Deputy Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, says the controversial hate speech bill is currently receiving massive support from Nigerians. The bill since its introduction into the...
Banky W has taken a swipe at Nigerian lawmakers over the allocation of N37bn for the renovation of the National Assembly Complex. The singer who contested in the 2019 general...
Nigerian Senate has said it cannot make public the outcome of its investigation against Adamawa lawmaker, Elisha Abbo, who was caught on camera assaulting a woman in a sex toy...
Livespot X Festival which was expected to be a ‘turn up event’ rather ended on a bad note as fans who had paid for tickets to witness the performance of...
Bishop David Oyedepo, the senior pastor of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, has once again kicked against the proposed Social Media Bill being deliberated upon in the Nigerian Senate. The...
The Nigerian Senate says it will not be declaring vacant the seat of one of its member, Orji Uzor Kalu, despite his conviction by the Federal High Court Lagos. The Federal...
The Senate has passed the 2020 appropriation bill. The passage was a sequel to the presentation of a report by the chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriation, Barau Jibrin. The...
The Senate Joint Committee on Navy, Marine Transport and Finance has threatened to order the arrest of Director-General, Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Dakuku Peterside, if he fails to...
Following the public outcry that greeted the hate speech bill, the Senate President Ahmed Lawan has said the Senate won’t pass the proposed anti-free speech bills. Lawan made the disclosure...
The candidate of APC in the Kogi West senatorial district election, Smart Adeyemi, has defeated Dino Melaye of PDP. The Saturday’s election was held in 53 polling units across seven...
Shehu Sani, the Senator who represented Kaduna central senatorial district in the 8th senate has waded into controversy sparked by President Buhari’s resubmission of a $30bn loan request to Ahmed-led Senate after it...
Nollywood Actress/Producer, Uche Jombo in a new tweet questioned the motive behind the payment of N1.2m to Nigerian senators as hardship allowance. The 39-year-old mother of one asked what “hardship allowance”...
Over 6,721 concerned Nigerians as well as socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), BudgIT and Enough is Enough (EiE) have sued the National Assembly to stop it from spending N5.5billion to...
The Senate will pass the 2020 national budget before this year’s Christmas. The Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, gave the assurance after visiting Katsina State governor, Aminu Bello Masari, at Government...
Dino Melaye, the senator representing Kogi West in the Senate, has described the ongoing ministerial screening as a ”beautiful nonsense”. Melaye made this assertion in an interview with Channels TV. “I...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the leadership of the Senate to further give credibility to the ministerial screening by sending the names of the nominees to the Economic and...
Festus Keyamo (SAN), one of President Buhari’s ministerial nominee has said he will unbundle the Supreme Court if made the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation. Keyamo disclosed...
The Senate has sworn-in Senator Ben Uwajumogu, representing Imo North Senatorial District. The brief ceremony was conducted by President of the Senate, Dr Ahmad Lawan at the plenary on Friday....
The Nigerian Senate this morning began the screening of ministerial nominees sent to them by President Buhari for confirmation. The first nominee screened was former banker turned oil magnate, Uche...
The Nigerian Senate has announced the postponement of its annual recess for one week to enable members to screen the ministerial nominees forwarded by President Muhammadu Buhari. The annual recess...
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