•Tinubu The Senate has received a request from President Bola Tinubu for the confirmation of the appointments of seven ministerial nominees announced yesterday. Tinubu’s request seeking expeditious consideration of the requests was contained in a letter addressed to Senate President Godswill Akpabio who read it at the commencement of the plena...
•Senator Ashiru Oyelola The Senate has announced a six-man ad-hoc committee to investigate recent allegations levelled against Sen. Ashiru Oyelola representing Kwara South. The committee is expected to summon the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to explain the recent allegations, reports Channels TV. It would be recalled that the N...
The Kenyan Senate voted yesterday to oust Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua in a historic impeachment vote. The upper house has so far voted to impeach the 59-year-old on five charges out of a total of 11 against him, after two days of hearings, reports AFP. The Senate only had to find him guilty of one […]
•Embattled Vice President Rigathi Gachagua Kenya’s upper house of parliament is set to vote today on whether to remove Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua from office in an unprecedented political saga that has gripped the nation. The Senate will give its verdict at the end of the second day of an impeachment trial against the embattled [&hellip...
•Senate President Godswill Akpabio The Senate has launched an investigation into reports of a purported plan to impeach Senate President Godswill Akpabio, dismissing the rumours as fake news. During its plenary today, the Senate referred the matter to its Committee on Special Duties, tasking the committee with investigating the origin of the f...
•Deputy President of Kenya, Rigathi Gachagua Kenya’s Senate today began debating the impeachment of Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua after the embattled politician lost yet another court bid to stop the process. In a historic move last week, the lower house of parliament, the National Assembly, voted overwhelmingly to impeach Gachagua on 11 c...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development has called on the federal government to introduce compulsory, hands-on agricultural studies at the secondary school level. The committee’s chairman, Senator Saliu Mustapha, made the call at a public lecture organised by the Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural...
The Chairman Senate Committee on Aviation, Senator Fatai Buhari, has said that the Senate is working on a bill that will regulate the activities of airlines in the country, specifically to reduce the number of routes plied by airlines operating with three or fewer aircraft. The lawmaker said though many operators were kicking against the [&hel...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate today asked state and local governments to immediately comply with the Supreme Court judgement, particularly relating to local government accounts and the funds given directly to them. The Senate also resolved to take immediate steps to alter sections of the Constitution to give full autonomy to local government adm...
•Deputy President of Kenya, Rigathi Gachagua A bid by Kenyan lawmakers to impeach Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua moved swiftly to the Senate today after he was impeached by the lower house of parliament in an unprecedented political drama that has gripped the nation. The National Assembly voted overwhelmingly last night night to impeach Gac...

