The Senate on Tuesday mandated its Committee on Foreign Affairs to begin screening of John U. Usanga (Akwa Ibom); and Air Commodore Peter Ndabake Gana (Rtd.) (Niger) as Non-Career Ambassadors. The Committee is tasked to submit the screening report to the Senate, within two weeks. Also, the Senate referred the nomination of Professor Umar Danbatta [...]

Chairman, Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petition, Senator Ayo Akinyelure By Deji Elumoye The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions, Senator Ayo Akinyelure, has said the upper legislative chamber is not out to blackmail the Chairman of the United Bank for Africa (UBA), Mr. Tony Elumelu, over its [...]

ABUJA – The Senate, on Wednesday, received a petition over the alleged killing of a journalist assigned to cover a protest in Abuja by men of the Nigeria Police Force. The petition, which was brought to the floor during the start of plenary by Sena­tor Abba Moro (PDP – Benue South), was referred by the Senate [...]

  The Senate has appealed to the board and management of the Petroleum Product Pricing Regulatory Agency to rescind its decision to sack 31 graduates who worked as temporary staff in the agency. The affected workers had through their lawyer, Uche Ayogu, petitioned the Senate to protest against their forceful disengagement from the PPPRA. The [...]

Members of the Senate Committee on Privileges and Public Petitions have over the weekend, arrived Anambra State for an oversight function. The visit was led by its Chairman, Senator Ayo Akinyelure, Senator Sam Egwu, Senator Hezekiah Dimka, among others. Tribune Online gathered that they were in the state in response to a petition against a [...]