Senate

SENATE AD-HOC COMMITTEE GRILLED OFFICIALS of NNPC OVER $137M FRAUD The Senate has resolved to investigate alleged cases of financial corruption in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) put at $137 million. The resolution of…

WHY 2018 BUDGET HAS NOT BEEN PASSED - SENATE Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi of Niger state who is the spokesperson of the Senate has said that no date has been fixed for the passage of the 2018 budget. President Muhammadu Buhari had…

SENATE BEGINS SCREENING, IGNORES COURT ORDER The Nigerian Senate has commenced screening of the 10 members of the Code of Conduct Bureau, appointed by the then acting president, Yemi Osinbajo, despite a court order. The order had tasked…

SENATE COMMITTEE DECLARES, NO SCREENING YET FOR Buhari’s NOMINEE Chairman, Senate Committee on Banking and other Financial Institutions, Senator Rafiu Ibrahim, said on Monday that his committee has been unable to screen the nominees for…

SENATE PANELS GETS JAN 31 DATE TO CONCLUDE MAINA, MISAU/IG PROBES The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, at the plenary on Tuesday, threatened to dissolve ad hoc committees in the Senate who fail to conclude their assignments by the end of…

SENATE SWEARS IN UMEH AS ANAMBRA-CENTRAL SENATOR The Nigerian Senate has sworn in Chief Victor Umeh of the All Progressives Grand Alliance as the member representing Anambra Central Senatorial District in the Red Chamber. The swearing-in,…

SENATE MOVES TO HOLD 2-DAY SECURITY SUMMIT NEXT WEEK The Senate is to suspend plenary on Wednesday and Thursday next week for the purpose of holding a national summit on rising insecurity across Nigeria. Senator Ike Ekweremadu moved the…

SENATE REACTS TO KILLINGS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, OBSERVES ONE MINUTE SILENCE FOR VICTIMS IN TARABA Omoboye Oluwole Adeboye The Senate on Wednesday observed a one minute silence for the victims of Fulani herdsmen killings in Taraba during…

SENATE TELLS BAKARE PARTY HAS NOT FAILED NIGERIANS Senate spokesman, Abdullahi, said the party has done its best to transform the country. The Nigerian Senate has dismissed the criticism of Pastor Tunde Bakarethat the President Muhammadu…

WELCOME BACK SPEECH DELIVERED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, HIS EXCELLENCY (DR.) ABUBAKAR BUKOLA SARAKI, CON, TO SENATORS OF THE 8TH SENATE ON RESUMPTION FROM THE 2017 END OF YEAR RECESS ON TUESDAY, ON…