Senators yesterday linked the current upsurge in banditry and Boko Haram activities to the 2027 elections. Speaking during discussions on a motion of urgent importance on the many cases of Boko Haram and arm banditry, sponsored by Senator Shuaibu Isa Lau, PDP, Taraba North, both Senators Sunday Karimi, APC, Kogi West and Danjuma Goje, APC, Gombe Central, urged the federal …

The South East Senate Caucus on Wednesday expressed shock and sorrow over the death of former Chairman of Diamond Bank, Dr Pascal Dozie. This was disclosed in a condolence message in Abuja by the Caucus Chairman, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe. Dozie, the founder of the defunct Diamond Bank Plc and a former chairman of MTN Nigeria, passed away at the age …

Community Leaders in Oyo and Osun states as well as other road users have protested the failure of the federal government to complete the 224-kilometer Ibadan-Ife-Ilesa Highway despite the growing number of deaths recorded on the expressway on daily basis. Also, they expressed shock, and disbelief as the 2025 budget omits Ibadan-Ife-Ilesa highway project. Some students of the Obafemi Awolowo …

The Minister of Steel Development, Mr. Shuaibu Audu, on Wednesday, revealed that the technical audit on the Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited will start early February. Recall that the Federal Government signed a Memorandum of Understanding in September 2024 with the original builders of the Ajaokuta Steel Plant, Tyazhpromexport, and their consortium members, Novostal M and Proforce Manufacturing Limited, to conduct …

President of the Ijaw National Congress (INC), Prof Benjamin Okaba, and retired Inspector General of Police, Udom Ekpoudom, did not see reason why northern senators and Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) should object to the National Animal Husbandry and Ranches Commission Bill currently before the Senate. Spokesperson for the Ijaw Republican Assembly (IRA), Ann-Kio Briggs, Convener of …

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has accused senators of reducing themselves from elected representatives of the people to President Bola Tinubu’s puppets. He expressed fears for Nigeria’s democracy should what he described as the National Assembly’s active participation as enablers of the current administration’s anti-people posture continue. The former Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate in the 2023 general election …

The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, on Thursday, disclosed plans by the National Assembly to establish an ultra-modern medical centre for senators, members of the House of Representatives and staffers of the federal parliament. Akpabio made the disclosure in his address to welcome his colleagues back from the Eid-El-Kabir holidays. He said the planned hospital would be constructed in such a …

A rowdy session marred the resumption of the Senate to plenary on Tuesday as senators fought over the seats. The plenary had started around 11 am and, immediately after the procession, the Senate President Godswill Akpabio read out announcements, specifically the names of the lawmakers who had celebrated their birthdays while the upper legislative chamber Sewas on break. It was …

All the 109 senators of the Federal Republic of Nigeria have donated their December salaries to the victims of the bombing mishap that took place in Kaduna last Sunday. Senate Deputy President Barau Jibrin announced this on Sunday at the Kaduna State Government House when he led a high-power delegation of Senate members to the state. The Senators were received …

There was an uproar in the Senate on Tuesday following the announcement of two minority leaders by Senate President Godswill Akpabio. The seats of the Senate Minority Leader and Minority Whip became vacant after the Court of Appeal sacked the former occupants, Senator Simon Davou Mwadkwon (PDP, Plateau North) and Darlington Nwokocha (LP, Abia Central) respectively. The courts nullified the …