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The Senate on Tuesday faulted the policy adopted by the Presidential Task Force ( PTF) on COVID-19 which allowed only private laboratories to carry out tests on intending travellers abroad. The measure according to the upper…

Barely 24-hours after the Senate asked him to release names of the beneficiaries of the alleged N20 million COVID-19 palliatives to federal lawmakers, the Acting Executive Director, (Projects) of the Niger Delta Development…

The former deputy president of the Senate and Senator Representing Enugu West Senatorial District, Senator Ike Ekweremadu says he remains committed to the delivery of genuine democracy dividends to his constituents. The lawmaker said he…

The Senate on Tuesday denied claims by the Director of Projects, Interim Management Committee of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr. Cairo Ojougboh, that the commission gave N20m to each senator as palliative. The upper…

Ahead of the October 31st bye-electio Bayelsa West senatorial districts, the All Progressives Congress Frontiers has kicked against the candidature of former Governor Seriake Dickson, insisting that his ambition was in clear breach of the…

*** no consensus candidate has emerged yet says party chair Ahead of the October 31, bye-election for the Imo North senatorial seat, at least 12 chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are now battling it out for the lone party…

The Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Development Services of the University of Lagos, Prof Folasade Ogunsola has emerged as the Acting Vice Chancellor nominee of the institution’s Senate. Members of the university senate had sequel to the directive…

‎Heads of some Federal Government revenue generating agencies have refused to appear before the Senate to answer questions concerning their performance.‎‎ The Senate Joint Committee on Finance and Planning had invited heads of the agencies…

The Senate has warned that government agencies whose heads refuse to appear before its Joint Committee on Finance and National Planning risk to defend their proposals in the 2021-2023 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy…

The Senate ad hoc committee set up to unravel the alleged financial recklessness by the Interim Management Committee of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has reassured Nigerians that the upper chamber of the National Assembly…