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Kari Lake, the former television anchor running for U.S. Senate in Arizona, will campaign on Thursday in Phoenix with a top Senate Republican, the latest sign of the party’s embrace of a candidate whose extreme views made her a lightning rod just two years earlier. Ms. Lake and Senator John …

A bill seeking to include Anambra among States in the Niger Delta Development Commission was on Wednesday, February 28, thrown out by the senate.    The Bill titled: A Bill for an Act to amend the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Act to make provision for the inclusion of Anambra …

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike and the Commissioner of Police in the FCT have been summoned by the senate over rising insecurity.    They will be briefing the Senate in a closed-door session.   The resolution was reached following a motion moved by Senator Ned Nwoko, …

Opinion Gage Skidmore/Creative Commons Many Republicans have had a problem with Mitch McConnell leading the Senate GOP for a very long time, particularly for undermining conservatives’ agenda. But come November, it appears he will no longer be a problem. He’s stepping down. McConnell needs to step down now. He’s not …

In a proposed legislation, the National Assembly is seeking to make the tenure of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor a six-year non-renewable term.   The Senate on Tuesday, Feb. 27, passed for second reading a bill seeking to amend the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Act to provide for …

Repeatedly, I said the mountain of debt caused Naira devaluation. I said the mountain of debt increases by the day. I said daily increasing mountain of debt is daily increasing Naira devaluation. Repeatedly, I said the mountain of debt caused present Hardship killing this territory natives. I said the mountain …

Senate President Godswill Akpabio has unveiled a 45-member constitution review committee on the 1999 constitution.    The committee which will be chaired by the Deputy Senate President, Barau Jibrin, comprise six lawmakers from each geopolitical zone and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.   Some of the reviews to be …

The Senate passed a long-awaited foreign aid package for Ukraine and Israel early Tuesday morning, delivering a bipartisan endorsement of the legislation after months of negotiations, dire battlefield warnings and political mudslinging. But the measure faced a buzz saw of opposition in the House, where Republican resistance threatened to kill …

Donald Trump recently called on the US Senate to end all foreign and only allow the United States to loan foreign countries money, which would be a gift to Putin. Trump posted on Truth Social: FROM THIS POINT FORWARD, ARE YOU LISTENING U.S. SENATE(?), NO MONEY IN THE FORM OF …

Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria ( CBN), Olayemi Cardoso, has been directed by the senate to appear before it on Tuesday, February 6, on the state of the economy and free flow of Naira at the forex market.   The Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial …