AdminMay 18, 20162 min readRoad crashes: Senate urges FG to establish ambulance services along major highwaysThe motion was presented by Senator Duro Faseyi (PDP) Ekiti North Senatorial District as a matter of urgent National interest. He...
AdminMay 18, 20161 min readNLC strike: Senate wades in, sets up committeeThe Upper Chamber gave its Committee on Labour two weeks to turn in a report of its findings. There are two factions in the Nigeria...
AdminMay 17, 20161 min readSenate backs new petrol price, tasks government on palliative measuresRising from a closed-doors session presided by the Deputy President of the Senate, Chief Ike Ekweremadu, the Senate empathized with...
AdminMay 17, 20163 min readSenate withdraws anti-social media billFollowing the public outcry, the Senate at a plenary on Tuesday threw out the frivolous petitions (Prohibition, etc) ‚bill 2015,...
AdminMay 10, 20165 min readSaraki gives Senate Committee May 25 deadline on North-East Development BillSaraki, who gave the charge while declaring open a two-day public hearing on a “Bill for an Act to Establish the North East Development...
AdminMay 10, 20162 min readSenate vows to make laws to tackle farmers, herdsmen conflict in NigeriaThe Senate Leader, Ali Ndume who represented the Senate President at a one day Public hearing on a motion, “Tackling the perennial...
AdminMay 4, 20163 min readSexual harassment: Senate plans 5-year jail term for randy lecturersThe bill, sponsored by Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege (Labour-Delta Central) and co-sponsored by 46 other senators, seeks to completely prohibit any...
AdminMay 4, 20161 min readSenate seeks death penalty for kidnappersThe Senate on Wednesday resolved to make a law that would prescribe death penalty for kidnappers in Nigeria. The resolution followed the...
AdminApr 28, 20162 min readHerdsmen attack: Senate expresses concern, calls for caution to avert anarchyThe Senate on Thursday expressed grave concern at the incessant attacks by herdsmen across the country with a warning that, if the ugly...
AdminApr 20, 20161 min readSenate backpedals on CCB, CCT Amendment, MarafaIt also noted that reports of Petitions, Ethics, and Privileges on Senator Kabiru Marafa, who had been having running battle with the...
AdminApr 20, 20161 min readSaraki Trial: Falana blasts Senate over summons of CCT ChairmanThe soft-spoken lawyer in an open letter to the Senate, noted that apart from the fact that the committee lacked the powers to extend...
AdminApr 20, 20162 min readCCT trial: Senate lacks power to summon Justice Danladi Umar – SERAPIt said the upper chamber of the national assembly lacked power to summon judges without violating constitutional safeguards. The group...
AdminApr 19, 20161 min readNLC condemns moves to purchase 108 SUVs for SenatorsThe labour union while describing the alleged move as criminal and heartless, said Nigerians must rise to kick against it, considering...
AdminApr 18, 20162 min readYour move to amend CCB, CCT Act is selfish – Bishop Wale Oke blasts SenateBishop Francis Wale Ok A cleric, Bishop Francis Wale-Oke, has urged the Senate to drop the ongoing process ‎of amending the Code of...
AdminApr 18, 20161 min readAmendment of CCT/CCB Act: NLC warns Senate over attempts to scuttle Saraki’s trialNLC described the amendment as a legislative ambush targeted at scuttling the trial of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki. NLC’s call...
AdminApr 15, 20163 min readCCT: Lawyers express divergent views on Senate’s move to amend anti-corruption lawThe lawyers, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria, said the amendment was ill-timed and a breach of public trust. The Senate...
AdminApr 15, 20162 min readSenate intervenes on debts owed GENCOs by FGSenate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has mandated the Senate Committee on Power to liaise with the Central Bank of Nigeria...
AdminApr 13, 20162 min readSenate calls for investigations into incessant fire outbreaksIn a motion sponsored by Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso (APC Kano Central) and co-sponsored by 24 others, the Senate was alarmed at the...
AdminApr 12, 20161 min read2016 Budget controversy: Senate affirms its warning to presidencyAddressing reporters after Tuesday’s plenary, Abdullahi stressed that the statement which was issued yesterday with regards to Buhari’s...
AdminApr 11, 20162 min readBudget controversy: Senate warns presidency against campaign of calumnyReacting to claims in the media credited to the Executive arm of government on the 2016 budget, which was made available to DAILY POST in...
