Senate

The Senate has urged the Federal Government to collaborate with the Finish government to extradite Simon Ekpa for prosecution, given his alleged roles in persistent “sit–at–home orders and killings in the South-East." The senate…

Yemi Adaramodu, spokesperson of the senate, says no member of the national assembly will receive any money from the N70 billion budgeted to “support their working conditions”. In a statement on Sunday, Adaramodu said the fund is for…

The Senate on Tuesday urged the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to direct its personnel to stop forthwith, extortion, intimidation and harassment of motorists and commuters on highways. The senate resolution was sequel…

Akpabio, a former governor of Akwa Ibom State, has been elected as the Senate President of the tenth Assembly. The All Progressives Congress, in power, had Akpabio as their top pick. After receiving 63 votes, Akpabio was elected…

Senate on Wednesday indicted Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited,  NNPCL for poor record-keeping for crude oil deliveries to Warri Refinery and Petrochemical Company and Kaduna Refinery and Petrochemical Company worth $376,…

The Senate has once again asked the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to extend the deadline for the stoppage of the use of old naira notes from January 31 till July 31, 2023. With one week to the deadline for the termination of the use…

Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has declared the Senate is ready to approve the N23.7tn debt restructuring request made by the President, Major General, Muhammadu Buhari, (Retd.),  in December last year. The senate also blamed the…

Senate has said that it would adjourn plenary next week to allow lawmakers to have time for campaigns for the forthcoming elections. The senate had just resumed plenary from a three-week break after it adjourned plenary on December…

Ahmad Lawan, the president of the Senate, urged Nigerians to take advantage of the chances offered to participate actively in the ongoing election process in his message for the new year. Read Also: 2023: Tinubu Denies Alliance With…

The Senate on Wednesday has turned down  the request by President Muhammadu Buhari, to restructure the N22.7tn Ways and Means advances collected by the Federal Government from the Central Bank of Nigeria. The lawmakers turned down…

The Senate has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria to swiftly push back the deadline for obsolete Naira notes to be withdrawn from circulation from January 31 to June 30, 2023. Sen. Mohammed Ndume (APC-Borno) raised a point of order at…

Senate has postponed the implementation of the 2022 budget from 31 December to 31 March, 2023. The lawmakers extended the budget implementation shortly after the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, on Wednesday, read a request for an…

The Senate has postponed the passage of the 2023 budget until Wednesday, December 28th, 2022. The lawmakers also postponed the passage of the Finance Bill till December 28th. Senate President Ahmad Lawan made these announcements…

Senate on Wednesday gave the Ministry of Interior 24 hours to defend N700m collected from Service Wide Votes for the monitoring of Ondo and Edo governorship elections. From the record, the money was released in two batches, N400m for…

Senate has confirmed the appointment of the president’s Special Assistant on New Media, Lauretta Ifeanyi-Onochie, as the substantive Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Board. The Senate Tuesday at the plenary also…