Tag: President of the Senate

Another budget padding scandal is quietly rocking the National Assembly following complaints by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), before signing the 2022...

President Muhammadu Buhari’s refusal to assent to the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2021 has sparked a big row between him and the National Assembly. Aggrieved...

The committees for the review of the constitution at the National Assembly have compiled 64 bills proposing various amendments to the 1999 Constitution, The...

Ahmad Lawan, the President of the Senate, and other dignitaries including lawmakers arrived in Kano Wednesday morning to attend the burial of the Vice-President...

Former Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has said the establishment of Law School campuses must not be politicised. This is as he...

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Monday, condoled with the Dangote family over the demise of the Vice President of the Dangote...

The former president of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has hinted that a former governor and some bigwigs will soon defect from the All Progressives...

The Senate, on Wednesday, passed for second reading the 2022 Appropriation Bill and adjourned plenary till November 9 for budget defence. The President of the...

The National Assembly on Wednesday passed a bill to upgrade Adeyemi College of Education to a full-fledged university. The development followed the concurrence of the...

A bill to amend the provisions of the River Basins Authorities Act 2004 to create an additional River Basin Development Authority in the South...

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has urged Nigerians to unite for the progress of the country and continue to keep faith with...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) faces a stormy week over zoning of party offices. Two key meetings on the vexed issue — the final session...

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has forwarded Nigeria’s President Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.)’s nominees into the board of the Economic and Financial...

The 36 state governments will today (Thursday) at the Federation Account and Allocation Committee meeting review the Petroleum Industry Bill, which was signed into...

Elders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday failed to resolve the crisis in the party. After yesterday’s meeting of the Board of Trustees (BoT)...

Kicking the can down the road is government art. Once politicians maneuver themselves into office, they govern by repeating the promises they made and...

The Senate on Thursday passed the harmonised Petroleum Industry Bill which was produced by a conference committee of both chambers of the National Assembly...

There are strong indications that the National Assembly will ignore opposition to some provisions of the Petroleum Industry Bill recently passed by the Senate...

PRESIDENT of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has defended Nigeria’s borrowing spree, arguing that the Federal Government cannot tax Nigerians any further to fund infrastructure. Lawan...

The Senate on Tuesday received President Muhammadu Buhari’s request for the approval of the 2021 Supplementary Appropriation Bill of N895.8 billion. President of the Senate,...