Senate

Senate probes Lagos explosion

The Senate on Tuesday directed its Joint Committee on Petroleum to investigate the remote…

Senate decries FG poor handling of coronavirus outbreak

The Senate on Tuesday lamented the poor handling of the outbreak of COVID 19…

Senate to strip President, Vice President, Governors, Deputy Governors of immunity

Sitting Presidents will no longer enjoy immunity in criminal matters if the alteration being…

BREAKING: Senate okays HND as minimum qualification for president, governors

The Senate, on Thursday, passed for second reading, a constitution amendment bill which prescribes…

Senate committee to submit security report

The Chairman of the Senate Ad-hoc Committee on Security Challenges, Sen. Yahaya Abdullahi (APC-…

Senate receives petition over Journalist killed during Shiite protest

Also on Tuesday, the Senate on received a petition on the killing of a…

BREAKING: Senate okays Buhari’s $22.7bn loan request

The Senate on Thursday approved the $22.7bn loan request of the President, Major General…

SERAP to Senate President: Drop bill to give ‘repentant terrorists’ foreign education

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to the Senate…

Accidents: Senate seeks arrest of the reckless truck, tanker drivers

  The Senate on Tuesday ordered the; Nigerian Police Force, Federal Road Safety Commission…

Senate introduces bill to create agency for repentant Boko Haram members

The Senate, on Thursday, began moves to establish an agency that would rehabilitate, deradicalise…

Zamfara owes NECO over N1bn in exam fees

The Director of Finance and Administration, National Examination Council (NECO), says the body conducted…

Federal Government to spend N620m special intervention fund to monitor, detect and contain Coronavirus

The Federal Government has said it will spend N620m special intervention fund to monitor,…

Buhari fails to send list of Supreme Court judges to Senate

The President, Maj.Gen Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has failed to forward the list of Supreme…

Boko Haram: Senate begs ABU, UniJos, ATBU to absorb Plateau students in UNIMAID

The Senate, on Wednesday, asked the authorities of Ahmadu Bello University ,  Zaria; the…