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Mr Akpabio said the Senate leadership had expected only a handful of lawmakers to lose their bids but was surprised ...

The speaker also called on other aspirants and their supporters to unite and work together to ensure the APC's success ...

The senators had sought to secure return tickets under the APC, but their disqualification from the primaries has effectively shut ...

Messrs Umeh and Abaribe cited leadership crises in their former parties as the reason for their defection.

With the defection of the eight lawmakers, ADC now has nine seats in the upper legislative chamber of the National ...

President Tinubu said that the creation of State Police has become urgent to address Nigeria’s evolving security challenges, strengthen grassroots ...

Abia South Senator, Enyinnaya Abaribe, had demanded that the Senate rescind its earlier decision and make electronic transmission of election ...

Both senators referenced the prolonged leadership crisis within the PDP, characterised by unresolved litigations and deep internal divisions, as the ...

Mr Kanu, who was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for terrorism at the Federal High Court in Abuja, had ...

Undoubtedly, Nigerian lawmakers are living large, far beyond what they are legally entitled to.

Their defection letters were read separately on the floor of the chamber by the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, ...

A critical point in all of this is that the masses do not really matter. What counts is the selfish ...

The judge, Binta Nyako, who newly took over the case after the former judge withdrew last week, gave the gag ...

The senators called on the Edo State Government to take immediate action against those responsible for the heinous act.

Mr Akpabio admitted that some senators visited his Abuja guest house for an Iftar meal, but that no money was ...

Taraba South Senator, David Jimkuta, said the lawmakers were billed to attend an empowerment programme he organised in Wukari.

The Nigerian National Assembly, Abuja Let it be established that the matter before us as Nigerians, is not that of ...

Only one Republican, Mitch McConnell, the former Senate Majority Leader, voted against Mr Kennedy’s confirmation.

Mr Nwoko’s relationship with Governor Sheriff Oborevwori and the governor’s godfather/predecessor, Ifeanyi Okowa, has not been cordial of late.

In a video clip, a voice that sounds like Mr Akpabio says, “Times are difficult, and wherever you see free ...

Some hoodlums attacked and razed the former senator's residence on Monday night.

The Senate Committee on Public Accounts said the agencies refused to make the clarifications despite several attempts to compel them ...

Mr Akpabio urged senators to focus on the welfare of the people in their actions and decisions during the second ...

The service chiefs appeared before the Senate Joint Committee on Defence, Army, Navy and Airforce earlier on Wednesday.

The Senate on Tuesday mandated its committees on Army, Defence, Air Force and Navy to unravel the circumstances surrounding the ...