenate on Tuesday moved to split the Federal Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism in a bid to reposition the Tourism sector...
AdminMar 13, 20182 min readSenate uncovers most FG international treaties lack force of lawThe Senate Tuesday expressed concern that most treaties entered between the federal government and other international countries do not...
AdminMar 13, 20181 min readSenate receives Buhari’s letter declining assent to reordering of election sequence billPresident Muhammadu Buhari, Tuesday declined assent to the controversial bill seeking to re-order the election sequence recently passed...
AdminMar 13, 20181 min read2019 election timetable: Senate blows hot, warns INECThe Senate on Monday admonished the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, against undermining the powers of the National...
AdminMar 9, 20183 min read2019 election sequence: Senate speaks on ‘targeting’ BuhariThe Nigerian Senate has again stated that its decision to review Electoral Act, which would alter sequence of election timetable starting...
AdminMar 9, 20181 min readPeace Corps: What we expect Buhari to do – SenateThe Nigerian Senate say it expects President Muhammadu Buhari to officially explain to the red chamber why he refused to assent to the...
AdminMar 8, 20182 min readSenate summons Buratai, IGP Idris over abducted Chibok, Dapchi schoolgirlsSenate on Thursday summoned the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Ibrahim Idris and the Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, over the...
AdminMar 8, 20181 min readSenate accuses Kogi governor, Bello of alledgedly importing restricted security gadgets ahead of 201Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial district, Dino Melaye has made a stunning revelation on the floor of the Senate on Thursday,...
AdminMar 8, 20182 min readSenate summons British company, BP Oil over $3.3 billion questionable oil dealSenate Committee on Local Content has summoned a British firm, BP Oil International Limited over a $3.3 billion pre-financing crude oil...
AdminMar 8, 20181 min readPlot to impeach Senate president, destabilize senate thickensThe Senate Thursday raised concerns over underground plots to impeach the Senate president, Abubakar Bukola Saraki and destabilize the...
AdminMar 8, 20181 min readSenate names Ad-hoc committee to investigate Kogi governorSenate Thursday named Ad-hoc committee to investigate Kogi State governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello over attacks on Senator Ahmed Ogembe’s...
AdminMar 7, 20182 min readSenate threatens to move against EFCC, othersSenate on Wednesday said it would be forced to withhold budgetary approvals for any government agency and parastatal which failed to...
AdminMar 7, 20181 min readICPC Secretary takes charge as Senate stalls confirmation of chairmanDr. Musa Usman Abubakar​, Secretary of the ​Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission ​(ICPC), has taken over...
AdminMar 7, 20181 min readSenate laments poor network service, tell USPF to justify budget allocationsThe Chairman Senate committee on communications, Senator Gilbert Nnaji, has asked the Universal Service Provision Fund to justify budget...
AdminMar 7, 20181 min readSenate rejected only 13 executive nominees in two years – SarakiSenate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has revealed that since the 8th Senate was inaugurated in June 2015, it has confirmed 227...
AdminMar 7, 20182 min readOnly 10% of FG parastatals have audited reports – Senate revealsThe Senate has disclosed that only 10% of the parastatals of the federal government have submitted their audited reports. This was...
AdminMar 7, 20182 min readPeace Corps: Senate move to override Buhari’s assent, accuses President of borrowing 11 trilliFollowing President Muhammadu Buhari’s refusal to assent to peace Corps bill which was communicated to the Senate last week, Senate may...
AdminMar 7, 20181 min readDrama in Senate over ‘Jerry-Boy’There was a mild drama at the Senate yesterday when Senator Jeremiah Useni (PDP, Plateau) stood up to second a motion on College of...
