Buhari seeks Senate confirmation of 23 NPC members
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, requested the Senate to confirm the appointments of 23 members of the National Population Commission ...
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Court dismisses IGP’s human rights violation suit against Senate
Justice Abba-Bello Muhammad of the FCT High Court, Jabi, on Tuesday dismissed the suit filed by the Inspector-General of Police, ...
Senate: 2017 Budget must run till May 31, queries Adeosun’s constitutional power to end Appropriation Law March 31
The Senate on Wednesday urged the Federal Ministry of Finance to allow the 2017 Budget run till May 31 instead ...
Electoral Act Amendment Bill: Senate to investigate $50,000 bribery allegation against NASS members
The Senate, on Tuesday, expressed displeasure over alleged bribing of some senators with $50,000 to prevent the National Assembly from ...
Polls re-ordering: Senate re-introduces Electoral Act Amendment Bill
The Senate on Tuesday started a fresh move toward reordering the sequence of elections by reintroducing the Bill to amend ...
Senate confirms three CBN Monetary Policy Committee nominees, rejects Maidugu
The Senate on Thursday confirmed three nominees for appointment as members of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central ...
Senate to critics: Stop misinterpreting laws
The Senate on Tuesday warned critics to stop misinterpreting its Bills and resolutions. The chamber said such misinterpretations bred roadside ...
Elections reordering: Senate expresses reservation on court order, writes to CJN
The Senate on Thursday expressed reservation on the Federal High Court’s order stopping the National Assembly from taking further action ...
Senate: No date yet for budget passage
The Senate on Tuesday said there was no date yet for the passage of the 2018 Budget. Senate’s spokesperson, Sen. ...
Senate to probe alleged plan to destabilise leadership
The Senate, on Thursday, resolved to investigate the allegation by its member, Sen. Obinna Ogba (PDP-Ebonyi Central) that some lawmakers ...
Senate threatens to withhold budgets of parastatals, says ‘EFCC, others never submitted audited reports since creation’
The Senate on Wednesday said it would be forced to withhold budgetary approvals for any government agency and parastatal which ...
Senate to investigate alleged double voter registration by Kogi governor, probes NHRC Executive Secretary’s alleged assumption of office without confirmation
The Senate on Wednesday mandated its Committee on Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to investigate alleged double voter registration by ...
Revealed: NNPC, AGIP operate secret N34bn Security Account
The Senate on Tuesday mandated its Committee on Public Accounts to investigate the rationale behind a security account allegedly operated ...
Fire scare forces Senate adjournment
The Senate on Thursday adjourned plenary abruptly following a fire scare in the chamber. Huge smoke had engulfed the chamber ...
Senate confirms seven RECs, stands down one nominee
The Senate on Wednesday confirmed seven out of the nine nominees for the position of Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) of ...
Saraki rules Adamu, Gaya out of order as Senate adopts Conference Report on Electoral Act amendment
The Senate on Wednesday adopted the Conference Committee Report of the National Assembly on the 2010 Electoral Act, as amended. ...
Senate seeks ban on importation of palm oil
The Senate on Tuesday in Abuja urged the Federal Government to ban importation of palm oil into the ...
Benue killings: Senate rejects committee’s report; invites Defence Minister over arrest of Nigerians by Cameroonian soldiers
The Senate on Wednesday rejected the report of its Joint Committee on Police Affairs and National Security and Intelligence on ...
2019: Senate, Reps adopt reordered sequence of election
The National Assembly Conference Committee on Electoral Act (amendment) Bill, on Tuesday, adopted the re-ordered sequence of the 2019 General ...
Court backs Senate on Magu’s rejection
A Federal High Court in Abuja has backed the Senate’s rejection of Mr Ibrahim Magu as substantive Chairman of the ...
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