Tag: Nigerian senate
Senate receives financial report for Mambila projects
The Senate Committee on Local Content on Monday received the report of the Financial Sub-Committee of the Mambila Hydro-Electric Power…
Senate passes 2022-2024 MTEF/FSP, okays N13.98trn budget for 2022
The Senate has passed the 2022-2024 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper (MTEF/FSP) ahead of the expected presentation…
Senate okays bill to establish Orthopedic hospital, college
The Senate on Tuesday passed bills to establish the Orthopedic Hospital, Dekina, Kogi State, and the Federal College of Education,…
Senate passes bill to control sickle cell disease in Nigeria
The passage of the bill followed the consideration of a report by the Committee on Health (Secondary and Tertiary).
Senate considering life imprisonment for kidnappers
A bill proposing life imprisonment for the offence of kidnapping or any form of abduction, wrongful restraint and confinement on…
Senate approves establishment of Nationwide Emergency Communications Service
The Senate on Tuesday passed a bill seeking to establish the Nationwide Emergency Communications Service.
Senate passes bills to establish federal university, teaching hospital
The Senate on Wednesday passed two bills seeking to establish a federal university and teaching hospital in Ekiti and Nasarawa…
Buhari seeks approval for humongous $4bn, €710m external loans
The Senate has received a formal request from President Muhammadu Buhari to consider and approve an external loan to fund…
PDP shocked by APC senate rejection of e-transmission of poll results
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed shock over the rejection of electronic transmission of election results by the Senate.
Senate passes report on PIB, retains 3% for host communities
The Senate has passed the conference committee report of the Senate and House of Representatives on the Petroleum Industry Bill,…
Senate approves $8.3B loans for Buhari govt
The Senate approves Buhari’s request for external loans to the tune of $8.3B and €490M under the 2018-2020 External Borrowing…
Senate okays Buhari’s request for $8.325bn, €490m external loans
The Senate on Thursday approved President Muhammadu Buhari’s request for ongoing external loans to the tune of $8,325,526,537 (USD) and…
Insecurity: Nigeria to deploy robots, artificial intelligence to fight criminals
The Senate on Wednesday said that the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy has established a centre for artificial intelligence…
Massive fraud: NNPC failed to remit N3.88trn from crude oil sales in 2015 – Senate
The Senate has faulted the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) for under remitting the sum of N3.88 trillion revenue from…
Senate passes bills establishing 3 universities
The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday passed bills establishing three universities.