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The food stamp is a situation whereby the federal government provides food-purchasing assistance for low and non-income people to help ...

The lawmakers wondered why the Ajaokuta Steel Company and the National Ore Mining Company (NIOMCO) are still moribund despite the ...

The bill also proposes that the CBN should give at least one year's notice before replacing a legal tender with ...

The bill, which was transmitted from the House of Representatives to the Senate for concurrence, seeks to extend the tenure ...

The Senate said the current price of cement is unbearable to Nigerians considering the high cost of living that Nigerians ...

If established, the commission will be responsible for the management of funds allocated by the federal government for capital projects ...

The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, insugurated 47-member Constitution Review Committee of the 10th Senate last week.

The senators said there is already a high level of poverty in the country and the current economy is harsh ...

The Senate said the Ways and Means approved by the 9th National Assembly plunged the nation into indebtedness and economic ...

The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, announced the composition of the committee during the plenary.

The Senate tasks the interior minister on standardising identification system to track criminals

The closed-door session is being held primarily because of the worsening security situation in the country.

The Senate last week resolved to summon security chiefs to an interactive session to discuss possible solutions to the worsening ...

The House on Wednesday debated the general principle of the bill and passed it for second reading.

The bye-elections resulted from the resignation or death of elected lawmakers.

The committee asked the CBN Governor to appear before it on Tuesday next week.

The Senate said it has the responsibility to collaborate with the executive to resolve the rising insecurity in the country.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) recently said it would conduct nine bye-elections and 35 re-runs on 3 February.

Mr Akpabio’s habit of lateness to official functions dates back to when he served as governor of Akwa Ibom between ...

The Senate observed a minute silence in honour of Mr Na’Abba, who died on Wednesday at the age of 65.

The federal lawmakers raised their allocation from N197 billion to N344 billion, their highest ever in the history of the ...

Armed persons invaded communities in Bokkos and Barkin-Ladi Local Government Areas of Plateau State on Christmas eve killing scores of ...

The Senate increased the budget from N27.5 trillion presented by President Bola Tinubu in November to N28. 7 trillion.

Messrs Akeredolu and Na'Abba died on Wednesday.

The Senate extended the life of the budget to enable MDAs that received allocation in the budget to complete the ...