The Leader of the Senate, Opeyemi Bamidele, has appealed to the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) to shelve their planned indefinite strike in national interest.

Senate , yesterday, failed to honour a promise to thoroughly screen President Bola Tinubu’s ministerial nominees. On Thursday, lawmakers had boasted that the nominees would face tough scrutiny before they are allowed to take the traditional bow.

After a blistering start to the Bola Tinubu presidency, marked by some boldfaced policy drive and reordering of the economy, the President may have driven himself into a false start, requiring a serious rebooting as he clocks 60 days in office today.

President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima will, tomorrow, July 25, 2023, unveil two books on leadership and communication in commemoration of the 60th birthday anniversary of the Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele.

Ekiti State Governor, Abiodun Oyebanji, at the weekend, said there was no rift between him and the Senate Majority Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele. He said those postulating that he and Bamidele would soon clash would be disappointed.

The Senate Majority Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, has assured Nigerians that the 10th National Assembly would accord the education sector priority in the 2024 budget.

President Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC) have closed their case in the petitions filed by Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar on Wednesday. Atiku filed a petition challenging the validity of the presidential election conducted on Saturday, February 25, that declared Tinubu the winner of the election, before the Presidential…

Some members of the national working committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) do not agree with the national chairman of the party, Abdullahi Adamu, over his position on the selection of the National Assembly principal officers. The Senate after its Sallah break resumed on Tuesday to announce the emergence of the senator representing…

The new Senate Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, has stated that a single political party cannot determine the principal office holders of the Senate. Bamidele also dismissed talks that both the majority and minority leadership positions were sent from the presidency. He stated that apart from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), six other parties had…

The Senate after its recess and Sallah break resumed on Tuesday to announce the emergence of Senator Opeyemi Bamidele as its majority leader. The Senate President Godswill Akpabio after welcoming colleagues said the APC caucus of the senate after due consultation has emerged with their leadership which he said should be the fulcrum of their…

Barely a week after election of its President, the Senate is, again, in the eye of the storm over choice of principal officers. Of eight positions, the most attractive, generating so much attention: are Majority and Minority Leaders.

A coalition of over 100 civil society organisations, under the auspices of Nigerian Human Rights Community (NHRC), has applauded the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the people of Ekiti State for a peaceful and credible House of Assembly election last Saturday.