Tag: Senate
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…
The misogynists in the Nigerian Senate By Reuben Abati
By Reuben Abati What Senator Biodun Olujimi (PDP, Ekiti South) did with her presentation of a bill on gender and…
Senate fails to pass 2016 Budget
The Senate on Wednesday said that the Thursday deadline fixed for passage of the 2016 Appropriation Bill was no longer…
Senate Committee boss tasks Eagles, Olympic team
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Youth and Sports, Senator Obinna Ogba was a surprise visitor to the Super…
Under me the senate will never cover up corruption – Saraki
Nigeria’s senate president, Bukola Saraki has reiterated the commitment of the current Senate to supporting the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administrations…
Senate probes MTN’s N50bn fine payment
The Senate has demanded to know the account MTN paid the N50 billion fine into and which government agency received…
Senate probes NNPC unbundling
The Senate will tomorrow examine the issues surrounding Federal Government’s decision to unbundle the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). This…
Senate Probe Of DStv: A farce in the making
Bolaji Fetuga national a The senate is back to doing what it does best: pretending to be the protector of…
Senate won’t pass social media bill, says Saraki
Nigeria’s Senate president says a controversial social media bill being considered by MPs will not be passed. Human rights group…
Senate: Supreme Court ends hope of Chris Uba, others
Nigeria’s apex court, the Supreme Court on Wednesday dashed the hopes of Anambra strong man, Chief Chris Uba following a…
Senate goes after DStv following Compact bouquet review
Nigerian senate was ball watching when most Nigerians clamoured for a review of DStv charges but a day after DStv…
Senate orders NERC to suspend electricity tariff hike
Nigeria’s senate president, Bukola Saraki has revealed that the senate has directed the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to suspend…
Senate Leader assures of rancour-free session
Senate Leader Ali Ndume on Monday assured of a rancour-free session among members of the Senate on resumption on Tuesday.…
2016 Budget Proposal: Don’t change our plans, Fashola begs Senate
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola SAN on Wednesday led the management team of his Ministry…
For the love of Nigerians, Saraki dumps senate work for PR
Seun Bisuga Nigeria’s senate president, Bukola Saraki has added a new job function to his long Résumé. The number one…
Senate pledges support for EFCC
Chairman of the Senate Committee on Anti-corruption and Financial Crimes, Senator Godfrey Chukwuka Utazi, has expressed the readiness of the…
Bukola Saraki, What Was On Your Mind?
Peter Claver Oparah This certainly is not the best of times for Senate President, Bukola Saraki. From all seeming indices,…
CCT Trial: Senate decries call for Saraki’s resignation
The Senate on Monday said calls by some Nigerians on its President, Senator Bukola Saraki, to immediately resign over his…
Senate investigates fresh plot to extradite Kashamu
The Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petition has begun investigation into fresh allegations of moves by the National…
Senate got it wrong on N5b for cars, says Islamic cleric
Eromosele Ebhomele At a time Nigeria is wallowing in various financial challenges, the Nigerian Senate should know better than to…
Senate frowns at refusal of agencies to fund NDDC
Nigeria’s senate has stated that it will do whatever necessary to assist the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, recover all…