The Senate is suspending all public hearings from Tuesday, March 24, until further notice. This follows the outbreak of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. The...
The Senate, on Wednesday, begged President Muhammadu Buhari, to address the nation on the situation of the Coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria. The red chamber said if...
A bill seeking to ban the importation of generating set has passed first reading in the Nigerian senate. The proposed legislation titled “Generating Set (Prohibition/Ban) Bill...
The Senate is currently working on an amendment to the 1999 Constitution with a view to conferring indigenship of a state on any resident that has...
The senate has approved President Muhammadu Buhari’s request to borrow $22.7 billion. The upper legislative chamber okayed the request on Thursday amid objections from some senators. While...
A coalition of one hundred and ten (110) civil society organizations on Wednesday in Abuja are calling on the parlaiment to reject bills before lawmakers that...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has said that the bill proposing foreign education for ‘repentant terrorists’ was a mockery of the victims of Boko Haram attacks....
A bill for the establishment of South West Development Commission has scaled second reading at the House of Representatives. The Bill, sponsored by Olufemi Fakeye and...
The Senate on Wednesday confirmed the nomination of Muhammad Nami as the Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS) and 13 others as board members. The...
The Senate on Tuesday directed its Committee on Finance to investigate the circumstances surrounding the issue of over N20trillion un-remitted stamp duties revenue due to the...
Rights group, Amnesty International has warned the Nigerian Government on the danger of the hate speech and social media bills before the National Assembly, describing the...
The Senate has said it is not possible for it to initiate a bill that prescribes the death penalty for looters. The red chamber, however, pledged...