Tag: Senate
APC candidates win Bauchi Central District, others
The APC candidate for Bauchi Central Senatorial District, Malam Isa Hamma, has been declared winner of the just concluded senatorial…
APC wins all the senatorial seats in Oyo
Gbenro Adesina/Ibadan Senatorial candidates of All Progressive Party (APC) won in the three Senatorial Districts in Oyo state. Although, PM…
Senate: Ben Bruce Faces Disqualification Over Dual Citizenship
By Henry Ojelu A former Attorney General of Bayelsa state, Chief Anthony George – Ikoli SAN has filed a suit…
Senate summons NNPC to defend budget
Senate Committee on Petroleum Downstream has summoned the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to appear before it on Thursday to…
Senate slashes subsidies on kerosene, petrol by N145bn
The Senate on Wednesday, slashed the allocation for petrol and kerosene subsidies presented by the Ministry of Finance in the…
Senate stalls Obanikoro’s ministerial confirmation
The Nigerian Senate stepped down the ministerial confirmation hearing for Senator Musiliu Obanikoro today. The Senate did not give any…
Senate reduces oil benchmark to $52
The Senate on Tuesday, reduced the oil benchmark from 65 dollars to 52 dollars. NAN reports that this is the…
Poll Shift: Jega Quizzed By Senate
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega, on Wednesday appeared before the Senate to clear the…
Poll Shift: Jega to face Senate on Wednesday
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Professor Attahiru Jega, the Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will face the Senate on Wednesday over…
Jonathan sends list of eight ministerial nominees to Senate
The Senate at resumption of plenary on Tuesday received a list of eight ministerial nominees from the Presidency in accordance…
Senate Summons Ladipo Market Leaders Over Crises
Cyriacus Izuekwe The Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has summoned leaders of the Aguiyi Ironsi Traders Association at…
Inegbeneki Picks Edo Central APC Senatorial Ticket
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Chief Francis Inegbeneki, a leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Edo State chapter, was Monday voted the…
Remi Tinubu wins APC ticket for Lagos Central Senatorial District
Sen. Oluremi Tinubu on Monday picked the All Progressives Congress (APC) ticket for the Lagos Central Senatorial District at the…
3,000 Delegates Demand N150 Million To Endorse Ashafa
Kazeem Ugbodaga Senator Gbenga Ashafa’s plan to return back to the Senate suffered a setback on Monday as 3,000 delegates…
Dosunmu beats Braithwaite to clinch PDP Senatorial ticket
Mr Olumide Braithwaite, son of eminent Nigerian and pro-democracy activist, Dr Tunji Braithwaite, on Sunday lost the PDP Lagos-Central Senatorial…
70 Senators, 195 Reps Sign To Impeach President Jonathan
More members of the House of Representatives and the Senate have thrown their weight behind the call for the impeachment…
Senate sets up committee to investigate police raid on NASS
The Senate on Wednesday set up a seven-man committee to investigate the Thursday’s security breach at the National Assembly by…
Senate yet to decide on extension of state of emergency
The Senate is yet to decide on the extension of state of emergency after it failed to discuss the request…
Stop Begging Politicians For Money, Ex-Minister Advices Nigerians
Eromosele Ebhomele A former Minister of State for Defence, Ademola Seriki, has said that Nigerians can only fully hold elective…
Football, News, Sports, World News
Senate amends, passes bill to make NFF autonomous
Nigerian lawmakers on Thursday passed a bill amending the way the country’s football association is run, which could reduce the…
Senate worried over non-completion of East-West Road
The Chairman, Senate Committee on SURE-P, Sen. Abdul Ningi (PDP-Bauchi), has expressed concern over the non-completion of the East-West Road…
Senate to adopt $78 oil benchmark for 2015 fiscal year
The Senate is set to adopt the proposed $78 as the country’s oil price benchmark for 2015 fiscal year. The…
Lagos Deputy, Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, Guns For Senate
Jamiu Yisa The race to replace Senate Minority Whip, Senator Ganiyu Olanrewaju Solomon, as representative of Lagos West Senatorial District…
Minimum Wage: TUC gives Senate one-week ultimatum
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) on Saturday gave the Senate a one-week ultimatum to clarify its position on the removal…
HND Discrimination Bill narrowly scales second reading
The Bill for an Act to Abolish and Prohibit Dichotomy and Discrimination between First Degrees and Higher National Diploma in…
Gbajabiamila Battles Tinubu For Senate
Jamiu Yisa Former Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development under Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration, Engr. Hakeem Akinola Gbajabiamila,…
French opposition lawmaker elected Senate speaker
The French Senate on Wednesday elected a member of the opposition as its speaker, after the upper house made a…
Senate passes corporate manslaughter bill into law
The Senate on Tuesday honoured late Senator Pius Ewherido by passing the Corporate Manslaughter Bill 2014 into law after a…
Senate begins investigation into $9.3m
The Senate on Tuesday began investigation into circumstances surrounding the seizure of Nigeria’s 9.3 million dollars in South Africa. The…
Senate refers appointment of Justice Nweze, others to committees
The Senate on Wednesday referred the nomination of Chima Nweze as Justice of the Supreme Court to its Committee on…