•David Umahi The Senate has summoned the Minister of Works, Senator Dave Umahi, regarding the deteriorating condition of the old Oyo-Ogbomosho road. This decision, made today, followed a motion of urgent public importance moved by Senator Buhari Abdulfatai (APC-Oyo North), who expressed concern over the worsening state of the road, reports The...
•Nigerian Senate The upper legislative body has passed the South West Development Bill for a third reading following a report submitted by the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Special Duties, Kaka Shehu Lawan. He said, “If the commission is established through presidential assent, it will like other development-driven commissions receive fu...
Amidst the public anger and dissatisfaction trailing the increase in price of Premium Motor Spirit otherwise known as petrol and the scarcity of the product at retail outlets, the Senate has suspended its investigative hearing expected to hold tomorrow. Senate Leader and Chairman of the adhoc Committee to Investigate Alleged Economic Sabotage ...
•Senator Ali Ndume Almost three weeks after instigating his removal as Senate Chief Whip and Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriation, the All Progress Congress National Working Committee held a closed-door session with the Senator representing Borno South, Ali Ndume. Checks revealed that the National Chairman of the Party, Abdul...
•Senate President Godswill Akpabio The Senate has appealed to protesters to grant the Tinubu-led federal government more time for the ongoing reforms to yield the desired results and meet their demands. The appeal came after the Senate reconvened from its closed-door session which lasted for less than two hours today, reports Channels TV. Pres...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate is currently in an emergency session ahead of the nationwide hunger and hardship protests slated to begin tomorrow. The meeting is being chaired by the President of the Senate, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, reports Channels TV. The lawmakers observed a minute silence in honour of the late Senator Ifeanyi Uba ahead of [&hel...
•Senator Ali Ndume Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume today, Tuesday, July 30, rejected a new office allocated to him by the Senate Services Committee. Ndume in a letter to the chairman of the Committee, Senator Sunday Karimi (APC – Kogi West), said the office which is located on the third floor of the Senate New Building […]
•Nigerian Senate The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio has called for an emergency meeting of the Senate. A circular seen by our correspondent and signed by the Clerk, Chinedu Akubueze today, said the meeting was of “National Importance”, reports Channels TV. The internal circular did not give further details on the emergency meeting but it i...
•Wale Edun The Senate has summoned various stakeholders and operators in the petroleum sector for interrogation over alleged economic sabotage in the sector, just as it said that Nigeria as a country is bleeding. The Senate Ad – hoc committee that has been mandated to carry out a holistic investigation over alleged economic sabotage in [&helli...
•The protesters Protesters from Borno South, today, stormed Abuja demanding the reinstatement of Mohammed Ali Ndume as Chief Whip of the Senate. Ndume was removed for criticising the President Bola Tinubu-led government, following a letter transmitted to the Senate by the national leadership of the his party, All Progressives Congress (APC). H...

