Nigerian Senate

December 02, (THEWILL) - The Senate, on Friday, passed a resolution directing the federal government to withhold statutory allocations to local councils across the country not democratically elected. This followed the adoption of a motion moved at plenary by...

November 28, (THEWILL) - The Senate, on Tuesday, confirmed the appointment of chairman and members of the Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC). President Tinubu had on October 28, approved the appointment of professor Tunji Olaopa, as the chairman of FCSC. The...

November 22, (THEWILL) - The Senate, on Wednesday, passed a resolution directing the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, to revisit the $460 million spent by the Federal Government on the closed-circuit television (CCTV) project in...

November 21, (THEWILL) - Lawmakers at the Nigerian Senate engaged in a shouting match on Tuesday, following the announcement of Abba Moro (PDP, Benue South) as Minority Leader and Osita Ngwu (PDP, Enugu West) as Minority Whip. The positions became...

November 19, (THEWILL) - Nigerians are eagerly awaiting the outcome of President Bola Tinubu’s promise to Nigerians that Port Harcourt Refinery would resume production in December 2023. The Senate on October 24, constituted an ad-hoc committee to investigate all contracts...

November 13, (THEWILL) - The Leader of the Senate, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, has disclosed that the red chamber will consider the diaspora voting rights this week as part of the ongoing review of the Constitution of the Federal Republic...

November 11, (THEWILL) - Former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, has advised the National Assembly to ensure that all measures should be taken to block this off-cycle election in Nigeria. Speaking to journalists after voting at Otuoke, Ward 13, Unit...

October 29, (THEWILL) - The decision by the Senate to investigate the humongous expenditures on fixing Nigeria’s dormant refineries, has added weight to concerns about the lawmakers’ indulgence in theatrical probes. The Senate on October 24 constituted an ad-hoc committee...

October 29, (THEWILL) - History was on Friday made in far away oil rich country of Angola, when the President of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Leader of Nigeria's delegation to the 147th Inter-Parliamentary Union...

October 29, (THEWILL) - The Senate has urged the Federal Government to convene a stakeholders’ meeting to X-ray the recurring situation of flooding across the country, with a view to arriving at a lasting solution. The Senate’s resolution was sequel...