Nigeria Senate

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...

Visa On Arrival: Senate summons Aregbesola, Babandede over policy

  The Senate, on Tuesday, summoned the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbosola, and the Comptroller General of the Nigerian Immigration Service, Muhammed...

Senate to probe lopsided recruitment ongoing in FIRS, NDLEA, FCSC, others

Summons heads of affected agencies The Senate has frowned at the alleged lopsided appointments in some federal agencies and departments, and has therefore...

In Nigeria, Bewilderment and Anger Over Senate’s Plan to Spend N5.5bn on Cars

The astonishment in Nigeria over the Senate’s apparent desire to spend over N5billion on cars turned to bewilderment and anger on Sunday. No fewer...

2019 budget: Lack of quorum stalls Senate plenary

The expected commencement of debate on the general principles of the N8.83trillion 2019 budget proposals suffered a set back in Senate on Tuesday,...