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The Senate on Wednesday condemned Governor Yahaya Bello and the Kogi State Police Command for allegedly allowing the disruption of an empowerment programme organised by the lawmaker representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Senator Ahmed Ogembe. READ MORE HERE

Sabi Abdullahi, the senator who introduced a bill for the establishment of Independent National Commission for Hate Speeches, has explained why a penalty of death sentence was included in the bill. The proposed commission would enforce hate speech laws across the country, and ensure the...

Any person found guilty of any form of hate speech that results in the death of another person shall die by hanging upon conviction, reads a new bill by the Senate. According to Guardian, the bill, which reflects the growing concern over the spate of violence in the nation, was sponsored by the...

The Northern Senators Forum has sacked Senator Abdullahi Adamu as it’s chairman. He was replaced with Senator Aliyu Wamakko. Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, made the announcement of the leadership change at the close of plenary on Wednesday. Adamu had last week led … Read...

Leke Baiyewu, Abuja The Valentine’s Day celebration hit the Senate chamber in a dramatic form on Wednesday. The day’s plenary began on a dramatic note when the Majority Whip, Senator Sola Adeyeye, was calling members of the chamber to order for the session to start properly. Read more via...

Senate President, Bukola Saraki has warned Senator Kabiru Marafa from Zamfara State to stop using the Senate as a platform for accusations. Saraki gave the warning on Tuesday while responding to a Point of Order raised by Marafa. Marafa, who is currently having running battles with his...

The senate has resolved to rescue Kanu Heart Foundation from take-over by Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON. The non-governmental organisation was founded by former superstar footballer, Kanu Nwankwo, to help underprivileged African children and young adults living with heart...

Senate has mandated its committees of Health (Secondary and Tertiary) and Primary Healthcare and Communicable Diseases, to investigate steps taken by the Ministry of Health to curb outbreak of Lassa fever across the country. Senate said outbreak of Lassa fever presently ravaging the country, has...

The suit challenging the Senate’s authority to deny an appointee to the office of Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has been dismissed. via Tori News – http://ift.tt/2rUqFp8 -- Get More Nigeria Political News

The Senate has said it has been vindicated on the rejection of the appointment of Mr. Ibrahim Magu as Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Aliyu Sabi-Abdullahi, who briefed journalists in Abuja on...

Nigerian Senators on Monday fumed at the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) retired Colonel Hameed Ali over alleged breach of protocol. A Senate ad-hoc committee chaired by Senator Dino Melaye (APC, Kogi) was at the Customs headquarters in Abuja on oversight visit. Melaye...

A former national chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Victor Umeh, has resumed duty as the Anambra Central senator. The senate President, Bukola Saraki admitted oath of office to the newly elected senator on Thursday.

…Senators demand removal of heads of security agencies Fred Itua, Abuja A debate is currently ongoing on the floor of the Senate over claims that foreign militias have taken over the security architecture in many parts of the country, especially in states in the North that share borders with …...

On Tuesday, January 16th, 2018, the 8th Senate resumed its plenary activities for the year. The Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, in his resumption speech, discussed the work of the Senate and the way forward. These are 8 of the major things that he said. 1. On the Fuel Scarcity...

Like in most legislative chambers world over, the Nigerian Senate was not free from controversies in the outgoing year. The red chamber in 2017 was politically charged as fiery comments, personality clashes, superiority battle arose at the least provocation. In all, some of the lawmakers made...

— The Nigeria Police told the Senate that if it must perform effectively and efficiently, it would require nothing less than N1.13trillion for its overhead cost annually, against N31.6billion earmarked for it in the 2017 budget. According to the Police, of the N31.6 billion for … via...

President Muhammadu Buhari has sought the confirmation of nine nominees as state Resident Electoral Commissioners, RECs, of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The president’s letter was read by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Wednesday. The letter reads, “In...

Members of the Nigerian Senate on Tuesday rubbished and criticised the 2018 Appropriation Bill presented to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari. At the resumption of Legislative proceedings, Senators complained that 2018 budget is filled with inaccuracies, budget padding and...

The Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Mr. Lawal Daura, and the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu, shunned each other on Thursday when both men appeared at a Senate hearing. According to Thisday report, Daura and...

The Senate Committee on Power, Steel Development and Metallurgy, yesterday demanded explanation on the solar power projects for nine universities estimated to gulp a whopping sum of N10 billion. Meanwhile, the committee turned back minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, for his...