The Senate has moved forward with a bill proposing the creation of a National Food Reserve Agency, passing it for a second reading on Tuesday.
Sponsored by Senator Salihu Mustapha (APC, Kwara Central), the bill aims to establish a legal...
The Nigerian Senate has announced it deferred its investigation into the alleged sabotage in the petroleum industry indefinitely, citing the need for wider consultations with stakeholders whose input and participation, they say, will add value to the conclusion of...
The Nigerian Senate have sent a strong response to allegations it is involved in fixing salaries and allowances for members of the upper chamber of the national assembly. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo was recently quoted accusing federal lawmakers of...
The senate on Tuesday passed for the first, second and third reading, A Bill for an Act to Amend the National Minimum Wage Act, 2019 to increase the National Minimum Wage and reduce the time for periodic review of...
Senator Ned Nwoko (PDP, Delta North) has strongly denounced the central bank of Nigeria (CBN) over its recent decision to sack of 317 of its staff. The senator, therefore, urged the senate to investigate the circumstance behind the development....
The Nigerian senate has pardoned and recalled suspended senator Abdul Ahmed Ningi, two weeks to the end of his three-month suspension. Senator Ninigi was suspended on March 12, this year following a hearing that followed his public accusations against...
The Nigerian senate, on Tuesday, adjourned plenary in honour of a member of the house of representatives, Isa Dogonyaro, who died on Friday after a brief illness.
The upper chamber also held a minute silence in honour of the lawmaker...
The suspended senator representing Bauchi Central, Ahmed Ningi, has written to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, demanded the lifting of his suspension and immediate reinstatement.
Senator Ningi communicated his demands to Akpabio through his legal representative, Chief Femi Falana (SAN)....
Nigeria's senate president, Godswill Akpabio, has suggested those responsible for the brutal killings of men of the Nigerian armed forces in a community in a delta state may be foreign mercenaries instead of locals as widely believed.
Senator Akpabio made...
