AdminOct 11, 20172 min readElectoral offenders face severe punishment as bill scales second reading in SenateBill to punish perpetrators of electoral crimes in Nigeria has scaled second reading in the Senate on Tuesday. The bill which was...
AdminOct 11, 20172 min readOver 3 million bottles of codeine syrup abused in Kano, Jigawa – SenateThe Senate has raised the alarm that the 19 Northern states of the federation were under serious threat due to drug abuse. It stated that...
AdminOct 10, 20171 min readSenate bars DG, National Automotive Council from spending 2017 budget over alleged sharp practicesThe Senate on Tuesday came hard on the Director General, National Automotive Design and Development Council, Alhaji Aminu Jalal, barring...
AdminOct 10, 20171 min read2018 World Cup: Senate urges FG to fund Super Eagles with recovered lootsFollowing Super Eagles qualifications for 2018 World Cup in Russia, the Senate on Tuesday, praised the team for being the first to...
AdminOct 10, 20171 min readBuhari writes Senate, seeks approval for fresh $5.5bn foreign loanPresident Muhammadu Buhari has written to the National Assembly seeking approval for a loan request of $6.5 billion. Buhari’s appeal was...
AdminOct 9, 20172 min readIGP Idris protests Senate’s closure of National Assembly Police DivisionThe Inspector General, IGP Ibrahim Idris, has condemned the closure of the Police Division in the National Assembly by the Senate. The...
AdminOct 9, 20172 min readSenate can’t stop any Nigerian from travelling abroad – Senator SunmonuThe Chairman, Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, Senator Monsurat Sunmonu has declared that despite recent deportation and alleged...
AdminOct 6, 20172 min readBuratai: Senate disrespecting judiciary – Lawyer fires back at lawmakersA legal practitioner, Ugochukwu Osuagwu, Esq ​,​ has ​warned the Nigerian Senate to respect the doctrine of separation of powers and not...
AdminOct 5, 20173 min readSenate lists conditions for 2018 budgetThe Senate on Thursday set conditions for the 2018 budget. The Upper Chamber approved that if Nigeria would have a January to December...
AdminOct 4, 20171 min readSenate probes NNPC boss, Baru over Kachikwu’s allegationsSenate on Wednesday, moved to carry out clinical investigation into NNPC’s business concern, NNPC Trading limited due to large scale...
AdminOct 4, 20171 min read2019: Kogi West PDP Zones Senate to YagbaThe Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kogi West chapter, has adopted the recommendation by the “Strategic Committee on Election into Party...
AdminOct 3, 20171 min readJAMB: Senate tells Nigerian govt to totally scrap post-UMTESenate has urged the Federal Ministry of Education to totally scrap post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). This followed...
AdminOct 3, 20172 min readSenate tasks Water Ministry to construct captive dams across all communities in NigeriaNigerian Senate, on Tuesday tasked the Federal Ministry of Water Resources to construct captive dams across all communities in Nigeria....
AdminOct 2, 20171 min readI will die in the Senate – Senator Bukar Ibrahim declaresA former governor of Yobe State, Senator Bukar Abba Ibrahim, representing Yobe East under the All Progressives Congress, APC, has...
AdminSep 29, 20171 min readKidnappers to face death sentence as Senate passes new lawThe ​Nigerian Senate on Thursday passed a bill which outlaws abduction, wrongful restraint or confinement for ransom. Senate also...
AdminSep 29, 20172 min readJibrin blasts Reps over his resumption from suspensionSuspended member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin has lambasted spokesman of the House, Hon. Abdulrazaq Namdas...
AdminSep 28, 20171 min readWhy Senate may extend Ndume’s suspensionIndications have emerged that the Senate may extend the six-month suspension handed to Senator Ali Ndume. Although the Senate spokesman,...
AdminSep 28, 20172 min readReps to grill Ali, Daura over illegal arms importationThe House of Representatives has resolved to invite Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Customs Service, Hameed Ali and the Director,...
AdminSep 26, 20171 min readFlooding: Senate tasks FG to commence dredging of Rivers Benue and NigerAs the National Assembly resumed plenary on Tuesday after two months break, the Senate has called on the Federal Ministry of Water...
AdminSep 26, 20171 min readSenate resumes, restates position on national unityAfter two hours of executive session on Tuesday, the Senate has restated its stand on national unity, saying all forms of agitation must...
