The Senate Chief Whip Ali Ndume has declared that Senators are planning on taking drastic action against the Senate President Godswill Akpabio for disclosing that a ‘holiday allowance’ had been sent to their bank accounts. At plenary on Monday as the Senate was about to adjourn for its annual recess, Akpabio told his colleagues that money had been sent to …

One of the ministerial nominees, Mr. Bosun Tijani has apologised for his controversial tweet, which is widely believed to have disparaged Nigeria. He used the opportunity of his screening by the Senate on Saturday to explain the reason for the content. In the old post, the techpreneur tweeted that he did not appreciate the Nigerian passport and Nigeria as a nation. Many …

Senator Danladi Sankara (Jigawa Northwest) and former Senator Mas’ud El-Jibril (Kano South) have drummed up support for Senator Barau Jibrin (Kano North) to become Senate President in the 10th Assembly. According to Sankara, Jibrin deserves to lead the Senate because he is a high-ranking Senator with rich experience garnered over the years. There have been intense agitations that the Senate …

The National Vice Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Northwest, Mallam Salihu Moh Lukman has asked elected Senators aspiring for the office of Senate President in the yet-to-be-inaugurated 10th Assembly to step down for a Christian from the South-south. Lukman also appealed to the party’s National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu to consider a wider consultative process …

Severance allowances of the 469 members of the National Assembly and their legislative aides will cost the nation N30.17 billion next year. The sum is a part of the  N238.78 billion National Assembly appropriated for itself as contained in the  N21.8 trillion 2023 national budget. The assembly okayed the Appropriation Bill on Wednesday. The Senate will receive N33.27  billion out …