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The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday passed the Nigeria Police Trust Fund Bill. DAILY POST recalls that last week, President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, had promised the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Abubakar Adamu, that the Senate would fast-track its work on both the...

The Senate on Tuesday resolved to set up an ad hoc committee to investigate $3.5 billion Subsidy Recovery Fund, allegedly created by “the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and solely managed by its Group Managing Director and the Executive Director, Finance.’’ … Read more via The...

The Senate has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to declare the results of the June 12, 1993 presidential election. READ MORE HERE

After six months delay, the Senate on Wednesday passed the 2018 budget of N9.120 trillion Read more via BusinessDay – https://ift.tt/2IJDSsi -- Get More Nigeria Political News

The Nigeria Police Force has insisted that the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, was right in his refusal to honour the invitation by the Nigerian Senate over the worsening security situation in the country and allegations of human rights violations. … Read more via...

Nigerian Senate on Wednesday, April 25, ended its plenary early to enable lawmakers ascertain the whereabouts of a colleague, Dino Melaye. Read more via Nigeria News today & Breaking news – https://ift.tt/2HqKU55 -- Get More Nigeria Political News

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The Senate on Tuesday summoned the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emiefele; the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun; and the Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali to give reasons for withdrawing $462 million from the Federation Account without the approval of the Senate. The...

The House of Representatives said, yesterday, that there would be trouble if President Muhammadu Buhari approves any money for arms procurement without approval by the National Assembly. Chairman, House Committee on Army, Rimande Shawulu, who stated this yesterday, said the President lacks the...

Ohaneze Ndigbo, the Pan-Igbo socio-cultural group, said it would resist any attempt to discredit Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu. Mr. Ekweremadu faces the prospects of losing some of his assets following legal moves by the federal government. The government accuses him of owning...

The Senate on Wednesday told the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government to allow the 2017 Budget run till May 31 instead of March 31. The resolution followed the adoption of a Point-of-Order raised by Sen. Atai Aidoko. Read more via Daily Post Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2GxidCz -- Get...

A senator, Dino Melaye (APC, Kogi West), has given the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, a 48-hour ultimatum to produce two suspects involved in his case who reportedly escaped from police detention in Kogi State. He also threatened to sue Mr. Idris, for “mental assault” should he...

The Senate yesterday formally put into motion the process of overriding President Muhammadu Buhari’s veto of the Electoral Act Amendment bill 2018, by re-introducing the bill at plenary. The bill was passed through first reading without any incidence as bills are not debated at this stage. This...

Governors on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and some All Progressives Congress (APC) governors have quietly thrown their weight behind the move by the National Assembly to override President Muhammadu Buhari’s veto on the Electoral (Amendment) Bill, 2018, which is proposing...

Dino Melaye, the Kogi State senator facing the humbling possibility of recall by his constituents, SaharaReporters learned, has fled Nigeria and vowed not to return until there is a new government at the federal level as well as a new one in his home state of Kogi. He also left a stern warning...

Lawmakers may have dumped their agreement with party chiefs to pull the brakes on their plan to override the President’s veto of the Electoral Amendment Bill reversing the order of elections, The Nation learnt yesterday. Unless the National Caucus meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC)...

Some governors have indicated interest in the 2019 senatorial election after their tenure. Currently, there are 15 ex-governors in the Senate, and political pundits are of the opinion that some of the governors only go to the upper legislative chamber to “rest,” describing it as a situation...

Some Nigerian federal lawmakers are demanding bribes as conditions for passing the 2018 budgets of federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), some heads of these agencies have told PREMIUM TIMES. The officials say the unceasing demand for gratification is responsible for the...

The National Assembly has announced that the 2018 budget will be laid before both chambers on April 19 and subsequently passed on April 24. This was contained in an announcement made by speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on Wednesday. Mr. Dogara said the harmonised date...