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it was a dramatic day in the Senate on Wednesday as Sen Dino Melaye went on his knees, begging the Senate to save Kogi State from suffering' He reiterated that civil servants are being owed for months, leading to deaths. He made reference to a director in the civil service, Edward Soje, who...

In a recent interview with THISDAY, Nigeria's Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu talked about the shortcomings on the Nigerian Police Force when he was kidnapped on September 10, 2000 – and was released after two days in captivity. Ekweremadu says that a decentralised police system is...

A bill that seeks to strip Nigeria's anti-graft agency, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission., EFCC control over the existing Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, NFIU has passed the second reading in the Senate. The NFIU is currently under the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission...

Eighteen Nigerian senators are under investigation by anti-graft agency, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for alleged N367.5billion fraud, a report by The Nation says. Seven among the senators are on trial. Some of the cases date back to 10 years. A senator is being investigated...

As the drama around the ejection of controversial Nigerian lawmaker, Senator Dino Melaye from the parliament continues, Senate President, Bukola Saraki may not be spared from the recall process, as the youths under the aegis of Kwara Youth Stakeholders Forum (KYSF) have threatened to recall the...

Nigerian Senate on Tuesday expressed its backing for the embattled controversial Kogi West lawmaker, Dino Melaye, over the ongoing move by his constituents to recall him from the National Assembly. The lawmakers stated that they will determine whether Melaye could be ejceted by his constituents...

Controversial Nigerian Senator, and self-styled anti-corruption activist, Dino Melaye is in the news again. This time, it is about a move by his constituents to eject him from the parliament over what they term as continuous embarrassment and poor representation. Hundreds of protesters from the...

Nigerian Senate is the apex lawmaking body in the country, and vested with the powers to check the excesses of the executive and other arms of government. In Nigeria's current 8th assembly, there are some lawmakers who are neither here nor there. Some are perceived to have performed below the...

Nigeria's Senate President, Bukola Saraki has stated that he has no personal grouse with the press carrying out their functions, especially as it relates to the reduction in the number of media houses covering Senate plenary. Saraki pointed out that not all camera-carrying journalists are the...

A group under the aegis of Stand up for Nigeria (SUN), has asked the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, to resign. This is after the suspension of former senate leader, Ali Ndume by members of the parliament. The group made the call in a statement signed by the national president, Sunday Attah in...

Kogi-born Nigerian Senator, Dino Melaye is currently in the eye of the storm over certificate scandal as exposed by Sahara Reporters. The news medium alleged that the controversial lawmaker did not graduate from Ahmadu Bello University as he claims. Well, it is still a boiling issue at the...

Nigerian Senate made the news this week. From the acknowledgement of letter of President Buhari -- who last week returned from a medical vacation in UK -- to the rejection of confirmation of Acting EFCC Boss, Ibrahim Magu, and to walking out Nigerian Customs Comptroller General, Hameed Ali from...

The only member of the Labour Party in the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege (Delta Central), has announced his defection from the party to the majority All Progressives Congress. Senator Omo-Agege made the announcement on the floor of the plenary on Tuesday. He based his decision on the...

Nigerian Senate will today commence the debate on the general principle of the 2017 budget. Chairman of the Senate Committee on Rules and Business, Senator Baba Kaka Bashir Garbai has said. President Muhammadu Buhari had presented the budget to the joint session of the National Assembly in...

Kogi-born Senator, Dino Melaye on Wednesday lamented the continued delay in the replacement of the Kogi State Ministerial slot after the demise of the late Minister of State for Employment, Labour and Productivity, James Ocholi, SAN, who alongside his wife and son died in a ghastly...