Senate

The Senate has directed the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to refund the sum of N382,203,055.74 it claimed to have used in fire fighting operation during a pipeline explosion in …

The Senate has reintroduced a bill seeking to establish a commission for the prohibition of hate speech in the country. The proposed legislation passed first reading in the upper legislative …

A bill seeking to regulate social media in the country has passed first reading at the Senate. The bill entitled, ‘protection from internet falsehood and manipulations bill, 2019’ is sponsored …

The federal government has set up an interim management committee to run the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). This development was announced on Tuesday evening through a statement from the …

The Clerk of the Senate Committee on Special Duties, Umar Kabir, on Friday chased PREMIUM TIMES’ reporter and other online journalists out of a hearing room at the National Assembly. …

On the day President Muhammadu Buhari ordered the investigation of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), a Senate committee has also vowed to investigate the same agency. PREMIUM TIMES reported …

President Muhammadu Buhari has requested the Senate to approve the payment of N10.069billion as settlement of promissory note to the Kogi State Government. President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan read …

The appeal court has affirmed the decision of the election petition tribunal sacking Dino Melaye as Senator representing Kogi West. The court ordered the conduct of a fresh election in …

The Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, has advocated the scrapping of the Senate in order to save cost and reduce the financial burden on the government. He also advocated for …

The Senate on Wednesday commenced debate on the general principles of the 2020 Appropriation Bill. President Muhammadu Buhari had on Tuesday presented an estimate of N10.33trillion as proposed aggregate expenditure …