Senate

The Senate has referred to its Committee on Niger Delta Affairs for screening and the confirmation of the appointment of Lauretta Onochie as the substantive Chairperson of the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and the…

Senate has threatened to withhold the 2023 Capital Budget of 100 Federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies until they answer the queries raised against them by the Auditor General for the Federation. The Senate President, Ahmad…

The Senate has set up an ad hoc committee to carry out investigation into the alleged uneven disbursement of half a trillion naira loan to the six geo-political zones by the Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN). The resolution was…

Minister of Police Affairs, Muhammad Dingyadi, has disclosed that the ministry cannot carry out its functions efficiently with the N3.5bn allocated to it in the 2023 Appropriations Bill. Dingyadi, while defending the budget proposed…

The Senate Committee on Army has assured the Nigerian Army of continuous support in its efforts to address the myriad of security challenges bedeviling the country. The Chairman of the Senate Committee, Sen. Ali Ndume gave the…

The Senate has called on Nigerians to vote for only candidates that have clear agenda to liberate the local government system in the 2023 general election. Sen. Olalekan Mustapha, the Chairman, Senate Committee on States and Local…

Senate, through its standing Committee on Public Accounts, has begun a probe of over 1.7 trillion service vide votes allocated to federal agencies from 2017 to 2021 budgets. The Chairman of the Committee, Senator Matthew Urhogbide,…

Country Director, ActionAid Nigeria, Ene Obi, has stated that Nigerian women deserve a more inclusive government to address the gender gaps in the country. Obi made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on…

The Presidency has frowned at the threats by some opposition members of the Senate to begin impeachment proceedings against President Muhammadu Buhari over nation’s security challenges. Some Senators from opposition political…

The Senate on Wednesday, July 27, at plenary resolved to invite the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, to educate and inform senators in a closed session on the reasons for the rapid depreciation of the…

President Muhammadu Buhari has been given a six-week deadline to address the nation's security issues by senators from opposition parties. Additionally, they threatened to start impeachment procedures against the President if he did…

The Senate has issued a warrant to officials of the Presidential Amnesty Programme over mismanagement of N10bn meant for the programme. Senator Matthew Urhogbide, the chairman of the Senate Committee on Public Account said the…

The Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal, on Friday, July 1, found Senator Peter Nwaoboshi guilty and sentenced him to seven years in prison for representing the Delta North Senatorial District in the National Assembly. The court…

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday, July 1, ordered the Nigerian Immigration Service and three banks to immediately provide Ike Ekweremadu, the incarcerated former vice president of the Nigerian Senate, with information about David…

Ike Ekweremadu, a former deputy president of the senate, made an appearance before the Uxbridge Magistrate court in the UK on Thursday, June 30, to answer to allegations of organ harvesting. According to the prosecution, David Ukpo,…