Senate Divided Over Outsider’s Appointment to Rivers Electoral Body
***Warn of Backlash Amid Emergency Rule Tensions In a fiery session that exposed deepening fault lines in Nigeria’s democracy, the…
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Senate Slams Customs Over Bloated ₦1.1tr Budget, Demands Oversight Crackdown
Lawmakers Alarmed by 300% Cost Surge, Illegal 7% Revenue Cut, Project Rollovers The Senate has fired a major warning shot…
Senate Erupts as Leadership Blocks Probe into ₦9.9 Trillion Budget Failure
***Quietly Extends Capital Spending Deadline Tempers flared in the Senate on Tuesday as an attempt to investigate the Federal Government’s…
Senate Slams FG Inaction, Demands Emergency Response to Mokwa Flood Tragedy
The Senate has issued a scathing rebuke of the Federal Government’s slow response to the deadly flood that devastated Mokwa…
10th Senate at Midterm: Bamidele Showcases Gains, Charts Bold Reform Path
As Nigeria marks 26 years of democracy, the 10th National Assembly hits its midpoint. Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele reflects on…
Rivers Budget Hits ₦1.846tr: Senate Grills Sole Administrator on Emergency Spending
***2025 budget largest in States history, 86.6% In a high-stakes session at the National Assembly, the Senate Ad Hoc Committee…
Senate Uncovers ₦210 Trillion Financial Fog at NNPCL, Demands Answers in One Week
In what may become Nigeria’s most consequential financial probe in recent history, the Senate has uncovered alarming discrepancies in the…
Uneasy Calm as Senate Screens Tinubu’s Nominee for Rivers Electoral Chief
A political storm is quietly gathering in Rivers State as the Senate begins screening President Bola Tinubu’s nominees for key…
“We Are Tired of Mourning”: Senate Laments Benue Massacre, Demands Urgent Security Reset
The Nigerian Senate has expressed deep frustration and anger over the latest wave of killings in Benue State, declaring that…
Senate Halts Procurement in Defaulting MDAs, Declares War on Impunity
The Senate has moved swiftly to clamp down on federal Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) that have persistently ignored oversight…