AdminJun 22, 20162 min readSenate puts screening of Ambassadorial Nominees on hold, summons Foreign Affairs MinisterAt the plenary, Senate President, Bukola Saraki revealed that his office has been inundated with petitions regarding those states that...
AdminJun 21, 20162 min readStanding rules forgery: Senate threatens showdown, summons AGFThe motion which was moved by Senator Dino Melaye(APC), Kogi West Senatorial District after almost three hours closed door meeting,...
AdminJun 21, 20162 min readAPC to investigate alleged Senate rules forgery – OyegunOyegun said the party would not dabble into the matter without conducting proper investigation into the alleged forgery case to determine...
AdminJun 18, 20161 min readWhy Buhari should not have power of assent constitution ammendment – SenateThe Deputy Senate President and chairman, Senate committee on constitution review, Chief Ike Ekweremadu stated this at the ongoing...
AdminJun 16, 20161 min readSenate passes bill compelling government to buy made-in-Nigeria productsThe Act, which seeks to promote local content, is one of the priority bills of the Senator Bukola Saraki-led Senate. Speaking after the...
AdminJun 16, 20161 min readSenate sets up ad hoc committee to consider NEITI findingsThe ad hoc committee is also to develop ways of ensuring that findings of irregularities in the oil, gas and mining sectors have agencies...
AdminJun 14, 20161 min readSenate restarts process of amending 1999 constitutionThe bills scaled second reading, after which they were referred to the committee on constitution review chaired by the Deputy Senate...
AdminJun 9, 20161 min readBuhari seeks Senate approval for 47 ambassadorial nomineesThe letter which was read by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki during plenary is coming after one year in office of the current...
AdminJun 8, 20161 min readSenate summon Ngige over threat to banks retrenching workersThe Chairman, Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions, Senator Rafiu Ibrahim‎ indicated the decision of...
AdminJun 8, 20162 min readProposed Maritime University of Nigeria suffers setback in SenateJames Manager explained that the establishment of Maritime University would produce manpower in the Maritime industry, a situation that...
AdminJun 7, 20162 min readSenate will produce new electoral act before end of 2016 – SarakiBukola Saraki The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has frowned at the recent cases of inconclusive elections in various states of the...
AdminJun 2, 20161 min readNEITI Report: Senate invites Executive Secretary over N1trillion stolen oil revenueIn a motion sponsored by Senator Tijjani Yahaya Kaura (APC), Zamfara North, he called on the Senate to urgently look into the report. In...
AdminJun 1, 20162 min readSenate planning Nigeria Capital Market legislationThey said the capital market master plan (2015-2025) recommendations would create an enabling legal environment for the achievement of...
AdminMay 27, 20161 min readOver 19,000 projects abandoned in the country – Emeka Eze tells SenateHe pointed out that aside duplication of office buildings, personnel and overhead cost, there was the tendency for agencies of government...
AdminMay 27, 20162 min readSenate slams AGF over ‘wishy-washy’ Annual ReportsThe Senate consequently ordered him to issue clearance certificates to government agencies whose annual audited reports had been cleared....
AdminMay 26, 20162 min readChildren’s Day: Senate urges FG to intensify search for abducted Chibok girlsAdopting the motion sponsored by Senator Oluremi Tinubu (APC, Lagos Central),titled 2016 Children’s Day Celebration with the theme; ‘stop...
AdminMay 25, 20162 min readSenate moves to strenghten Local Government administration in NigeriaIn his lead debate, Gumel wondered why elected Council executives would be dissolved for Caretaker Committees and the flagrant abuse of...
AdminMay 25, 20161 min readSenate summons Adeosun, Emefiele over state of economyThis is coming less than 24 hours after the bank’s monetary policy committee, MPC, meeting which made some far-reaching decisions about...
AdminMay 25, 20162 min readN447bn waiver scam‎: Senate indicts BUA Group, Elephant Group, Golden Penny, othersThe waivers were said to be worth about N447 billion. This was contained in the Report of ‎the Senate Adhoc Committee on Import Duty...
AdminMay 24, 20161 min readBill to curb sexual harassment in tertiary institutions passes 2nd Reading in SenateIn a motion sponsored by Senator Ovie Omo-Agege representing Delta Central Senatorial District alongside 57 others, Ovie described the...
