Tag: senate

The controversy surrounding the refusal by the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, to inaugurate Hon Bassey Etim as a senator ...

Senators considering the amendment of the 1999 Constitution, on Wednesday, rejected devolution of power to give more legislative powers to ...

While it is right to condemn individual actors in political office, it will amount to a great disservice to democracy ...

The Senate, on Tuesday, passed the Bill Establishing the Nigerian Peace Corps (NPC). The Bill, which was sponsored by Senator ...

The Senate on Thursday confirmed the appointment of Mrs Asmanu Maikudi from Katsina State and seven others as Resident Electoral ...

The Senate said it would initiate a bill for a law to make Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) of the ...

The Senate, on Wednesday, gave an ultimatum of one week to all agencies and parastatal agencies  of the Federal Government ...

‎A United Nations Universal Periodic Review (UPR) group, the People's Right to Life Development Foundation (PELDEF), has called for the ...

Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Mr Sabi Abdullahi, said Senate’s rejection of nomination of Mr Ibrahim Magu ...

The Senate has approved the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme for graduates of National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN). ...

The Senate on Wednesday confirmed 82-year-old Justice Sylvanus Nsofor from Imo State and two other nominees as Non-Career Ambassadors. The ...

Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has promised that the Senate will look into the high interest rate charged by banks ...

The Senate has confirmed the appointment of 15 Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) out of the 27 names sent to it ...

The Senate has passed the Nigerian Customs Service Management Act (Repeal and Re-enactment) Bill, 2017. The passage of the bill ...

The Senate on Tuesday passed the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Bill 2017 after  third reading. The passage followed a clause ...

The Senate on Thursday passed first tranche of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), called the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB) ...

Acting Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF), Mrs Habibat Lawal, has apologised to the Senate for allowing the Director-General, ...

The Senate has directed the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and other revenue generating agencies to stop further capital expenditure ...

The Senate on Tuesday summoned the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, to explain why the eastern rail corridor was omitted ...

The Senate on Tuesday confirmed receipt of President Muhammadu Buhari’s letter informing it of his trip to the United Kingdom ...