The Senate says contrary to what many think, the proposed amendment of the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act cannot affect the ongoing trial of the its President, Bukola Saraki, at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT. This was disclosed on Tuesday in a statement by Chairman of the Committee on Media and Public…
Members of the upper chamber of the national Assembly have been advised to stay off the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, in Abuja, where the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, is undergoing trial for alleged false declaration of assets. Chairman of the tribunal, Justice Danladi Umar, told the Senators accompanying their leader to the place to…
A group has petitioned the United Nations, asking the world body to quickly stop the National Assembly, especially the Senate from amending the Code of Conduct Bureau and Code of Conduct Tribunal Acts. The group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, addressed its petition to Professor Philip Alston, who is the UN Special Rapporteur on…
senate The National Security Adviser, NSA, Babagana Monguno; and service chiefs have been directed by the Senate to appear before it for questioning. At the plenary on Thursday, the lawmakers said they want to hear from the NSA and the security chiefs on their efforts to rescue over 200 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram terrorists…
The Nigerian Senate has called on Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, to tender his resignation over the controversial Lagos-Calabar rail project. In a statement issued on Monday by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, the upper chamber of the National Assembly also fumed at the way the executive…
The Nigerian Senate has eventually approved the 2016 budget after several weeks of postponement, Aproko247 has confirmed. The 2016 Appropriation Bill was passed on Wednesday by the lawmakers of the upper chamber of the National Assembly. Reports of the N6.07 trillion budget was supposed to be deliberated on yesterday by the Senate but it was…
Members of the upper chamber of the National Assembly on Tuesday struck out a bill seeking to place a man and woman on equal level in marriage as well in the family setting. The document tagged Gender Equality Bill was not passed by majority of the senior lawmakers. Senators Rufai Ahmed, Adamu Aliero and Emmanuel…
A public hearing on Frivolous Petition Bill has been organised by the Nigerian Senate. The bill is also fondly referred to as the Social Media Bill. The upper chamber of the National Assembly put up the public hearing to engage different stakeholders in debating and making clarification concerning the Bill. The hearing, Aproko247 learnt, is…
On Tuesday, the Senate screened 10 ministerial nominees sent to red chambers by President Muhammadu Buhari for confirmation. Immediately after members of the upper legislative chambers returned from a closed-session on Tuesday morning, they commenced the exercise, which lasted over five hours. Kayode Fayemi and Abdulrahman Dambazau were among the nominees quizzed with the longest…
Former governor of Ekiti State and also a ministerial nominee of President Muhammadu Buhari, Kayode Fayemi, has finally debunked rumour that he acquired beds in the Government House in Ado-Ekiti for N50 million. Shortly after handing over to the incumbent governor of the state, Ayo Fayose, in October 2014, Fayemi came under heavy criticisms over…