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Breaking News: Senate throws out Buhari’s plan to borrow $30 billion
The Senate on Tuesday threw out President Muhammadu Buhari’s plan to borrow $30 billion from external bodies for infrastructural development.…
Senate concerned over liquidity crunch in power sector
The Senate Committee on Power has expressed concern over the liquidity crunch in the power sector. It has also expressed…
Plane crashes imminent – Senate warns
The Senate on Thursday warned of imminent plane crashes in the country if the aviation industry was not fixed immediately.…
Senate approves 3% VAT deduction to rebuild North-East
The Senate on Thursday approved the allocation of three percent of Value Added Tax (VAT) accruable to the Federal Government…
Senate condemns arrest of judges
The Senate on Tuesday condemned the action of the Department of State Security (DSS) for the “invasion of the homes,…
Group urges Senate not to play politics with Lagos status
A socio-political group, the Lagos Future Group has called on senators of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to put sectarian…
Ambode berates Senate for rejecting bill to grant Lagos special status
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has berated the Senate for turning down a bill meant to grant Lagos…
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Breaking: Senate opposes sale of national assets
The Senate has voted overwhelmingly to reject moves by the federal government to sell some national assets to reflate the…
Saraki on trial, not Senate – Lawyer
A Legal practitioner, Mr Remi Agwuezie, has called on the Nigerian Senate to face the business of law making rather…
Buhari hitting the Saraki Senate with kid gloves
By SKC Ogbonnia The scheme by the Nigerian Senate to undermine President Muhammadu Buhari’s government is as real as it…
Brazil’s Senate set to suspend President Rousseff
Brazil’s Senate looked increasingly likely to vote for President Dilma Rousseff to face trial on charges of breaking budget laws…
Osinbajo meets Senate, Reps, Governors Forum agree on new pump price
Nigeria’s vice president, Prof Yemi Osinbajo appears to have brokered a deal that will see the implementation of the new…
Senate summon security chiefs over fleeing terrorists
The Senate has invited the country’s security chiefs to brief it on the activities of fleeing terrorists in the North…
The 8th Senate and Matters Arising by Prof Sola Adeyeye
By Prof Sola Adeyeye I am really at a loss about how to respond to the column of my friend,…
BREAKING: Senate suspends amendment of Code of Conduct Bureau Act
Nigeria’s senate has suspended the amendment of the Code of Conduct Bureau act after it came under fierce criticism for…
SERAP tells Senate “You have no power to summon Justice Umar”
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on the leadership of the Senate to “immediately withdraw the unconstitutional summon…
Our Toyota SUVs were bought for just N36.5m each – Senate
Despite the fact that millions of Nigerians are languishing in poverty and many others are struggling to come to terms…
Senate summon on CCT Chairman is illegal, says Falana
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana has described as “illegal” the summon on the Code of Conduct Tribunal chairman by the…
Senate to probe CCT chairman, says he’s corrupt
In what could simply be described as corruption fighting back, Nigerian senators have decided to wage a war against the…
Saraki’s trial should not stop Senate from sitting – CCT
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Code of Conduct Tribunal insisted on Monday that there was no need to adjourn proceedings to enable…
Legislative Rascality: SERAP drags Senate to UN over CCT amendment
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has petitioned Professor Philip Alston, UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights…
Apologise and resign now, Senate tells Amaechi
As the controversy over the true state of the Nigerian budget raged on Monday, the Nigerian Senate asked Minister of…
2016 Budget: Presidency setting the people against us – Senate
Nigeria’s upper chamber, the Senate on Monday advised the Presidency to come clean to Nigerians on the 2016 Budget and…
Senate shuts down UNIPORT after protest
Sequel to the protest by students of the University of Port Harcourt today, the University Senate has shut down the…
Senate to legislate on cancer
Chairman, Senate Committee on Health, Olanrewaju Tejuoso, on Monday expressed the Senate’s commitment to passing a bill that would strengthened…
NERC, Senate And Politics Of Tariff
By Obinna Okowa The recent directive by the Nigerian Senate to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission to stop the announced…
Fuel Scarcity: Kachikwu to appear before Senate on Tuesday
The Senate on Monday summoned the Minister of State for Petroleum, Mr Ibe Kachikwu, to appear before its Committee on…
Don’t arrest Lamorde, Court orders Senate
By Eromosele Ebhomele Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court, Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, has granted an Order of Interim…
Senate passes 2016 Appropriation Bill
After several weeks of delay, the Senate passed the 2016 Appropriation bill Wednesday. A total sum of N1.587 trillion was…
Senate Probe Of DStv: Wasteful expense of time
Lukman Ariyibi A few weeks ago, the Senate developed an idea that the time has come for it to show…