The Senate has approved $1 billion (about N307 billion) to be spent from the Federal Government share of the Excess Crude Account on the completion of the Ajaokuta Steel Company. It equally sanctioned that all loans and grants relating to the project be accommodated. The resolution followed the passage of the Ajaokuta Steel Company Completion…

Nigeria Senate on Thursday called for the investigation of the crisis that led into the Police laying siege on Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly. The House of Assembly complex in Uyo was sealed by the police, with lawmakers and staff being denied access to the premises. Akwa Ibom House of Assembly crisis erupted on…

The Stage is set for political campaigns after intricate primaries that threw up candidates for the National Assembly election.

Unruffled by his encounter with the alleged assassins that invaded his house last Tuesday, in Abuja, Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu said yesterday that he was committed to public good and would continue to serve the country to the best of his abilities. He said Nigeria would be better going forward and the people would…

Barely 100 days to the 2019 general election, the regulatory and legal framework for the conduct of the crucial poll is still awaiting assent by President Muhammadu Buhari, a situation that is raising apprehension among stakeholders.

The Federal High Court, Abuja, yesterday turned down a request by the Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Assets for the arrest of the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu.

condemned the “attempted assassination” of the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and rejected what they described as the hasty conclusion by the police that it was a case of burglary.

Nigerian Senate Pesident, Bukola Saraki, has asked the lawmakers to fast track the passage of police reform bill. “The Police Reform Bill which we have put forward, should have gone for public hearing and should have been passed by now. "It touches on issues that will address the professionalism that should be enforced in the…

Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu has condemned the Nigerian police over a comment made on Tuesday’s failed assassination attempt on his life and that of his family. Nigeria police Tuesday night said the country’s deputy senate president was a victim of a burglary attempt and not assassination as he claimed. "No thorough investigations were made…

Nigerian police Tuesday night said the country's deputy senate president was a victim of a burglary attempt and not assassination as he claimed. "Preliminary investigation carried out so far did not reveal assassination attempt on the life of the Dep Senate President, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu and his family but a case of Burglary," Nigeria Police…

Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu yesterday relived how he escaped an assassination attempt, declaring that no one was safe in the country...

Nigeria's Deputy Senate president Ike Ekweremadu on Tuesday said the level of security in the country does not guarantee the safety of its citizens. Ekweremadu, his wife Nwanneka and son had earlier survived an assassination attempt at his residence in the country’s capital, Abuja. “The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, his wife,…