AdminApr 16, 20151 min readSenate asks Jonathan to return original copy of amended constitutionFollowing the President’s refusal to append his signature on the bill, Deputy Senate President and Chairman of Senate Committee on...
AdminApr 16, 20153 min readZoning: North Central make case for Senate PresidencyIn a communique issued after the meeting of the caucus and signed by the zonal chairman of the party, Mr. Zakari Ede, and the six states...
AdminApr 15, 20152 min readJonathan’s amendment veto shocks SenatorsSpeaking on the development, Chairman, Senate Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution (4th Alteration Bill 2015), Senator Ike...
AdminFeb 26, 20152 min readSenate slashes subsidies on kerosene, petrolThe upper chamber, while approving the MTEF, slashed petrol subsidy from N200 billion to N100 billion. It also reduced the subsidy...
AdminFeb 19, 20151 min readSenate summons service chiefs to explain role in election postponementThe lawmakers reached this decision at plenary after meeting with Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof....
AdminFeb 18, 20151 min readSenate alters constitution, removes power to assent bills from presidentDeputy President of the Senate, Chief Ike Ekweremadu, who chaired the Senate committee on constitution amendment, moved a motion for the...
AdminFeb 18, 20152 min readJega appears before Senate, says card reader surpasses all technical testsProfessor Attahiru Jega The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has revealed that a mock test conducted on the card readers...
AdminFeb 18, 20152 min readMark dismisses alleged interim government plot, says May 29 sacrosanctMr. Mark stated this on Tuesday in Abuja at the resumed sitting of the Senate after its one-month recess. Mark said that the issue of...
AdminJan 19, 20152 min readSenators fault 2015 budget, describe it as unrealisticFor two of the Senators, Kabiru Marafa and Odion Ugbesia, Nigerians should exercise patience as the passage of the budget will be delayed...
AdminDec 8, 20141 min read513 delegates endorse Senate Chief whip as sole candidateSenator Bello Hayatu The Senate Chief Whip, Senator Bello Hayatu Gwarzo has been endorsed and rectified by the five hundred and thirteen...
AdminDec 7, 20141 min read2015: Mark says democracy will be safeguarded by credible electionMark disclosed this while addressing delegates to Saturday’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) House of Representatives’ primary election in...
AdminDec 5, 20141 min read2015: Chime drops out of race for SenateGovernor Sullivan Chime After much wrangling with the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremandu over who represents Enugu West...
AdminDec 1, 20142 min readThere is no plot to impeach Jonathan – SenatorsThe media has been buzzing with reports that members of the House of Representatives have concluded plans to impeach the president as...
AdminDec 1, 20142 min read63 senators meet today to plan President Jonathan’s impeachmentAccording to one of the coordinators of the impeachment move, today’s agenda would be based on how to handle the case on the floor of the...
AdminNov 28, 20143 min readCorruption allegations: Senate accuses Obasanjo of lyingThe Senate went on to claim that it was the administration of Obasanjo which approved the building of constituency projects into the...
AdminNov 28, 20141 min read63 Senators sign up for Jonathan’s impeachmentAccording to the report, an arrowhead of the impeachment move in the Senate showed the list containing the signatures of the senators,...
AdminNov 27, 20142 min readNational Assembly invasion: Senate committee vice-chairman demands Abba’s prosecutionJust yesterday, the Senate instituted a seven-member panel, chaired by Senator Ahmed Makarfi, to probe Abba and to look into the...
AdminNov 26, 20142 min readSenate fails to discuss president’s request for extension of state of emergency in North EastShortly after the meeting, the Senate President, Sen. David Mark, said the senate had a robust discussion with the service chiefs. He...
AdminNov 19, 20141 min readSenate set to amend Electoral Act to accommodate displaced personsThe new amendment, cited as the Electoral Act 2010 (Amendment) Bill 2014, passed first reading in the upper chamber of the National...
AdminNov 19, 20141 min readSenate declines request for extension of emergency ruleDAILY POST recalls that the National Defence Council had met on Monday to review happenings in the Northeast and decided at the end of...
