Tag: plenary
[The Legislative Blog]: Watch Ben Murray-Bruce lash out at fellow senators for harbouring drug addicts
It must have been such a bitter pill to swallow for all the senators who were present at plenary on ...
[The Legislative Blog]: Here’s the reason Nigerian senators need to go back to school
We kid you not! It’s shocking the very trivial things senators are currently paying attention to. Earlier today at plenary, Senator ...
[The Legislative Blog]: Senate adjourns plenary to mourn late Senator Adeleke
Upon its resumption today, the Senate adjourned plenary session to Wednesday out of respect for its member, Senator Isiaka Adeleke ...
Saraki reads Buhari’s ministerial nomination letter
by Azeez Adeniyi Senate President, Bukola Saraki on Wednesday read a letter by President Muhammadu Buhari seeking confirmation for two ...
[The Legislative Blog]: Did Dino Melaye just show up at plenary in an academic gown?
Senator Petty is back again. After doing that disgraceful victory dance that sealed Nigeria’s status as a ‘fucked up’ country, ...
Senate President Saraki to read Magu’s renomination letter today
Senate President Bukola Saraki will read the letter by President Muhammadu Buhari renominating Ibrahim Magu as Chairman of the Economic ...
[The Legislative Blog]: Senator Ben Murray-Bruce predicts an air disaster if…. (WATCH)
Senator Ben Murray-Bruce has ripped into the calamitous state of the aviation industry in Nigeria. At plenary sitting on Thursday, ...
[The Legislative Blog]: The Senate’s interest in protecting consumer rights is impressive
Who should we thank for this? Senator Bukola Saraki, yes. In his Welcome Back speech at the House on Tuesday, ...
[The Legislative Blog]: President Buhari’s MTEF document is no document – Senate members are still not convinced
Members of the Nigerian Senate had no good words for President Buhari’s MTEF and FSP documents at plenary today. The ...
Senate resumes plenary, reccomends sale of national assets
The Senate on Tuesday asked the Federal Government to sell some of the country’s assets in order to quell some ...
What Dino Melaye said on the floor of the Senate yesterday should worry you
On Monday, there he was, photos all over the interview, rolling on the floor, falling under all kinds of anointing, ...
House of Reps to get huge chunk of National Assembly’s N115bn budget
In spite of the massive public outcry against the huge 2016 budget of the National Assembly, it appears that the ...
EiE, PIN, The Future Project kick against anti-social media bill
The Enough is Enough group, Paradigm Initiative Nigeria and The Future Project has without mincing words kicked against the proposed ...
‘We shouldn’t be blackmailed’ | How Senators reacted to criticism of anti-social media bill
Nigerian senators have shown that they pay attention to discourse on social media as the Senate has reacted to the massive ...
Senator Akpabio takes to social media to say #NoToSocialMediaBill
Following a country wide outrage on social media against a Senator Bala Ibn Na’Allah-sponsored bill against freedom of speech on ...
Saraki inaugurated some Senate committees on Thursday (See Photos)
Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Thursday, November 26, presided over the inauguration of some Senate Committees. Saraki presided over the inauguration ...
Senators purportedly at loggerheads with Saraki over new ‘Order Book’
Nigerian senators have reportedly uncovered a secret plan to print a new Order Book (Senate Standing Orders 2015) by Senate ...
This is the amount Nigeria loses yearly to illegal mining… according to the Senate
In the midst of cries that Nigeria is broke, the Senate on Thursday, November 19, revealed that the country loses about N4 trillion ...
PDP’s Ekweremadu presides over Senate as Lawan, Akume of the APC walk out
Two All Progressives Congress Senators, Ahmed Lawan and George Akume, staged a walk out during plenary session at the Senate. The ...
#MinisterialScreening: Photos from today’s session
Five ministerial nominees of President Mohammadu Buhari were screened on Thursday at the Senate. The session was presided by the ...
PDP crisis: 20 out of 24 Kwara lawmakers defect to APC
by Oke Efagene The exodus of some members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the oppositon All Progressives Congress ...
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