President Muhammadu Buhari has on Thursday pronounced the dissolution of the eighth session of the National Assembly and announced the proclamation of the ninth session of the federal parliament. The
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A lawmaker representing Kolokuma/Opokuma Constituency 1 in the Bayelsa House of Assembly, Mr Tonye Isenah, on Thursday, emerged the Speaker of the Sixth Assembly. According to NAN, Isenah was nominated
Sen. Solomon Adeola (APC-Lagos) says any move to adopt the 2015 Senate Standing Order in election of Senate leadership of the 9th Assembly will be resisted. The News Agency of
The Court of Appeal in Abuja will on Monday hear a case seeking the sack of Alhaji Adamu Muhammad Bulkachuwa, as Senator-elect for Bauchi North Senatorial District of Bauchi State.
Leading aspirant for the 9th Senate Presidency, Ahmad Lawan, has stated that Nigeria was a country where very wealthy people buy judgments in their favour. The lawmaker, who represents Yobe
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, has called on the incoming ninth National Assembly to ensure the passage of the Industrial Arbitration Panel amendment bill to bring
The Senate on Thursday concurred to the House of Representatives bill on Recovery of Public Property (Special Provisions) (Repeal) Bill, 2019. This followed a presentation of the bill by Senate
Ahmad Lawan, the Majority Leader of the Senate, has told President Muhammadu Buhari, that the National Assembly will not become his “rubber stamp” if he is made Senate President. Lawan
Strong indications have emerged that Nigeria’s Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, is on the verge of losing an international appointment as Ambassador-at-Large offered him by the International Human Rights Commission
The Senate has raised the alarm over frightening spate of killings in Rivers State. President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, said that all forms of criminality must be tackled frontally
Senator Nkechi Nwogu, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has taken a swipe at the former State governors for running into the National Assembly after expiration of their
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has felicitated with Muslim faithful on the celebration of the Eid-el-Fitri which followed the successful observance of the month long
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, on Wednesday appeared for screening following his re-nomination by President Muhammadu Buhari for a second term last week. In the
The Senate has issued a threat to shutdown sports betting company, Bet9ja offices if it failed to honour its invitation for a second time. The lawmakers issued the threat on
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has dismissed the assertion by the Nigerian Senate that the Abuja-Kaduna highway is the most dangerous roads in the country, saying that the road
Mr. Stuart Symington, the United States Ambassador to Nigeria, has urged young lawmakers in the country to be instruments of change by fostering justice and inclusiveness in governance. Symington made
The Senate has ordered its Committee on Health to conduct an emergency investigative hearing on the state of healthcare services in teaching hospitals and report back within a week. This
The Senate’s closed-session, Tuesday with the acting Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Mohammed Adamu has culminated into far-reaching decisions to curb the high rate of insecurity across the country. The discussion
Adamu Mohammed, Nigeria’s acting Inspector-General of Police, is set to appear before the Senate over the spate of killings, kidnappings and banditry across Nigeria on May 7. This was revealed
Chairman, Senate Committee on Navy, Senator Isah Hamma Misau, has stated that his colleague from Delta Central, Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege has been abusing the judicial process and the generosity of
