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The office of the vice president has announced that the presidency is yet to receive the 2017 budget from the Nigerian National Assembly for assent. This is according to Laolu Akande, the Spokesman for Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. "In response to several media inquiries on the 2017 budget...

Contrary to public opinions, it has been discovered legislative aides at National Assembly receive salaries more than Senators and Reps members combined together. According to the proposed National Assembly budget for the year 2017 legislative aides would be collecting as much as N8,917,127,214...

The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday began screening of the 27 INEC Resident Election Commissioners sent to it by President Muhammadu Buhari. Eight of the twenty-seven nominees were screened on Wednesday and the exercise is expected to continue on Thursday. This is coming seven weeks after the...

Nigeria's former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Alani Akinrinade (retd) on Thursday lampooned members of the National Assembly (NASS). According to him, the lawmakers are the most dishonourable people in the world. He especially condemned Kogi West's Senator Dino Melaye over his viral video...

The Nigerian Senate will pass the 2017 budget next week Majority Leader, Ahmad Lawal on Thursday announced. According to him the legislature wanted to pass the Bill in March but could not due to some circumstances. The recent delay was caused by the raid on the house of its Appropriation...

Nigeria Senate Committee Chairman on Appropriation, Senator Danjuma Goje on Wednesday accused the Nigeria police of carting away documents relevant to the 2017 budget from his home during a raid last week. He said the police carted away laptops and documents that had the processed 2017 budget...

A former national officer of the APC, Yekini Nabena, has demanded the removal of Bukola Saraki as the senate president of Nigeria due to the number of corrupt cases he's currently navigating. According to Nabena, Saraki has brought shame upon the country's legislature and his senate presidency...

Kaduna's Senate Shehu Sani has berated Nigeria's Vice President Yemi Osinbajo for lending his support towards EFCC Chairman Ibrahim Magu over his troubles with the Nigeria Senate. The Senate had refused to Magu as EFCC Chairman on two occasions and expected President Muhammadu Buhari to...

The Nigerian Senate has directed the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to forget about extraditing Sen. Buruji Kashamu to the United States for drug related offences. According to the senators, the NDLEA should allow Nigerian courts to handle issues. This is the conclusion of the...

The APC leadership on Tuesday met with its caucus at the Nigerian senate in a way to bridge the gap between the senate and the presidency. The meeting started around 2:30 pm and went on for about 3 hours. During the meeting, APC Chairman John Odigie Oyegun implored the senators to shield...

The All Progressive Congress, APC, has made a move to end the rift between the Presidency and the Nigerian senate. “Worried by the worsening relationship between the two arms of government, the party had embarked on a series of consultations with the key actors aimed at resolving the growing...

A caucus of PDP members in the Senate have decided to go against APC leader Bola Ahmed Tinubu for persecuting the Red Chamber. According to the Senators, Tinubu is using the EFCC and the media to wage a war against the senate. In a caucus meeting, the senators said the attack on the Senate...

Nigeria Customs Comptroller-General Colonel Hameed Ali (rtd) has announced that the agency will implement the recently suspended vehicle import duties payment. According to him, the Customs has consulted widely with relevant stakeholders in the industry about the issue. Speaking in an...

Senator Dino Melaye has stated that an apology to the Upper Legislative Chambers could make the senate lessen the suspension of Senator Ali Ndume. Ndume is currently on a 6-month suspension for instigating the certificate saga of Dino Melaye along with Senate President Bukola Saraki's issue...

The Nigerian senate has agreed to end the rift between the National Assembly and the Presidency. Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Sen. Sabi Abdullahi on Thursday stated this while addressing newsmen. “We have heard about the initiative by President Muhammadu Buhari in...

Suleiman Hassan, one of the two names sent to the Senate by President Muhammadu Buhari for confirmation as Ministers is one of the 46 non-career ambassadors the President nominated months ago. In January Buhari nominated a host of non-career ambassadors and Hassan was one of them. Representing...

The Nigerian Senate leadership have 5 conditions to end the rift with the Presidency, according to a Daily Trust report. President Buhari yesterday set up a committee to end the rift also. The committee is headed by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. Buhari Sets up Committee to Resolve Issues With...

Nigeria's former Senate Leader, Senator Ali Ndume was on Wednesday handed a 6-month suspension by the Red Chamber for bringing the institution into disrepute. Ndume was said to have caused the certificate saga of Dino Melaye and Bukola Saraki's issue with the customs over a seized car after the...

There is a plot in the senate to suspend Senator Ali Ndume for initiation a motion which allegedly caused some unwanted investigation into the affairs of Senate President Bukola Saraki and the outspoken Dino Melaye, Daily Trust reports. Ndume last week raised a point of order informing his...

Senator Dino Melaye has condemned the Presidency over the letter AGF Abubakar Malami sent to the senate urging it to suspend the summon of Nigeria Customs Boss Hameed Ali. According to him, it is an insult to the senate. "Can a court process stall any arm of government from carrying out our...