THE Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Board of Trustees (BoT), Sen. Walid Jibrin, has resigned from his position. Jibrin, who […]
RTag: senate
Senate, IGP agree on modalities for Amotekun, others
THE Western Nigeria Security Network (WNSN) codenamed Operation Amotekun got a major boost on Wednesday as …
Senate, Saraki have hatred, contempt for me, says IG
THE Inspector-General of Police, IG, Ibrahim Idris, has begun a legal action to have the Federal High Court in Abuja to quash …
Senate, Reps hold joint executive session
SENATORS and members of the House of Representatives are right now holding a joint executive session at the National Assembly …
Senate, House consult as Buhari rejects elections reordering
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has withheld his assent to the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, which seeks to re-order the sequence …
Ministers, governors, traditional rulers should go for drug test – Sanusi
THE Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II, has called for a law that will compel public …
Alleged Corruption: Dickson tells Misau, Idris to stop Embarassing Police, Senate
GOVERNOR Henry Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has condemned the ongoing …
Saraki welcomes Buhari, says: “President’ll Resume With Greater Vigour”
ABUBAKAR Bukola Saraki, president of the Senate, has welcomed President Muhammadu Buhari back to Nigeria. Saraki, in a statement signed […]
Late Passage of Budget Killing Economy – Obaseki
GOVERNOR Godwin Obaseki of Edo State today Tuesday, July 18, condemned the late …
TETFUND Probe Not Responsible for Halt in Melaye’s Recall Process
CONTRARY to insinuations, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, did not …
282 Vessels Disappear from Port – Senate
THE Senate has alleged that 282 vessels disappeared from terminals of the Nigeria Ports …
Presidency Seeks Supreme Court’s Interpretation on Magu’s Tenure
AFTER being brushed by the Senate over a suggestion that it is not mandatory for it to …
Budget 2017: Fashola Should Stop Spreading Half-Truths – Senate
THE Senate has cautioned Minister of Works, Housing and Power, Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN, to stop spreading wrong information and half-truth about […]
Osinbajo Seeks Senate Approval for $1.5bn Loan
ACTING President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday asked the Senate to approve $1.5bn loan …
Names of 15 out of 27 RECs Confirmed By Senate
THE Nigerian Senate has approved 15 out of the 27 resident electoral commissioners …
Senate’s New Bill scrapes Customs board
THE Senate has passed a new bill subjecting the appointment of the comptroller general of …
PDP Rues Resignation of Ndoma-Egba
THE People Democratic Party, PDP, has described the resignation of Victor Ndoma-Egba, SAN, former leader of the Senate, from the party as a big loss. …
APC’s National Assembly Brouhaha
Despite many peace moves, warring parties in the ruling All Progressives Congress have stuck to their guns on leadership crisis rocking the National Assembly …
Senate Beyond the Noise
IT IS just three weeks since the Eight Senate was inaugurated on the proclamation prepared by President Muhammadu Buhari. Since then, a lot has happened within the institution which under normal circumstances should have attracted positive attention from members of the public, including …
APC Crisis: Divided They Stand
There is impasse in the ruling All Progressives Congress as members are still divided over the sharing of leadership positions at the National Assembly …
How APC Can Get Ekweremadu Out
Senators belonging to the All progressives Congress will have to rethink their strategy of replacing Ike Ekweremadu, deputy senate president, with a member of their party because he will simply not heed their call on him to resign …
APC in Leadership Crisis Again
JUST as the crisis which rocked the All Progressives Congress, APC, over the election of National Assembly leaders is settling, another crisis appears to raising its ugly head. Sources close to the party said that the APC national officers were now at loggerheads with the National Assembly over the …
National Assembly Leadership Race: Who Wins?
As the seventh National Assembly wounds down its activities on June 6, there is need for the incoming legislators to elect leaders who will shepherd the affairs of the legislature for another four years. Many candidates are already scheming to get the posts but they all have to test their popularity in …
Jonathan Passes National Confab Recommendations to Senate
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday, May 27, forwarded the recommendations of the 2014 National Conference to the Senate for necessary legislative action. …
Senate Investigates Causes of Fuel Scarcity
The Senate is to look into the causes of the current lingering fuel crisis …
2015 Constitutional Amendment Bill Hanging in Balance
Nigerians are understandably worried about wasting of billions of Naira on constitutional amendment which is likely to end up in a trash can, but some legislators have vowed that they would not allow that to happen …
Looming Crisis over Unpaid Salaries
As the new central government comes in on May 29, one of the crisis that is likely to get its attention is unpaid salaries and pensions which has been causing agitations in many states of the federation …
FIDA Urges Senate to Pass Bill Against Violence
As the world celebrates International Women’s Day, on Sunday March 8, the International Federation of Women Lawyers urges the Senate to pass into law the violence against persons’ prohibition bill before winding down …
PDP, APC in Battle of Wits
Members of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party and those of the opposition All Progressives Congress are doing everything possible to discredit each other in their desperate political manoeuvring to win the general elections …
Senate Sets Benchmark for 2015 Budget
The Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has set the price of $52 per barrel of crude oil as the benchmark for revenue for the 2015 budget …
March, April Elections Dates Stand – Jonathan
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has promised that no effort would be spared to ensure that the general elections were held on March 28 and April 11, as scheduled by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.…
I Insisted on APC Presidential Primaries – Odigie-Oyegun
IT WAS a milestone that would have been missed. This was the verdict of John Odigie-Oyegun, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, who disclosed on Wednesday, December 17, that he had to ignore several attempts by some stakeholders to adopt a consensus presidential candidate …
Senate Investigates Incessant Killings
– IRKED by an upsurge in attacks and killings in some parts of the country, the Senate on Thursday, March […]