President Muhammadu Buhari has presented a N7.298 trillion 2017 budget before the joint session of the National Assembly. The presentation was made in Abuja with members of the senate and House of Representatives in joint session. President Buhari said at the ceremony that government benchmarked the...

The Senate has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to suspend and ensure prosecution of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, over alleged breach of Nigeria’s law in handling contracts awarded by the Presidential Initiative for the North East, PINE. The Senate’s resolution...

The Senate committee on Constitution amendment has recommended that the release of federal allocation to local governments in the country be hinged on the conduct of elections. The Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and chairman of committee stated this while presenting the status report of...

Senate Majority Leader, Sen. Ali Ndume has cleared the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) of complicity in the alleged diversion of relief materials meant for the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in North-East. Alhaji Mohammed Ndume Ndume told media in Yola that the Senate could not...

The Senate will this week inch towards passing half of its historic and the much needed economic reform package as six of the 11 priority economic growth and reform bills have been scheduled for public hearings between today and Thursday. The legislation scheduled for public...

...We’re not part of move, says CBN The Senate has expressed surprise at a recommendation by the Nigerian Law Reform Commission for a review of the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Act to make people who have in their possession for more than 30 days foreign currencies...