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The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday remembered the killing of four young undergraduates of the University of Port Harcourt at the Aluu community, Rivers state. Senator Melaye, represrnting Kogi west Senatorial district raised the point to his colleagues of the Aluu 4 and Justice For Bridget...

Members of the Upper Chamber of the National Assembly, on Tuesday agreed to donate N300,000 each to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the North-Eastern part of the country. Bashir Gabai, a senator from Borno central pointed out that despite the increment of amount proposed by the executive...

Nigeria's Senate President Bukola Saraki, will reveal details of the budget of the Red Chamber after the current recess, Senator Sehuh Sani has stated. Saraki had promised several months ago to reveal details of Senate budget but he's yet to do so at the moment. N115bn was allocated to the...

Coach of the Nigerian U-23 team that won Bronze in the just concluded Olympic games Samson Siasia has reacted angrily to comments by NFF and Nigerian senate leadership over the $390,000 his team received from Japanese doctor, Katsuya Takasu. The doctor had given the team $390,000 to share for...

The Economic Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has extended its probe on padding of the 2016 budget to the Senate Appropriation Committee, Vanguard reports. This follows the actions of sacked Chairman of the House of Reps Appropriation Committee, Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin, who submitted...

Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has said that they will investigate the circumstances behind the delayed departure of the U-23 team to the 2016 Olympic Games. Samson Siasia and his boys were initially scheduled to leave their training camp in Atlanta, USA for Brazil on Monday, but only left...

The people from the South-East region on Monday, in Enugu, booed the Minister of Labour ‎and Productivity, Chris Ngige, after he tried to defend appointments so far made by President Muhammadu Buhari. Mr. Ngige was in the Enugu State capital to speak at the Town Hall session for the South-East...

The Nigerian Senate committee on Foreign Affairs today commenced screening of 47 ambassadorial nominees. Present at the screening are Monsurat Summonu, the chairman Senate committee on foreign affairs, Shehu Sanni, representing Kaduna Central senatorial district, James Manager, representing...

Nigeria's senate president, Bukola Saraki, on Thursday reshuffled the senate cabinet, giving key positions to his critics in the red chamber. Here's what Nigerians are saying about the development:

Senator Remi Tinubu, has said she's forgiven Sen. Dino Melaye for the insults he hurled at her during a closed senate session. According to her, she met Senate President Bukola Saraki on Tuesday and as a Christian, said she's forgiven Melaye for his behaviour. "But the point is that what...

Nigerian senators will soon start the screening of President Muhammadu Buhari's list of 47 ambassadorial nominees, ThisDay says. The list had been earlier rejected on grounds that it doesn't follow federal character. Nominees from some states such as Bayelsa, Benue, Kogi, Ondo, Plateau, and...

Nigerian senators are plotting to delay the confirmation of Ibrahim Magu as EFCC chairman, four members of the anti graft agency and the 47 ambassadorial nominees for about 8 weeks, DailyTrust reports. The screening of Magu and four other members of the anti-corruption agency has been delayed...

The Nigerian senate has ripped into the All Progressive Congress, APC, for reacting to reports from Sahara Reporters that the Red Chamber is plotting to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari. APC's National Secretary Mai Bala Buni's, reaction to the "falsehood being spread by SaharaReporters will...

Senator Dino Melaye on Thursday during a press conference issued a statement over his reported altercation with Senator Remi Tinubu during a closed senate session days ago. Here are 5 points he made during the press conference: He admitted there was a fight between himself and Remi Tinubu He...

Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, has explained why he instituted legal proceedings against the Senate President, Bukola Saraki and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu and two other in the Federal High Court. The Minister explained that he, in fact acted in...

A new four-man team of prosecutors have taken over the forgery trial of Nigeria's Senate President Bukola Saraki, Ike Ekweremadu and other principal officers of the Red Chamber, The Punch report. The new team is headed by ex Kano Justice Commissioner, Aliyu Umar (SAN). Other members of the...

The federal government of Nigeria has set up special 20 teams of legislators to try high profile criminal cases, especially those involving corruption, bribery, embezzlement and misappropriation of funds. According to Punch, one team has four members with a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN as...

The Nigerian Senate says it has been vindicated by a Federal High Court in Abuja presided over by Justice Gabriel Kolawole which described the forgery case filed against its presiding officers as an abuse of court process and a decision taken against public interest. The Senate, in a statement...

The Nigerian senate has hit back at the presidency over its recent statement scolding Bukola Saraki and Ike Ekweremadu over their bribery case. Read: Presidency Scolds Saraki and Ekweremadu; Suggests Their Resignation Secretary to the Federal Government, Babachir Lawal had said both principal...

The Presidency has reacted to reasons the Nigerian Senate rejected president Muhammadu Buhari's list of nominated ambassadors weeks ago. The Senate had suspended the screening and confirmation of the 47 ambassadorial nominees because the list "did not reflect the Federal Character principle"...