The Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs has cleared Ambassador-designate, former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode. Naija News reports that Fani-Kayode was cleared after his appearance before the Senate. Fani-Kayode, who is also a former Minister of culture, was given the Read more…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has nominated General Christopher Gwabin Musa (Rtd) as the new Minister of Defense. Naija News reports that this was disclosed in a statement on Tuesday by Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga. His Read more…
A major crisis is currently unfolding within the Nigerian Senate following the inclusion of social media commentator and former presidential aide, Reno Omokri, in the list of ambassadorial nominees. The controversial appointment, which comes despite Omokri’s past scathing criticism of Read more…
The lawmaker representing Niger East Senatorial District, Senator Sani Musa, has demanded the immediate arrest of any person linked to terrorism, declaring that no position, title, or bloodline should shield suspects from prosecution. Naija News reports that Musa, speaking at Read more…
The Senate has advanced a bill seeking to earmark excise duties collected from non-alcoholic, carbonated, and sweetened beverages for health-related programmes and infrastructure across the country. The sponsor of the bill, Senator Ipalibo Harry-Banigo (Rivers West), explained that the Read more…
There was mild drama on the floor of the Nigerian Senate on Tuesday, November 4, when the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, and his deputy, Senator Jibrin Barau, openly disagreed over the United States (U.S.) President Donald Trump’s threat Read more…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has warned the Senate against a hasty or politically motivated confirmation of the newly appointed chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof Joash Amupitan, SAN, that could deepen public cynicism toward the electoral Read more…
The Senate has given the executive arm of government a two-week ultimatum to submit a comprehensive, documented report on the implementation of the 2024 budget, along with projections for the 2025 fiscal year, before it will consider the Medium-Term Expenditure Read more…
The Senate has confirmed that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has submitted detailed responses to 19 audit queries concerning the alleged ₦210 trillion unaccounted funds in its financial records between 2017 and 2023. Naija News reports that the Read more…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has appealed to Borno South Senator, Ali Ndume, to use his influence in the Senate to push for more budgetary allocations to the FCT. Wike made the appeal on Thursday Read more…