AdminOct 20, 20162 min readFull list of non-career ambassadorial nominees Buhari sent to Senate for confirmationPresident Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, sent a 46-man list of non-career ambassadorial nominees to the Senate for confirmation. The list...
AdminOct 20, 20161 min readEconomic Recession: Senate worried over suspension of flights by foreign airlinesAs a way of exercising its oversight functions to salvage the ailing aviation industry, the Senate has resolved to support the...
AdminOct 20, 20161 min readBuhari sends names of 46 non-career ambassadorial nominees to SenatePresident Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, sent a list of 46 non-career ambassadorial nominees to the Senate for confirmation and approval....
AdminOct 19, 20162 min readSenate vows to probe DSS over arrest of JudgesThis followed the request by the committee to invite the judges for clearer insight on the issue. Chairman of the committee, Sen. David...
AdminOct 18, 20162 min readSenate tells FG to conduct census in 2018The Senate on Tuesday advised the Federal Government to conduct housing and population census in 2018. In the motion entitled “A call for...
AdminOct 18, 20161 min readSenate commends negotiators for release of Chibok girlsThe Senate had during Tuesday plenary which was presided by Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, commended the Swiss Government,...
AdminOct 18, 20162 min readSenate demands full report on N250bn bailout to statesThe Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions yesterday demanded the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to...
AdminOct 16, 20162 min readRecession: Senate to begin debate on 2017 MTEF/FSP TuesdayIn line with its resolve to prioritize all economic bills as a way out of the current recession, the Senate will on Tuesday commence...
AdminOct 15, 20162 min readNiger Senators want FG to declare state of emergency on state roadsThe three Senators representing Niger State in the National Assembly have raised the alarm over the disturbing condition grounding of...
AdminOct 13, 20161 min readSenate summons MTN, Banks over $13.9bn illegal repatriationThe Senate has launched a probe into the allegation that MTN Nigeria repatriated a total sum of $13.9bn from Nigeria to other countries...
AdminOct 13, 20161 min readSenate calls for North East Development Commission’s headquarter to be relocated to MaiduguriFollowing the presentation of the report on the Committee of the North East Development Commission by Senator Sam Egwu (Ebonyi North) to...
AdminOct 13, 20162 min readSenate moves to legalise lobbying in NigeriaThe Senate on Wednesday began moves to legalise lobbying in Nigeria as it passed for second reading, a Bill seeking for law to register...
AdminOct 12, 20162 min readSenate seeks merger of Bank of Industry, other Development Banks over non-performanceThe Senate on Wednesday sought for the merger of the Bank of Industry (BoI) and other development banks that have been moribund for quite...
AdminOct 12, 20162 min readSaraki says Senate will pass 11 Bills that will end recessionThe President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, has said that the 8th Senate will pass 11 Bills before the end of 2016 that will tackle...
AdminOct 11, 20162 min readSenate tells FG to stop plans to borrow N309bn for electricityThe Senate on Tuesday urged the Federal Government to stop plans to raise a N309 billion bond to finance electricity generation in the...
AdminOct 11, 20162 min readArrest of Judges: Senate queries powers of DSSThe Senate on Tuesday described the arrest of some judges last weekend as ultra vires and abuse of powers by virtue of Acts empowering...
AdminOct 11, 20161 min readJudges Arrest: Senate rejects motion to summon DSS DG, DauraA motion seeking the Senate to invite the Director-General of the Department of State Services, DSS, Lawan Daura over last weekend’s...
AdminOct 10, 20161 min readPolice recruitment: Senate asks Buhari, PSC to stop process over irregularityThe Senate, it was gathered, cited irregularity in the criteria set for the exercise. Senate Committee on Police gave the suspension...
AdminOct 7, 20161 min readSenate asks for sponsorship accounts over NFF claims to be brokeNigeria is billed to tackle Zambia in Ndola on Sunday, in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier. A top official at the senate told Vanguard...
AdminOct 7, 20162 min readSenate says forgery case against Saraki, Ekweremadu was a distractionIn a statement by its spokesman, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, the Senate said the decision to withdraw the case and its subsequent...
