Senate

Senate President, Ahmad Lawan has on Wednesday, June 9 asked committee on Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to screen Lauretta Onochie, a presidential aide, as commissioner of the electoral body. Lawan’s directive…

President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the senate to confirm Farouk Yahaya as the new chief of army staff. Yahaya, a major-general, replaced Ibrahim Attahiru who died in a military plane crash alongside 10 other officers. Attahiru, who…

Senate has on Wednesday asked the Federal Government to suspend proposed deployment of 5th Generation (5G) Network for mobile telecommunications in the country because of health concerns. This followed the consideration and adoption of…

Nigerian Senate has on Wednesday, May 19 considered a bill seeking to prohibit the payment and receipt of ransom for the release of any person kidnapped, imprisoned or wrongfully confined in the country. The bill titled Terrorism…

Senate has on Thursday morning commenced a closed door meeting with Chief of Defence Staff, service chiefs, Inspector General of Police and heads of intelligence agencies in the country. The meet up followed its resolution last week to…

Danladi Umar, chairman of Code of Conduct of Tribunal (CCT), has appeared before the senate committee on ethics, privileges and public petitions after he assaulted a security guard. Umar was caught on video physically assaulting a…

Senate has postponed its meeting with Service Chiefs, Director General of National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and Inspector General of Police to Thursday May 6. Ahmad Lawan, Senate president, disclosed this at plenary on Tuesday May 4,…

Senate has confirmed the nomination of Hon. Justice Salisu Garba Abdullahi as Chief Judge of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The confirmation of Abdullahi’s nomination followed the consideration of a report by the…

Senate has approved the sums of $1.5 billion and €995 million external loans for the federal and state governments. The red chambers gave the approval on Tuesday after considering the report of its Committee on Local and Foreign Debts on…

A bill to create a national database for livestock in Nigeria has passed second reading in the Senate. The bill for an establishment Act of a National Livestock Bureau was passed during plenary on Tuesday, April 20, 2021. The sponsor…

Senate has commenced investigation into the alleged assault involving Danladi Umar, chairman of Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT). Umar was caught on video physically assaulting a security guard who had told him his vehicle was parked in…

Senate has on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of the newly appointed Service Chiefs. The confirmation followed the report by Senate Committee on Defence submitted to the Senate plenary. Read Also: President Buhari Replaces Service…

Senate has on Wednesday, February 24 confirmed Abdulrasheed Bawa as the new chairman of Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The upper legislative chamber confirmed Bawa after screening him for over two hours on Tuesday. Last…

Abdulrasheed Bawa, candidate nominated to head Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, has arrived at the Senate for screening. Mr. Bawa was accompanied into the Senate Chambers by his family members and political associates. The…

Senate has on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of immediate former service chiefs as non-career ambassadors-designate. It would be recalled that President Muhammadu Buhari nominated them as non-career ambassadors after they resigned…