2019: Senate clears seven REC nominees
The Senate on Wednesday confirmed seven of the nine Resident Electoral Commissioner nominees sent for approval by President…
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Drama in senate over reordering of elections sequence
There was drama in the Senate during the adoption of the report of the Conference Committee on the amendment of the Electoral Act…
Melaye’s arraignment: Nobody can intimidate Senate from performing its…
Senate President Bukola Saraki on Tuesday queried the recent actions of the federal government towards members of the National…
Buhari writes Senate, withholds assent on three bills
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday wrote the leadership of the Senate on why he is withholding accent to three bills passed by…
Buhari writes Senate, reiterates commitment to ending farmers, herdsmen…
President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the Senate insisting that he (Buhari) is committed to ending the farmers/herdsmen…
Senate summons Emefiele, bank chiefs, others over illegal deductions
The Senate on Tuesday summoned the governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele, forensic auditors, Managing…
Benue massacre: Saraki directs Senate committee to suspend recess, expedite…
The President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, has directed members of the Senate Adhoc Committee on Security to immediately…
Senate to investigate alleged fraud in Scholarship Board
Chairman, Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and Tetfund, Senator Jibrin Barau on Monday said that the committee would…
2019: Ex-Abia governor, Orji Kalu declares Senate ambition
A former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, on Monday declared his intention to run for Abia North Senatorial seat in 2019.…
Senate condemns Rivers, Benue massacres; summons Dambazau
The Chairman of the Senate committee on Interior, Andy Uba,has condemned the killings in Benue, Rivers and Kaduna states.
He…