Senate moves to boost security in border communities
The Senate has said it will work assiduously to ensure that insecurity around Nigeria’s border communities are addressed head-on. Chairman,…
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Count us out of economic sabotage – NNPCL, NMDPRA, others tell Senate
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) and other stakeholders in the…
Senate raises questions over $1.5bn expended on Port Harcourt Refinery
Amid pervasive allegations of sabotage in the petroleum industry, the Senate has raised questions over $1.5 billion approved in 2021…
Alleged Economic Sabotage: Opeyemi urges feuding stakeholders to cease fire for Senate investigation
Chairman of the Ad-hoc committee saddled with investigating alleged economic sabotage in the petroleum sector, Senator Michael Bamidele Opeyemi has…
Shelve protest – Senate begs Nigerians
The Senate on Wednesday appealed to Nigerians and promoters of the nationwide protest to shelve their plans in the interest…
Senate queries Ajaokuta Steel Company on N4.2bn personnel cost
The Senate on Tuesday frowned at the N4.2 billion appropriated in the 2024 budget as personnel costs for an unverifiable…
‘He will be sorely missed’ – Senate reacts to Ifeanyi Ubah’s death
The Senate on Saturday expressed sadness over the sudden death of its member, Senator Ifeanyi Ubah. DAILY POST reported that…
Alleged economic sabotage: Senate summons petroleum minister, NNPCL, CBN, NPA, others
The Senate through its ad hoc committee mandated to investigate alleged economic sabotage in the Nigerian petroleum industry, has summoned…
BREAKING: We’ll expose economic saboteurs in petroleum sector -Senate vows
The Nigerian Senate has vowed to expose saboteurs in the nation’s petroleum sector and those responsible for the importation of…
Constituents lament absence of Ondo lawmaker from Senate plenary
Constituents of Ondo East and West Federal Constituency have expressed deep concern over the prolonged absence of their representative, Abiola…
Senate approves Tunji Bello as FCCPC Boss
The Senate has approved the nomination of Dr Olatunji Bello for appointment as the chief executive officer/executive vice-chairman of the…
Senate passes Police Act amendment bill to extend IGP’s tenure
The Nigerian Senate has passed the Police Act Amendment Bill 2024, seeking to amend the Police Act of 2020. The…
BREAKING: Senate passes National Minimum Wage bill into law
The National Minimum Wage Amendment Act, which introduces a new N70,000 national minimum wage, has been passed into law by…
Discountenance Bill for LG Electoral Commission – Obono-Obla tells Senate
Former presidential aide, Okoi Obono-Obla has called on the Nigerian Senate to discountenance the bill proposed by Senator Sani Musa…
LG electoral commission will ensure transparent, fair elections at grassroots – APC chieftain, Mumuni backs Senate
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abayomi Nurain Mumuni, has declared that establishment of local government electoral commission…
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‘We’re not in a nightclub’ – Akpabio cautions Senator Natasha in Senate [VIDEO]
Senate President, Godswill Akpabio on Thursday, cautioned Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan on the floor of the Senate. The Senate was in…
BREAKING: Senate passes N6.2trn Appropriation Act amendment bill for second reading
The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday passed for second reading, an amendment to the 2024 Appropriation Act to the tune of…
$2.8bn AKK gas pipeline: Senate queries delay in execution
The Nigerian Senate Committee on Local Contents has expressed discontent over the delay in the execution of the $2.8 billion…
Tinubu appoints Bashir Lado Mohammed SA on Senate Matters
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Senator Bashir Lado Mohammed as Special Adviser to the President on Senate…
Ministry of Livestock Development will reposition sector – Ex-Senate President, Lawan
Former President of the Senate, Dr Ahmad Lawan has reacted to the establishment of the Ministry of Livestock Development by…
Address looming food insecurity now – Senate to Nigerian Govt
The Senate has urged the Federal Government to, as a matter of urgency, initiate measures to tackle the impending food…
Committee gets more time as Senate deepens N30trn Ways and Means probe
The Nigerian Senate is deepening probe into a total sum of N30 trillion Ways and Means facilities granted the Federal…
Senate approves North Central Development Commission
The Senate passed into law on Thursday the bill for the establishment of the North Central Development Commission, NCDC, sponsored…
North Central Development Commission passed into law at Senate
The Nigerian Senate on Thursday passed into law a Bill seeking the establishment of the North Central Development Commission, NCDC.…
Senate moves to strengthen parliamentary relations abroad
The Nigerian Senate is in moves to strengthen inter-parliamentary relations with other democratically developed countries and to enhance their oversight…
Senate urges Nigerian govt to include North East in ‘Renewed Hope Legacy Road Infrastructure’
The Nigerian Senate has urged the Federal Government to include the North East road in the ‘Renewed Hope Legacy Road…
Senate to convene emergency meeting over N6.6tn Supplementary Budget
The Senate is to convene an emergency plenary to consider President Bola Tinubu’s supplementary appropriation for the 2024 fiscal year.…
N30trn Ways and Means: Senate says investigation not stalled
The Ad-Hoc Committee of the Nigerian Senate investigating the N30 trillion Ways and Means debt incurred during the administration of…
Edo guber: Senate President Akpabio assures of APC victory
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has given assurances that Edo State’s All Progressives Congress, APC, will win the governorship election in…
Nigerian Senate passes N98.5bn FCT Supplementary Budget
The Senate on Tuesday passed the sum of N98.5 billion as the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Supplementary Appropriation Bill, 2024.…
High cost of governance: APC chieftain supports merger of Reps, Senate
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Abiodun Salami, has called for the adoption of the unicameral legislative system…
Senate confirms DG, three other Commissioners for SEC
The Nigerian Senate on Thursday confirmed the nominees of President Bola Tinubu to serve as Director General and Executive Commissioners…
Senate passes bill to prescribe salaries, allowances of judicial officers
The Senate on Wednesday passed a bill seeking to prescribe improved salaries, allowances and fringe benefits for judicial office holders…
BREAKING: Senate passes bill to control, regulate cattle rearing ranching business in Nigeria
The Nigerian Senate has passed a bill to establish the National Animal Husbandry and Ranches Commission after a heated debate…
Senate faults labour’s shutdown of national grid
The Nigerian Senate has faulted the shutdown of the national grid by members of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and…
Senate set to probe abandoned projects in Nigeria
The Senate on Thursday constituted an ad hoc committee to investigate the number of abandoned projects in the country. This…
Senate urges FG to rehabilitate displaced Omala communities in Kogi East
The Nigerian Senate has adopted a resolution for the rehabilitation of displaced communities in Omala Local Government Council in Kogi…
Senate seeks involvement of states, FCT in Hajj airlines selection, feeding of pilgrims
The Senate on Wednesday passed for second reading an amendment bill on the establishment Act of the National Hajj Commission…
Jailbreak: Suleja prisons built with mud over 100 years ago – Senate
The Nigerian Senate has clarified the circumstances surrounding the reported jailbreak at the Suleja Medium Security Custodial Centre, attributing it…
NYSC Trust Fund Bill will create job opportunities for graduates – Senate
The chairman of the Senate Committee on Youth and Community Engagement, Yemi Adaramodu (APC, Ekiti South), said that the recently…
Nigerian Senate vows to protect rights of journalists
The President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has assured Nigerian media practitioners of the protection of their rights. Akpabio’s…
Nigerian Peace Corps Establishment Bill Scales first reading in Senate
The Nigerian Peace Corps Establishment Bill, earlier passed by the House of Representatives on February 29, 2024, and transmitted to…
Rowdy session in Senate as lawmakers quarrel over sitting arrangement
There were rowdy scenes at the Senate on Tuesday as three senators engaged in a heated debate over seating arrangements.…
Nigerian senate begins hearing on electricity tariff hike probe
The Senate Committee on Power has commenced an investigative hearing on electricity tariff hike in the country. The investigative hearing…
Again, Senate postpones resumption of plenary
The Nigerian Senate has postponed the resumption of plenary from the 23rd of April 2024 to the 30th. The postponement…
Ex-Senate President’s loyalists, others defect to APC in Ebonyi
Supporters of former Senate President and secretary to the government of the federation, Anyim Pius Anyim, in Ivo Local Government…
Senate orders CBN to go after defaulters of N1.079trn Anchor Borrowers loans
The Senate, through its ad hoc committee probing the issuance of N22.7 trillion Ways and Means to the Federal Government…
Senate approves N549.6bn 2024 budget for NCC
The Senate’s Communications Committee, on Wednesday, approved the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, budget of N549.6 billion for 2024. This was…
N30 trillion Ways and Means: Senate urges banks to go after loan defaulters
The Senate Ad-hoc Committee investigating the N30 trillion Ways and Means on Tuesday insisted on recovery of loans offered by…
Senate discovers 13 infractions in N30trn Ways and Means loan
The Senate ad hoc committee probing the disbursement and usage of the N30 trillion Ways and Means loan obtained during…