Tag: Nigerian senate
Senate advocates strict fiscal compliance for MDAs
The Senate has initiated moves to ensure strict compliance with fiscal transparency and accountability by Ministries, Departments and Agencies of…
Senate confirms NASC, NCC nominees
The Senate on Wednesday confirmed the appointment of nominees to serve as chairman and members of the National Assembly Service…
Kogi: Senate wades into Bassa clashes
The Senate on Wednesday waded into communal clashes in Bassa Local Government Area of Kogi State by demanding for the…
Senate issues MDAs ultimatum to defend Buhari’s loan request
The Senate has given Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs, of government a two-week window period to appear before the Senate…
Senate okays N238.15bn budget for Customs
The Senate on Tuesday approved the sum of N238,149,325,832.70 for the Nigeria Customs Service for the 2020 financial year.
Senate begins probe of NNPC over $396m spent on Refineries’ maintenance
The Senate on Thursday resolved to probe the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) over the sum of $396 million expended…
Coronavirus: China returnees should quarantine themselves – Senate
The Senate on Thursday urged the Federal Ministry of Aviation to immediately take steps to ensure that all persons arriving…
Senate swears in Akpabio’s conqueror, Ekpenyong
The Senate on Thursday sworn-in Senator Christopher Ekpenyong of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), representing Akwa-Ibom North-West Senatorial District in…
Declare National Security Emergency, Senate tells Buhari
The Senate has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to as a matter of urgency declare a National Security Emergency to address…
Boko Haram: Senate condemns Plateau killings, abductions
The Senate on Wednesday condemned the abduction and killings of Nigerian citizens from Plateau State by Boko Haram.
Smart Adeyemi gets new appointment as Senate closes for 2019
The Senate on Friday before its adjournment for the year appointed Sen. Smart Adeyemi (APC-Kogi West) as Chairman Senate Committee…
2020 FCTA Budget: Senate approves N278bn against N232bn proposal
The Senate on Friday approved N278 billion for the 2020 Federal Capital Territory Administration(FCTA) budget, against the N232 billion earlier…
Lawan pays condolence visit to late Uwajumogu’s family
President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, on Thursday led a delegation of the Senate to the Abuja home of Senator…
Senate passes bills to establish more universities, polytechnics
The Senate on Wednesday passed six bills seeking to establish and give legal backing to federal universities and polytechnics across…
Senate President’s assurance to investors
President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, on Wednesday assured investors who are willing and ready to invest into the Nigerian…
Bill for Federal Medical Centre Rigasa, scales second reading
A bill seeking to provide the Legal Framework to establish a Federal Medical Center (FMC) in Rigasa, Kaduna state on…
Sowore: Senate, like Reps resolves to probe court invasion by DSS
The Senate on Thursday mandated its Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters to investigate the alleged invasion of…
Senate passes 2020 budget of N10.594 trillion
Nigerian Senate on Thursday passed the 2020 budget of N10.594 trillion into law. This is against the proposed budget of…
Senate to pass 2020 budget on Thursday
The Senate on Wednesday passed the Public Procurement Act 2007 amendment bills before the National Assembly, even as its President,…
Buhari seeks Senate’s confirmation of NAHCON members
The Senate on Tuesday received a request from President Muhammadu Buhari requesting the confirmation of appointment of the Chairman and…
Why we can’t initiate death penalty bill for treasury looters – Senate
The Senate has explained the reasons why it is impossible to initiate a bill that prescribes death penalty for looters.
Buhari seeks Senate approval for $30b infrastructure loan
President Buhari has requested Senate approval for $29.96 billion economic stimulus infrastructure external loan.
Nigerians kick against Social Media Bill
Nigerians have been reacting angrily to a draft bill been discussed in the Senate which proposes a framework and system…
Trouble in Senate over secret recruitment
Anger and suspicion are brewing in the Senate over the employment slots allegedly allocated to some members of the upper…
Senate issues two-week deadline to MDAs to defend budget
The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday issued two weeks deadline to Federal Government's Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs, to defend their…
Assault on woman: Abbo’s fate nears, as Senate receives report
The Senate on Tuesday received the report of the Bipartisan Ad-hoc Committee on the alleged assault by Senator Elisha Isiaku,…
Senate jacks 2020 budget to N10.72trn, passes MTEF/FSP
The Nigerian Senate has passed the 2020-2022 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper (MTEF/FSP) submitted by President Muhammadu…
Senate receives MTEF/FSP report, awaits 2020 budget next week
The Senate on Thursday received the report of its Committee on Finance and National Planning on the 2020-2022 Medium Term…
Senate speaks on Buhari’s closure of borders
The Senate has backed the recent decision by President Muhammadu Buhari to temporarily close all land borders to address smuggling…
How we will help the military to fight insurgency – Lawan
The President of the Nigerian Senate, Sen. Ahmed Lawan, has pledged the National Assembly would give its full support to…