AdminDec 15, 20161 min readSenate rejects nomination of Magu as EFCC ChairmanThe Nigerian Senate on Thursday rejected the nomination of Alhaji Ibrahim Magu as the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes...
AdminDec 15, 20162 min readSenate seeks power to remove non-performing ministersNigeria’s Senate is considering a Bill, which will allow them sack non-performing Ministers in the country. The Bill, which is sponsored...
AdminDec 14, 20163 min readGone are the days when National Assembly rubber stamps any document – SenateThe Senate has stated that it would not be a rubber stamp in consideration of the Medium Term Expenditure Framework, MTEF, which is due...
AdminDec 14, 20161 min readIDPs Contract Scam: Senate recommends SGF, Babachir’s resignationFollowing the involvement of the SGF, Babachir Lawal, in N108 million contractS scam at the IDPs in the Northeast, the Senate had in its...
AdminDec 13, 20162 min readSenate to probe NNPC, NPDC for not remitting $3.47bn to federation accountThe Senate on Tuesday mandated its committees on Finance, Petroleum Upstream and Downstream to investigate the Nigerian National...
AdminDec 13, 20161 min readSenate confirms board members for NPCThe Senate on Tuesday approved the nomination of persons to serve on the board of National Population Commission (NPC). The approval...
AdminDec 11, 20163 min readMMM is a pyramid that will soon burst – Senate warns NigeriansThe Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions has warned that the ponzi investment scheme, MMM, is a...
AdminDec 9, 20162 min readProposed Constitution amendment to compel President, governors appoint cabinet within 60 daysThe Senate Committee on Conditional Review on the 1999 Constitution has proposed an amendent that will compel the president or governor...
AdminDec 9, 20161 min readWhy Senate suspended Magu’s confirmation – Bala N’AllahThe Deputy Leader of the Senate, Senator Bala N’Allah has explained that the senate deferred the confirmation of the acting Chairman of...
AdminDec 9, 20162 min readWhy we may not work on 2017 budget – SenateThe Senate has stated that it would not consider the 2017 Appropriation Bill until the 2017-2019 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and...
AdminDec 9, 20162 min readSenate directs Disco to patronise local meters manufacturersThe Chairman, Senate Committee on Power, Steel Development and Metallurgy, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, has called on Electricity...
AdminDec 8, 20162 min readCorps members’ death: Senators want NYSC overhauled, order probeThe Senate on Thursday ordered its Committee on Sports and Human Development to carryout a comprehensive investigation into circumstances...
AdminDec 8, 20161 min readSenate defers screening of Magu as EFCC ChairmanThe confirmation hearing on the nomination of Ibrahim Magu as the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,...
AdminDec 7, 20162 min readDelayed Super Falcons’ allowances, embarrassing, unfair – SenateThe Senate on Wednesday ordered its Committee on Sports to investigate the Ministry of Sports and Youth Development and the Nigeria...
AdminDec 5, 20161 min readFederal government, Senate differ on move to scrap FERMAThe Public Hearing on a Bill to repeal the laws establishing Federal Roads Maintenance Agency, FERMA, and the reenactment of the Federal...
AdminNov 30, 20162 min readYou have no power to question Aregbesola over bailout fund – Osun lawmakers dare SenateThe Osun State House of Assembly has affirmed that the Senate has no constitutional power to question how Governor Rauf Aregbesola spent...
AdminNov 30, 20161 min readAmendment of NOUN Act scales Second Reading at SenateAn amendment of the Act establishing the National Open University of Nigeria, NOUN, to reposition the institution towards advancement of...
AdminNov 30, 20161 min readHow Senate stopped increase in data prices from December 1The Nigerian Senate has halted the planned hike in the price of data, which was to start from December 1, 2016. Deputy Senate Leader,...
AdminNov 30, 20161 min readSenate orders NCC to halt planned increase in price of dataThe Senate on Wednesday ordered the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, to immediately stop the implementation of its directive for...
AdminNov 30, 20161 min readBen Bruce to fight proposed data tariff increase in SenateSenator Ben Murray-Bruce has criticized the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari over the planned increase in the price of mobile...
