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Minister of power, Babatunde Fashola, has rubbished and denied claims of financial impropriety made against him by Dino Melaye, senator representing Kogi west. Melaye had alleged that the power ministry diverted $35 million to the Afam fast power project without the approval of the national...

Nigerian Senate on Wednesday approved a report largely exonerating MTN Nigeria of foreign exchange infractions after being accused of illegally repatriating $14 billion to its parent. But the Senate report also asked Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to sanction Stanbic IBTC Bank “for improper...

Senator representing Kogi West district Dino Melaye has cried out over reported monumental frauds in the power sector and has raised a motion on the Senate floor titled “Monumental Fraud in Power Sector.” READ MORE HERE

Nigerian Senators on Tuesdaay quickly moved into closed session ahead of the arrival of President Muhammadu Buhari for the presentation of the 2018 budget proposal. DailyTrust reports that the Senators went into the session immediately after the Senate President, Bukola Saraki said the opening...

he Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, says if there is a need, he will appear before the Senate ad-hoc committee investigating allegations of abuse of office levied against him. Addressing State House reporters on Friday after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, the IGP said he...

The Senate has threatened to issue arrest warrant against the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr Ibrahim Idris, for failing to appear before its ad-hoc committee investigating allegations of abuse of office against him The Chairman of the ad-hoc committee, Sen. Francis Alimikhena, issued...

Nigerian Senate on Tuesday resolved to investigate the issues surrounding the recall and promotion of fugitive former pension reform committee chairman, Abdulrasheed Maina into the federal civil service. The senate asked the Committee on Public Service and Establishment investigate...

Senator Dino Melaye has said that President Muhammadu Buhari is surrounded by canker-worms. Senator Dino Melaye stated this on Tuesday when he was contributing at the plenary on the reinstatement of the fugive former pension reform chairman, Abdularasheed Maina into the civil service. He said...

The senate ad hoc committee has alleged that 24 government agencies failed to remit N1.695 trillion revenue to the consolidated revenue fund. The committee also disclosed that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) was running on a deficit of about N3.115 trillion between 2012 and...

The Nigerian Senate on Thursday said that it would probe how the Paris Club refunds and other bailout funds given to state governors by President Muhammadu Buhari were approved. The decision by the apex legislative chamber to investigate the funds was provoked by concerns that many state...

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts, Sen. Shehu Sani, says if President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government must borrow, it must borrow responsibly. Sani gave the advice in a meeting with the Ministers of Transportation; Finance; Budget and National Planning and Power...

The Senate has commenced the process to rename seven colleges of education to align the location of the institutions affected by boundary adjustment as a result of state creation. The process to rename the institutions is coming more than 20 years after the states were created. A bill for the...

Senate Minority Leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio has revealed that a number of stalwarts of other political parties were on their way to the main opposition party in droves. He stated after the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senate Caucus met behind closed doors on Wednesday with the party’s...

The Senate has postponed the commencement of its planned investigation into the alleged award of $25 billion worth of contracts in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Following the allegation of abuse of due process made by the Minister of State for Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu...

An 87-year-old lawyer and former lawmaker, Senator Cyrus Nunieh, said he decided to marry another wife because he was alone and needed a companion. Nunieh officially married a lady in her 40s on Tuesday at the Presidential Hotel in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. The former member of...

Nigerian Senate on Tuesday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently appoint a separate minister for the ministry of power due to critical challenges facing the sector. The senator said the current minister, Babatunde Fashola is overwhelmed by functions in other ministerial portfolios...

Nigerian senators are kicking as appointees of President Muhammadu Buhari for the National Lottery Regulatory Commission (NLRC) and Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) have assumed duties without confirmation. According to Dailytrust report, the Senators said Lanre Gbajabiamila who had...

The Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions has invited the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Maikanti Baru; and the Managing Director of Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited, Osagie Okubor, over the revocation of the...

The Senate has urged the Federal Government to liaise with the World Health Organisation and other donor agencies for contingencies against eventualities as Nigeria fights against monkeypox. This was part of the prayers of a motion moved by Senator Ali Wakili (Bauchi-South), titled ‘Urgent Need...

President Muhammadu Buhari has requested the approval of the Senate to take $5.5bn foreign loan for the execution of the 2017 budget. The Senate president, Bukola Saraki read the President's letter during plenary on Tuesday. The letter dated October 4,this year was read a week after the...