Tag: Senate
Senate urges Nigerian Govt to reconstruct Enugu Airport runway
The Senate on Thursday urged the Federal Ministry of Transport to resurface and reconstruct the Runway of the Akanu Ibiam…
Senate to Nigerian Govt: Raise revenue base to check unemployment
The Senate on Monday urged the Federal Government to raise the country’s revenue base to check its level of unemployment.
IDP: Senate to investigate sexual abuse, violence allegations
The President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, on Thursday expressed the senate’s readiness to investigate all allegations related to…
Senate orders investigation over death of female NYSC member
The Nigerian Senate has ordered investigation into the death and non-treatment of Linda Angela Igwetu, a corps member who was…
Senate set to create state, community police
The Senate on Tuesday resolved to direct its constitutional review committee to put in place the machinery to amend the…
Cyber crime: Senate wants sensitisation of Nigerians
The Senate Committee on ICT and Cyber Crime has harped on the need to sensitise Nigerians on the effect of…
2018 Budget: South East senators shocked over reported cuts
The South East Senate Caucus has expressed shock over a reported cut in the 2018 budget allocation for the Enugu…
$16bn: Egina Project: Senate commences audit
The Senate Ad hoc Committee on Investigation of Local Content Element on Egina Oil Field and other related Projects ,…
June 12 results: Okei-Odumakin agrees with Senate
Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin, President of Women Arise for Change Initiative (WA), on Thursday agreed with the Senate for a posthumous…
Senate adjourns for Sallah break
The Senate on Thursday adjourned plenary till July 3 to proceed for Sallah break.
IDPs Women: Senate investigates Amnesty Report
The Senate is investigating the report by Amnesty International on an alleged ill treatment of women in Internally Displaced Camps…
Senate screens 23 NPC nominees
The Senate Committee on National Identity Card and National Population on Tuesday commenced screening of 23 nominees as members of…
Senate interrogates 2 INEC nominees
The Senate Committee on Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday reported the grilling of two nominees, Mr Festus Okoye…
Underage imprisonment: Senate summons C-G of Prisons
The Senate on Wednesday summoned the Controller-General, Prisons, Mr Ahmed Ja’afaru, to appear before its Committee on Interior, to explain…
Senate to Jega: Prove bribery allegation against National Assembly
The Senate on Wednesday challenged Prof. Attahiru Jega, former chairman of INEC, to prove bribery allegation he levelled against members…
Senate investigates ‘OAU Sex-For-Marks-Scandal’
The Senate on Wednesday, commenced investigation into the alleged sexual harassment case between a student of the Obafemi Awolowo University…
Senate passes 2018 Budget after 7 months
The Senate on Wednesday passed the 2018 budget of N9.12 trillion after seven months following the adoption of the report…
Ebola: Senate pleads with JOHESU to call off strike
The Senate, on Tuesday pleaded with the Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) to call off the over three weeks strike…
Sen. Omo-Agege absent from Tuesday’s plenary
Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege was on Tuesday absent from plenary.
Senate receives report of 2018 budget estimates
The Senate on Tuesday received the report of Committee on Appropriation on the 2018 budget estimates.
Senate backpedals on Omo-Agege, allows him to resume
The Nigerian Senate said Monday night that it will not stop Senator Ovie Omo-Agege from attending plenary on Tuesday, in…
Release of list of killings by Senate heinous – Police
The Nigeria Police has described the release of the purported list of killings in Nigeria in 2018 by the Office…
Omo Agege: Senate appeals suspension nullification
The Senate has appealed the nullification of the suspension of Senator Ovie Omo-Agege by the Federal High Court in Abuja…
Senate urges IGP to “stop holding on to the straw” for non-appearance
The Senate on Thursday, urged the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris to “stop holding on to the straw” for…
You have no power to summon IGP, Falana challenges Senate
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, on Thursday faulted the Senate for ordering the President to appear before it, saying…
Court nullifies Senate’s suspension of Omo-Agege
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday nullified the suspension of Senator Ovie Omo-Agege by the Senate for 90…
Senate’s resolution on IGP deliberate blackmail, witch-hunting – Police
The Inspector General of Police, IGP, Ibrahim Idris has described Senate's declaration that he was an enemy of democracy and…
IGP’s enemy of democracy, unfit to hold public office – Senate
The Senate on Wednesday branded the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Ibrahim Idris, as an ‘enemy of democracy’ and unfit…
Senate summons Buhari over Benue killings
The Senate on Thursday resolved to summon Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari to address the lawmakers on the spate of killings…
IG summoned as Senators halt plenary to visit Melaye at National Hospital
The Senate on Wednesday stopped plenary to visit Sen. Dino Melaye (APC-Kogi) at National Hospital, Abuja, to ascertain his health…