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BUHARI CELEBRATES SARAKI AS SENATE PRESIDENT MARKS 55TH BIRTHDAY President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with the President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki as he celebrated his 55th birthday. In a birthday message, Buhari described…

Senate gives up on passage of 2018 budget upon resumption from break Senate on Tuesday said it has encountered difficulties at the committee levels, hence, it would not go ahead to discuss the 2018 budget with a view to passing it into law…

SENATE THREATENS TO DUMP 2018 BUDGET Nigerians may not have heard the last about the passage of the 2018 budget presented to a joint session of the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari on November 7. Senators in plenary Tuesday…

SARAKI, WIFE, AHMED ABSENT AT SENATE PRESIDENT'S 55TH BIRTHDAY PRAYER The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki; his wife, Oluwatoyin, and the Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed were, on Tuesday, conspicuously absent at a special prayer…

SENATE CONDEMNS 2018 BUDGET Members of the Senate at the plenary today took turns to criticise the 2018 Appropriation Bill presented to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari as badly prepared. The lawmakers took turns to…

SENATE TACKLES DRUG ABUSE 7 Things Saraki Said About Ending:#DrugAbuse in Nigeria. Today, members of the Nigerian Senate were in Kano where they hosted a Roundtable on the Drug Use Crisis in Nigeria (#SenateTacklesDrugAbuse). These are…

MAGU, DAURA, DAUDA APPEAR BEFORE SENATE COMMITTEE Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr Ibrahim Magu, yesterday, appeared before the Senate Ad- hoc Committee that is investigating the November 21, 2017…

SARAKI, THE SENATE STABILIZER AT 55 Today, the Senate will resume plenary sitting. The gathering inside the red chamber has been suspended in the past two weeks to enable members attend committee hearings on the defence of the 2018 budget…

APPEAL COURT DECLARES KOGI EAST SENATE SEAT VACANT The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Monday declared the seat for the Kogi East senatorial district vacant. The judgement was delivered by Justice Abdul Aboki on a pre-election matter…

SENATE MOVES TO TACKLE DRUG, SUBSTANCE ABUSE Following the Senate’s resolution in October on the state of drug and substance abuse around the nation, the Upper Chamber has moved to address the widespread use of drugs and other illegal…