Nigeria Senate

10th Senate : Ekiti’s Bamidele, ex-Ebonyi Gov. Umahi Emerge Majority Leader, Deputy Majority Leader

Ekiti Senator Opeyemi Bamidele has emerged the Majority Leader of the 10th Senate. Also, Sen. Dave Umahi, immediate past governor of Ebonyi, is...

Just in: ln a split judgment, Supreme Court affirms Lawan as authentic Yobe North APC candidate for Feb. 25 poll

The Supreme Court on Monday in Abuja affirmed Senate President Ahmad Lawan as the Senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for...

Senate probes N5trn disbursed to State House, FG’s agencies from 2017 to 2021

In its quest to unearth how about N5 trillion was spent by some federal government agencies, the Senate on Wednesday summoned the Budget...

Sen. Adeola’s Ogun West Senatorial ambition: Yewa political warlords spoil for war

Sen. Solomon Olamilekan Adeola (Lagos West) a.k.a Yayi might be walking a political tightope in his bid to relocate from Lagos to Ogun...

Controversial Gombe FMC Bill: House of Reps suspends action, awaiting Senate’s concurrence

    The House of Representatives says it has suspended action on a bill seeking to establish a Federal Medical Centre in Deba...

BREAKING: Senate Passes 2022 Appropriation Bill

    By Ajuma Edwina Ameh The Senate has passed the 2022 budget of N17.126 trillion, upped from the N16.391 trillion presented by...

Without fail, Nigeria Senate approves Buhari’s $16bn, €1bn loan requests

By Ajuma Edwina Ameh The Nigeria Senate on Wednesday finally approved President Muhammadu Buhari’s $16.2 billion and €1.02 billion loan requests. The upper...

Senate Passes Electoral Act Amendment Bill, Approves Electronic Transmission Of Poll Results

By Ajuma Edwina Ameh The Senate has passed the Electoral Act Amendment Bill and also approved the electronic transmission of poll results. The...

Borno farmers murders: For the umpteenth time, Senate calls for Service Chiefs’ sack

    In league with the lower chamber of the National Assembly, the Senate has also ventilated its dismay and resentment with the...

#EndSARS: Senate urges FG to take action on protesters’ demands

      As the #EndSARS continue to fester across the country, the Nigerian Senate has urged the Federal Government to expedite action...

CSOs to lawmakers : Your vacation ill-advised, ill-timed, smacks of conspiracy 

  No fewer than 39 civil society organisations (CSOs) said on Sunday that the decision by National Assembly to go on vacation amid high...

Re: Senate Targets Osibanjo, Fashola, Others Over Multimillion Dollar Power Deal – Newspaper’s wicked lies exposed

  By Dr. Ahmed Rahman. On Tuesday July 21, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Power, Senator Gabriel Suswam, presented a report...

Days after his release from prison, Kalu storms Senate to resume duty

    Just back from Kuje Correctional Centre, Abuja,  Abia Senator and former Gov. Orji Uzor Kalu on Tuesday stormed the Upper Chamber of the...

COVID-19: Senate President gives out Personal Protective Equipment, palliatives to constituents in Yobe 

  Senate President Ahmad Lawan, has unveiled his COVID-19 intervention by providing Personal Protective Equipments (PPE) to some hospitals and other items for his constituents...

Insecurity: Decentralize Nigeria Police Now, Senate tells FG

        …insists on community policing to be funded from LG grants   In a bid to address insecurity in the...

Abba Kyari: Senate at resumed plenary consoles Pres. Buhari

      …says Nigeria has lost a compatriot     The Nigerian Senate at its reconvened plenary on Tuesday mourned the passing...