President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said that the Senate will on Wednesday, consider President Muhammadu Buhari’s N895.8 billion supplementary budget request. Lawan made the...
By Jude Opara, Abuja The Nigerian Senate on Thursday recorded a remarkable feat when the complete version of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) which defied passage...
By Jude Opara, Abuja The Senate, yesterday passed the Firearms Act 2004 (Amendment) Bill 2021 raising the fine for illegal importation and sale of firearms from...
By Jude Opara, Abuja The Senate, yesterday passed the N329.9 billion 2021 Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Statutory budget. The approval came after the upper chamber considered...
By Jude Opara, Abuja The Senate and authorities of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), yesterday disagreed on what the actual status of the Abuja Geographic...
By Jude Opara, Abuja The Senate, yesterday threatened to publish names of government agencies that have refused to appear before the Public Accounts Committee to defend...
A Supplementary Bill for an Act to authorise the issuance of N895,842,465,917 from the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the Federation has scaled second reading in the...
Senate on Tuesday at plenary passed the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) repeal and re-enactment bill, 2021. The bill, which seeks to unbundle NIPOST for efficient service delivery...
Some stakeholders have begun to advise against Senate’s plan to criminalise payment of ransoms to terrorists and kidnappers. Senators working on an amendment have been proposing...
By Jude Opara, Abuja The Nigerian Senate yesterday assured that it would pass the Constitution Alteration Bills before it proceeds on its annual recess by July...