Nigerian Senate

May 11, (THEWILL) - The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Thursday, set aside the suspension of former Minister of Works, Senator Barnabas Gemade, Professor Terhemba Shija, and five others. Senator Gemade and six...

May 10, (THEWILL) - Senators-elect across the North-Central geopolitical zone from different political parties have rejected the zoning arrangements for the 10th National Assembly leadership positions announced by the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday. The North Central is one...

May 10, (THEWILL) - President Muhammadu Buhari is seeking the approval of the Senate, for a new loan request of $800 million. President Buhari conveyed his request in a letter read by Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, at plenary on Wednesday....

May 09, (THEWILL) - The Senate, on Tuesday, confirmed the appointment of nominees for the Governing Board of the Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC). The confirmation of the nominees followed the consideration of the screening report by the Senate Committee...

May 08, (THEWILL) - The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has zoned the positions of the Senate President of the 10th National Assembly to the South-south and the Speaker of the House of Representatives...

May 07, (THEWILL) - The choice of former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, for the Presidency of the 10th Senate is generating serious opposition. According to reports, the President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, may have settled for Akpabio and...

The race for the Senate presidency is being narrowed down to a former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Senator Godswill Akpabio, but there is an indication that northern Senators are strategising to ensure that one of them from the...

May 05, (THEWILL) - Like the upper legislative chamber, the Senate, the House of Representatives on Thursday approved the request by President Muhammadu Buhari to restructure the N22.71 trillion Ways and Means advances the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)...

May 05, (THEWILL) – The outgoing Governor of Kano State, Umar Ganduje, has disclosed that former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, will emerge as president of the senate in the 10th National Assembly. Ganduje spoke in Calabar, Cross...

May 03, (THEWILL) – Ahead of the May 5 sentencing of the embattled former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, by the Old Bailey Court, the Nigerian Senate has urged the UK Government to grant the...