Senate

As the incident of Thursday’s killing of 16 officers and men of the 181 Amphibious Battalion at Okuama in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta generate more controversies, the Senate has commenced investigation into the matter.…

The Senate often becomes a key stumbling block in Washington's efforts to confront Big Tech. The question now is whether that will change as the upper chamber weighs the fate of TikTok in the US. A possible ban of the popular…

The Nigerian Senate has reacted to the killing of 16 soldiers in Okuoma community, Ughelli South Local Government in Delta State, demanding justice. The upper chamber through the Chairman, Senate Committee on the Nigerian Army, Abdulaziz…

Senator Abdul Ningi has alleged that the Senate is making attempts to arrest ans silence him over his allegation of padding the 2024 budget to the tune of N3.7 trillion. Ningi disclosed this when he appeared in an interview on Arise…

The Senate further experienced a mild drama before the commencement of the plenary on Tuesday at about 11am following the controversies reared by Chairman, Northern Senators Forum (NSF) and former Deputy Senate leader, Senator Abdul Ningi,…

The Senate has inaugurated a 17-member ad-hoc Committee to probe the mismanagement of a whooping N30 trillion ‘Ways and Means’, which was released as a loan by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to the Federal Government during the immediate…

The Senate has confirmed the appointment of four persons, Robert Agbede, Ado Wanka, Murtala Sagagi and Muslimat Olanike, as members of Board of Directors of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). This followed the adoption of the report of…

The Senate Wednesday rejected move to include Anambra State in the membership of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The rejection has also led to bickering between  Senators Tony Nwoye (LP Anambra North) and Jibrin Isah popularly…

The Senate has confirmed 17 persons for appointment as Commissioners of National Population Commission (NPC) out of 19 nominated by President Bola Tinubu. Their confirmation followed adoption of screening report of the Committee on…

The Senate has resolved to probe a failed agreement which would have seen local manufacturers produce Prepaid Meters that would have been distributed across the nation to better electricity usage.   Also to be investigated is a…