Reports say that the leadership of the Senate and governors from South East are to meet President Muhammadu Buhari on ways to resolve the crises emanating from the series of ethnic agitations.
The senators’ resolve to meet with the executive was reached on Tuesday at its resumption after...
South east senators were reportedly questioned by some of their colleagues for giving tacit support to the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
According to Daily Trust, the accusations were made at a closed session when the Senate reconvened yesterday after an extended annual break.
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Officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission on Tuesday arrived the National Assembly Complex to notify the embattled lawmaker representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Senator Dino Melaye, on the petition the commission received from his constituents to recall him.
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The former Senate Leader, Senator Ali Ndume representing Borno on Monday unveiled a one-point agenda for the rest of his tenure in the upper chamber.
Ndume was suspended on March 29, this year for six months expected to resume on Tuesday next weekbut it was gathered that the Borno lawmaker will...
Nigerian senator representing Delta-North Senatorial District, Peter Nwaoboshi, has reportedly shunned several invitations from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
The self-acclaimed ‘loyalist’ of convicted former governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori, "despite EFCC's due...
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Former Nigerian Senator, Mohammed Kabiru Jibril is dead.
Senator Jubril was elected to represent the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in the Kaduna Central district of Kaduna State in April 2007
Mohammed Kabiru Jibril was born on 18 May 1958.
Prior to election to the senate, he was the...
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National Assembly has postponed its resumption from annual recess by one week.
No reason was given for the decision.
The lawmakers, who were to resume on September 19, are now to resume on September 26, 2017.
This was contained in a statement by Clerk to the National Assembly, Mr. Mohammed...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been given approval to effect Senator Dino Melaye's recall process.
Here are seven reasons why Justice Nnamdi Dimgba held that all the complaints made by Melaye lack merit and deserve to be dismissed.
1. The Court said Melaye still...
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The Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Aliyu Abdullahi, has lamented the constant harassment of the Senate by Nigerians, adding that the upper legislative chamber cannot disclose its salaries and allowances.
Abdullahi said this during Channels Television ‘Politics...
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The comprehensive breakdown of the salary of the Senators given by Professor Sagay amounted to N3, 264, 329, 264.10 per annum.
The breakdown of the salary of N29 million naira per month for a Senator is as follows:
Basic Salary N2, 484, 245.50;
Hardship allowance, N1,242, 122.70...
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Nigerian Senate handler has downloaded Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Professor Itse Sagay, to a mere tout ranking under the influence substance.
The Nigerian Senate was reacting after the revered professor has said that some legislature, senior...
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The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, says the lawmakers will accelerate passage of Existing Vacancies in the Federal Civil Service (Prohibition) Bill when it resumes in September.
Saraki made this known in Abuja on Thursday via a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr...
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The Nigerian Senate has reacted to former president Olusegun Obasanjo's scathing remark, labeling them unarmed robbers.
The Senate said Obasanjo should be ignored, as the house as an institution was not ready to waste time replying the ex-president
It also asked the former President to return...
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Senator Dino Melaye is currently vacationing in London since the Nigerian Senate went on recess. He has been posting pictures of himself on social media presumably to show his followers that life his good.
However, a recent picture he posted on Instagram has sent tongues wagging. He was...
The Nigerian Senate last week unanimously voted to grant immunity to themselves in what seems like a clear unpopular move that runs against the expressed opinions of Nigerians.
Peter Claver Oparah in this piece writes on the constitutional amendments carried out by the lawmakers and how they...
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The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, has accused Nigerian banks of planned moves to stripped the commission of its powers.
He added that some banks were currently behind the moves to separate the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit and the EFCC...
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Nigerian lawmakers on Thursday voted to support the change of name for the Nigerian Police force.
The Senate had on Wednesday for the removal of 'force' from the Nigerian Police Force nomenclature alongside other amendments in the ongoing constitutional review.
280 lawmakers voted for the...
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Nigerian Senate on Wednesday touched the 1999 constitution by casting their votes to amend sections in the fourth amendment.
Here is a full list of the sections amended.
1. Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, (Fourth Alteration) Bill, No. 1, 2017 (Composition of Members of the...
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Nigerian Senate on Wednesday whittle the powers of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, if he decides to withhold assent in the process of altering the Constitution of the country.
The Upper Chamber took this decision while undertaking clause-by-clause voting on the 33-item...
The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday approved independent candidature for the country’s electoral process.
The approval on Wednesday was part of the ongoing amendment of the 1999 constitution.
Before now, only political parties could sponsor candidates for elections in the country.
The...
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