•Pastor Tunde Bakare The Senate yesterday berated the Senior Pastor and Serving Overseer of the Global Community Citadel Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare, over his recent scathing remarks about the 10th National Assembly, saying the cleric had “crossed the line.” The Senate’s reaction was contained in a statement issued in Abuja by the Chairman of ...
The Senate and House of Representatives have postponed resumption of plenary sittings from April 29 to May 6, 2025. The Clerk to the Senate, Andrew Ogbonna Nwoba and his House of Representatives counterpart, Dr. Yahaya Danzaria, disclosed this in a separate internal memorandum dated April 20, 2025, addressed to all senators and House of Repres...
•Hon Teejay Yusuf A three -term former member of the House of Representatives, Honourable Teejay Yusuf, has said the Senate is fast progressing in error over the feud between Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan and the Senate. The lawmaker who is fondly called Teejay by his political acolytes and childhood friends represented Kabba-Bunu/Ijumu Fede...
•Rivers State Sole Administrator Ibas (R) exchanging pleasantries with members of Senate Committee on Works yesterday The Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Retired Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, has called on the Senate to provide the necessary legislative backing to ensure the success of his administration’s development agenda. Retired Vice A...
•Shehu Sani The former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani, has announced his intention to contest for re-election in the 2027 general elections. Sani decided to stage a come-back to contest the position he occupied during the defunct 8th National Assembly, reports The Guardian. He made the declaration yesterday while delivering his Eid-el-Fitr...
•Late Professor Humphrey Nwosu The South-East Caucus of the Senate has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to honor Professor Humphrey Nwosu by immortalising him for his pivotal role in ensuring that the historic June 12, 1993, presidential elections held and also put the elections in the consciousness of Nigerians. Expressing disappointment aft...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate today asked the federal ministry of telecommunications and digital economy to engage with telecom operators with a view to addressing the recent increase in the cost of data and other services. This was sequel to a motion sponsored by Senator Asuquo Ekpenyong (APC, Cross River South) during plenary, reports Daily Tr...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate today passed a bill mandating the compulsory registration of citizens, aiming to overhaul Nigeria’s identity management system through the repeal and reenactment of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) Act. The passage followed the submission and consideration of a report by the Committee on National I...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate, today, rejected a motion seeking to immortalise the late Humphrey Nwosu, former Chairman of the National Electoral Commission, now Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC). Senator Eyinnaya Abaribe (APGA-Abia South) had moved the motion under Senate Orders 41 and 51 but faced opposition, reports Vanguard. Th...
•Dr Oby Ezekwesili The lawmaker representing Ebonyi North, Senator Onyekachi Nwebonyi, and a former minister of education, Oby Ezekwesili, today, engaged in a heated argument at the National Assembly. The clash occurred at the ethics committee hearing on the sexual harassment allegations levelled against the President of the Senate, Godswill A...