Senate

Senate has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency over the prevalent insecurity in the country. The move comes hours after the abduction of 27 students and 14 others from Government Secondary School in…

Senate has summoned the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele and Director-General of Security and Exchange Commission, Lamido Yuguda over the CBN’s order restraining banks and financial institutions in the country from…

Kabiru Gaya, chairman of senate committee on Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has said suggestion that married underage girls should have the right to vote has been rejected. The senator spoke on the issue while fielding…

Donald Trump will go on trial in the US Senate soon after an impeachment case against the former president is transmitted by the House of Representatives on Monday, top lawmakers announced. The House impeached the Republican leader for a…

Senate has on Monday passed the sum of 13.588 trillion as budget for 2021 fiscal year with an increase of N505 billion. The passage followed the recommendation by the Senate Committee Chairman on Appropriation, Senator Jibrin Barau.…

President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Senate to confirm the appointment of Professor Mahmood Yakubu, for a second term in office. Buhari’s official communication to the red chamber was read on the floor during plenary on Tuesday,…

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has warned that there could be anarchy if the Senate is scrapped, as being clamored for by some Nigerians. Rather, he challenged those who are not comfortable with senators in the current 9th…

Members of the Senate Committee on Federal Character have asked State House officials to stop President Muhammadu Buhari from making any medical trips abroad so in order to ensure that the State House clinic becomes functional this year.…

Senate has said the National Assembly should not be held responsible for bad roads in Benue State or any other part of the country. It described a statement credited to Babatunde Fashola, the Minister of Works and Housing, on the state…

Senate has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to address the nation immediately on the current nationwide protests by youths against police brutality and bad governance. They also directed the police to offer protection to the #EndSARS…

President Muhammadu Buhari has presented the N13.08trillion budget estimates for the 2021 fiscal year to the joint session of the National Assembly for consideration and approval. Compared to budget presentations done in previous years,…

President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the Senate, seeking the confirmation of eight Justices of the Court of Appeal as Justices of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. The letter read by the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, at plenary…

University of Lagos (UNILAG) Senate has appointed Professor Folasade Ogunsola as acting Vice Chancellor, following Federal Government’s directive to nominate one amongst its members. She was the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Development…

Senate of the University of Lagos, Akoka, has rejected the removal of Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe as Vice Chancellor of the institution by the Governing Council. Governing Council of the institution led by Wale Babalakin, Pro-Chancellor…

Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, has named some federal lawmakers who allegedly got contracts from the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). According to Punch, the named lawmakers include the Chairman of the…