Nigerian Senate

Amnesty Interna­tional, on Wednesday, has said the controversi­al hate speech and social media bills are dangerous attacks on freedom of expre­ssion of Nigerians. The AI added that ha­rassment of journal­ists and bloggers and the…

The Senate, on Tuesday, pledged to give adequate budgetary support required by the Nigeria Police to enable them to tackle the increasing security challenges nationwide. Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, disclosed this on the floor of…

Nigerian Senate has today passed the 2019 appropriation bill following the presentation of a report by the chairman of the Senate committee on Appropriation, Senator Danjuma Goje. The budget was increased from N8.83 trillion presented by…

The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday passed the Nigerian Police Trust Fund Bill (HB 1583). President of the Senate, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki, had last week promised the Inspector General of Police, Mr Mohammed Abubakar Adamu, that the Senate…

The Senate has passed the new Minimum Wage bill into law, fixing the sum of N30,000 as the new wage, just as their counterparts in the House of Representatives. The passage of the new wage is coming on the heels of revelations that the…

THE Senate, on Wednesday, resolved to investigate the low remittance by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) into the federation account before 2016. The resolution was a sequel to the adoption of a motion under matter of…