The Senate Tuesday approved the sum of N8.916 trillion as the budget for the 2019 fiscal year. The amount passed by the apex legislative chamber is, however, N86 billion higher
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Senate on Tuesday set up a committee to intervene in the arrest of Miss Zainab Habibu Aliyu who was arrested in Saudi Arabia over drug-related crimes. In a motion sponsored
The Senate on Wednesday ordered its committee on Youth and sports to investigate the alleged illegal appointment of a new Director-General for the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC. It was
The Senate has directed the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr Okechukwu Enelamah and acting Managing Director of Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA), Engineer Terhemba Nongo to return
The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has accused Senate President, Bukola Saraki, of being antagonistic to the All Progressives Congress, APC-led federal government. The organisation in a statement issued in Abuja
The Senate has reaffirmed its commitment to the non-sale of the National Theatre, Tafawa Balewa Square and other national monuments. NAN reports that this is sequel to the adoption of
The Senate on Thursday summoned the acting Inspector-General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu, for a briefing concerning the seemly unrelenting rate of banditry and kidnappings across the country. It also
The Senate has said it will not recognise Kogi State as an oil-producing state because it does not contribute to the Federation Account. Isaac Alfa, the senator representing Kogi East
Senator James Manager representing Delta South Senatorial district has stated that the Nigerian Senate was fond of passing bills that were not serious and of no relevance to Nigerians. Speaking
The Senate on Wednesday stepped down consideration and passage of the 2019 Appropriation Bill until April 30. The President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, who made the announcement at
Youths of Northern Nigeria under the auspices of Arewa Youth Forum (AYF) have declared they won’t accept stooge or puppet as Senate President and House of Representatives Speaker. They stated
Ike Ekweremadu, the Deputy President of the Senate, has extolled media practitioners for the key role they have played in entrenching democracy in the country. He spoke over the weekend,
A bill to compel the President and state governors to lay their annual budgets before the legislature at most 90 days to end of a fiscal year has passed second
The Senate has passed seven of the at least 16 bills rejected so far this year by President Muhammadu Buhari. The bills are the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB), National
The Senate Committee on Appropriation on Thursday failed for the second time, to lay the report of the 2019 Appropriation Bill of N8.83 trillion before the Senate in plenary. The
The Senate on Wednesday adopted a point of order brought by the Senator representing Adamawa North Senatorial district, Banta Masi Garba to discuss the tragic death of the former Chief
The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, yesterday revealed the reason the leadership of the party preferred Senate Leader Ibrahim Lawan to other contestants in
Senator Abdullahi Gumel (APC-Jigawa), has said that the Senate Caucus of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will resist fresh moves to override President Muhammadu Buhari’s veto of Electoral Act(Amendment) Bill,
Presiding deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, Thursday overruled the Majority Leader, Ahmed Lawan, over the partisan membership of lawmakers in the upper legislative chamber. This issue was sequel to an
The Senate Wednesday passed the South East Development Commission (Establishment) Bill 2018. The proposed commission aims at enhancing the infrastructural development of the South East zone, which is grappling with
