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Prior to the approval, there were arguments between lawmakers and the Senate president that lasted for over half an hour.

The Senate Committee on Judiciary and Human Rights Matters held a public hearing on the anti-sexual harassment bill for higher ...

The bill seeks to empower the commission to coordinate and implement activities to combat the problems of small arms and ...

The Senate urges the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs to send relief items to the affected families and rehabilitate the affected ...

The lawmakers dedicated the whole of the day to a valedictory session for the late senator.

IGP appeared before the Senate in plenary on Wednesday over increasing insecurity in Nigeria

A lawmaker says a bill be sponsored was copied by a senator and reintroduced.

The Senate mandated its Committee on Downstream Petroleum to carry out a holistic investigation on the turnaround maintenance of the ...

President Muhammadu Buhari had written to the Senate, seeking the confirmations.

The president made this known via a letter to the Senate.

The lawmakers resumed with a closed-door session which lasted for about an hour.

"It was not enough to meet our Christmas needs," one senator said. "In fact, some of us are already coming ...

Mr Maku, a 2019 APGA governorship candidate in Nasarawa State, urged his supporters and other Nigerians to disregard the reports.

The former senator was arrested Tuesday afternoon in Abuja.

The bill was passed on Wednesday after the lawmakers debated the provisions of the bill.

The president on Monday appointed Muhammad Nami as the new chairman of the tax agency.

The lawmakers doubled the mobilisation fee for local contractors.

A petition had been written against Olalekan Raheem accusing him of being a card-carrying member of the APC.

The lawmakers will review the recommendations of the report on another legislative day before passing the budget.

The lawmakers adjourned the sitting to Wednesday.

The committee on Appropriation begged for an extension. The budget would now be passed on December 5.

Mr Adeyemi is returning to the Senate about five years after he lost the seat to Mr Melaye.

The Senate initially planned to pass the budget on Thursday but has shifted the date by one week.

Abiodun Olujimi, the then Minority Leader, brought the bill in the eight Senate.

Sabi Abdullahi says Senate may amend the death penalty clause in the Hate Speech bill.