Women group commends Akpabio over Senate’s role in stemming NLC, TUC, NARD strikes
Women group in the Niger Delta region has commended the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio and the Senate on its role in trade disputes between the Federal…
Foundation Commends Akpabio For Disclosing ‘Recess Allowance’ To Senators On Live TV
Foundation for True Freedom and Public Accountability, a leading advocate for transparency and accountability in government, has commended the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio for his recent…
Keyamo’s apology thaws N52bn puzzle as Senate suspends screening of el-Rufai, 2 others
How did Festus Keyamo, SAN, distribute the N52 billion appropriated for the public works programme for some Nigerians across the 774 local governments? The Senate thinks the distribution was not…
Betta Edu top of the class as Senate screens 14 ministerial nominees
No fewer than 14 ministerial nominees were screened Monday by the Senate with 36-year-old Dr Betta Edu of Cross River emerging the clear show-stopper as she answered all questions intelligently…
Senate: No padding of Supplementary Bill; dismisses N70bn gift tale
The Senate has said that the recently appropriated 70bn for the National Assembly was not a gift from the Executive arm of government as is being speculated. The Senate also…
Nigeria Is Safe For Foreign Investors -Akpabio
President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, on Thursday assured foreign investors of the safety of their investments in Nigeria. He also restated the commitment of the Federal Government under President…
Full list of National Assembly Principal officers; LP, NNPP get posts
Senate principal officers Senate President- Senator Godswill Akpabio Deputy Senate President – Sen Barau Jibrin Majority Leader – Sen Opeyemi Bamidele Deputy Majority Leader – Sen Dave Umahi Chief…
Senate begins election for principal officers
June 13, 2023 The Senate has begun the process to elect officers to head the 10th National Assembly. The process started at about 8:30am with members of the NASS first…
Buhari seeks Senate nod for payment of N226bn, $556.8m, £98.5m Judgment debts
President Muhammadu Buhari has sought the approval of Senate to issue a promissory note for the payment of 566,754,584.31 dollars, 98,526,012.00 Pounds and N226,281,801,881.64 judgment debt owed by the Federal…
Ogbuku, NDDC Boss, Thanks Senate for Passing N876bn 2023 Budget
The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, has expressed his gratitude to the Senate for passing the NDDC budget for 2023 on Tuesday, May…