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Sen. Ajibola Bashiru (APC-Osun Central) has disclosed that senators in Nigeria earn less than N1million per month. Bashiru made the disclosure on Thursday while speaking on the sideline of a programme organised by the Correspondents Chapel of the Kwara Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists...

Despite assurances from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), the Senate yesterday rejected the preventive measures being taken against the dreaded coronavirus (COVID-19) by the agency, describing them as poor.... Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News –...

The Nigerian Senate has fixed March 9, 2020 for a public hearing on the bill to regulate social media usage in Nigeria. The bill titled ‘Protection from Internet Falsehood and Manipulations Bill, 2019’, which was sponsored by Senator Mohammed Musa, is on course to become a law in the...

The Nigerian Senate is seeking the re-establishment of a military base at the Sambisa forest borders as part of its suggestions to end insurgency in the northeast. The Senate took the decision while a motion moved by Senator Aishatu Ahmed who represents... Read more via Legit.ng –...

The Senate on Thursday condemned the gruesome killings of stranded travellers by Boko Haram terrorists on the Damaturu-Maiduguri highway on Sunday. The Senate urged the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs to send relief items to the affected families and rehabilitate the affected communities. ...

It was a session marked by protests in the Senate yesterday as the upper chamber approved N238.15 billion budget for the Nigerian Customs … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News – https://ift.tt/2ujv5bb Get More Nigeria Political News

The Senate has taken the second reading of a bill seeking to remove gender restrictions in the offence of rape and related matters. If passed, the bill will formally recognise men as victims of rape as applicable.... Read more via Nairaland – https://ift.tt/2Djhrpx Get More Nigeria Metro News

There are indications that the Appropriations Committee of the Senate will lay the report of the 2020 Appropriation Bill before the apex legislative chamber tomorrow. This is as the Upper Chamber puts finishing touches on the N10.33 trillion 2020 budget proposal, earlier submitted to the...

On Thursday, the Senate passed the Finance Bill aimed at amending the seven Acts of the National Assembly relating to taxes payable in the country. According to Punch, the bill clearly seeks an increase of value-added tax from 5 per cent to 7.5 per cent, increment in the Companies Income …...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senate Caucus, yesterday, faulted President Muhammadu Buhari, over his comment that the National Assembly spent over N1trillion for constituency projects without result. This was as the senators also rejected the outcome of Kogi and Bayelsa states...

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan said on Tuesday that the National Assembly is working towards the passage of the 2020 Appropriation bill on November 28, 2019. To achieve this target date, Lawan directed the Senate Committee on Appropriations to submit … Read more via P.M. News –...

The Senate on Tuesday appealed to the Federal Government to ban the importation of textiles in the country for a period of five years to allow for the production of local textile materials. This followed the debate on a motion sponsored by … Read more via P.M. News – https://ift.tt/33GODCO...

The Nigerian Senate has said that it would reduce the number of political parties participating in elections in the country from the current 91 to five through legislation. The upper chamber stated this on Wednesday, October 9, at a meeting with the leadership of the Independent National...

Flagrant extension of Senate rule, that former members of the National Assembly should not answer questions, whenever they appear before the Senate for screening, marred the ongoing ministerial screening yesterday. This is because the privilege, which the Senate Standing Rule specifies that...

The Nigerian Senate on Thursday, July 25 accorded the controversial “bow and go” privilege to ten ministerial nominees, while only four gave account of themselves. Those who received the bow and go privilege were Senator Tayo Alasoadura, Abubakar Aliyu, Mustapha Baba Shehuri... Read more...

The two main contenders for the position of Senate president of the 9th Senate, Senators Ahmad Lawan and Ali , at the weekend met again with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senators-elect in Abuja as part … Read more via Thisdaylive – http://bit.ly/2HC6hxL Get More Nigeria Political News

Comrade Olufemi Aduwo, a human rights activist, is President of Rights Monitoring Group. In this interview, Aduwo explains why corruption is difficult to tackle despite the efforts of President Muhammadu Buhari.... Read more via Vanguard News – http://bit.ly/2VXoHCi Get More Nigeria...

The Nigerian Senate has asked the acting inspector general of police, Mohammed Adamu, to appear before it on Tuesday, May 7, 2019. The Senate president, Bukola Saraki, announced this during plenary on Tuesday, April 30, 2019..... Read more via The Trent | Internet Newspaper –...

The Senate has mandated it’s Committee on Youth and Sports to investigate alleged infraction in the appointment of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Director General, Brig. Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim by the Chief of Army Staff(COAS), Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai..... Read more via Pulse Nigeria –...

The Senate on Thursday heard that over 3,000 Nigerians are currently held captivity by dare-devil kidnappers in parts of the northern states. The startling revelation forced the upper chamber to summon the Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, to appear before it next …...