Nigeria, Feb. 23 -- The Senate on Thursday stepped down a bill seeking to extend the tenure of service of legislative staff at the National Assembly from 35 to 40 years and their retirement age from 6... Read More
Nigeria, Feb. 22 -- The Senate on Thursday passed a bill seeking to establish the South-east Development Commission (SEDC). The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, announced the passage of the bill d... Read More
Nigeria, Feb. 22 -- The Senate on Wednesday mandated its Committee on Industries to unravel the reasons behind the increase in the price of cement by producers of the commodity in Nigeria. The Senate... Read More
Nigeria, Feb. 22 -- The Senate on Thursday confirmed the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Olayemi Cardoso, as chairman of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). The upper legislative chamber al... Read More
Nigeria, Feb. 22 -- A bill seeking to establish the South-west Development Commission (SWDC) has passed second reading at the senate. The bill was sponsored by the senator representing Ogun East, Gbe... Read More
Nigeria, Feb. 22 -- The 47-member Constitution Review Committee of the 10th Senate rose from its inaugural meeting on Wednesday in Abuja with a pledge to conclude the exercise in two years. Chairman ... Read More
Nigeria, Feb. 21 -- The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, said an "unverified report" indicated that state governors received N30 billion each from the Federation Account to ameliorate inflation and... Read More
Nigeria, Feb. 21 -- The Senate on Tuesday resolved to probe the N30 trillion Ways and Means loan obtained by the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari from the Central Bank of Nigeria CB... Read More
Nigeria, Feb. 20 -- The Senate Committee on Finance has declared that the country lost about N17 trillion to tax waivers in the last five years. The Chairperson of the Committee, Sani Musa, disclosed... Read More
Nigeria, Feb. 16 -- The Senate has put on hold a motion seeking the probe into the root causes of food scarcity in the country despite the federal government's huge financial commitment to the Anchor ... Read More