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The Senate acted on the report of the Auditor General of the Federation.

In April, the National Assembly had approved loan request of $1.5billion and €995million for the Buhari administration.

The Conference Committee will meet with its counterpart in the House of Representatives to harmonise the report on the bill ...

Ms Onochie was nominated as INEC National Commissioner by President Muhammadu Buhari in October 2020.

Messrs Sylva and Kyari are to provide technical details of the PIB to the senators ahead of the passage of ...

The report on PIB was submitted about five months after the public hearing on the bill was held by the ...

President Muhammadu Buhari transmitted the supplementary budget of N895 billion to the Senate for approval last Tuesday.

The affected organisations failed to appear before the Senate Committee on Public Account to account for funds at their disposal.

"We advise the electorate not to be discouraged by the present economic situation and come out en masse to elect ...

Groups and individuals opposed to the current review of the 1999 Constitution by the National Assembly say it is a ...

His request was conveyed in a letter to the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, who read it at the start of ...

The two chambers of the ninth National Assembly were inaugurated on June 11, 2019.

Mr Okorocha said it was “only a miracle of God” that he and his colleagues were still in the Senate ...

Five months ago, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) approved the upward review of the retirement age of teachers and their ...

"Hardly a day passes without this Senate discussing one security incident or the other. And it has been so for ...

"The briefing will be very crucial, for us to be properly informed and properly guided," the Senate President says.

"Are you in PDP? Are you a wolf in sheep's clothing?," Mrs Tinubu said rebuking the lawmaker.

The duo said unbundling of correctional centres and the police will enhance their performance.

Human Rights lawyer, Femi Falana, had petitioned the Senate alleging lopsidedness in the appointments of NHRC board members.

The senator for Cross River North, Stephen Odey, says INEC misinterpreted the recent Supreme Court judgement on his election.

Subscribers to home ownership plans in Abuja say the failure of government to regulate the sector has put people seeking ...

According to SERAP, “transparency and accountability in the management of public resources and wealth is essential for promoting development."

Mr Lawan's statement comes on the heels of kidnapping and banditry in some parts of northern Nigeria.

The Senate also approved N1 billion was for the procurement of arms and ammunition.

The Senate confirmation was done after a screening that lasted for over two hours.