Tag: Nigerian senate
Senate passes N21.8trn 2023 budget
Barau said that President Muhammadu Buhari had on Oct. 7, laid before a joint sitting of the National Assembly the…
JUST IN: Senate passes Buhari’s supplementary budget three days to end of year
The Senate, in the Committee of the Whole and Plenary approved the 2022 Supplementary Budget for four ministries.
Cashless: Senate wants new policy reviewed
However, some senators, before the adoption of the recommendations of the report raised concerns over the planned implementation of CBN’s…
Senate reopens assault petition against CCT boss
Chairman of the Senate panel, Ayo Akinyelure, who addressed newsmen on the matter on Wednesday in Abuja, said that the…
Senators express divergent views on 2023 Appropriation Bill
While some said it is a bill of sustainability, others said that there were areas the Buhari administration needed to…
As Clear as Mud: Senate’s Grasp of Pay TV Tariffs, Pay Per View
Only one inference is drawable from this: That the NBC has the power to regulate prices and has failed to…
Senate throws out bill on power rotation
The Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege (APC, Delta Central), also kicked against the bill, making similar submissions like Bala Na’Allah…
Breaking: Senate confirms Justice Ariwoola as CJN
President Muhammadu Buhari had forwarded the name of Justice Ariwoola to the Senate for confirmation. The Upper Chamber could not…
JUST IN: Senate to summon CBN Governor Emefiele over free fall of Naira
The upper chamber also called on the CBN to urgently intervene to stop the rapid decline in the value of…
Senate confirms Mohammed Bello as RMAFC Chairman
Bello’s confirmation was sequel to the consideration of a report by the Committee on National Planning and Economic Affairs.
Senate passes Electricity Bill
When signed into law, the bill would improve the utilisation of generated power through increased investments in new technologies to…
Senate suspends plenary over death of Edo lawmaker, Idehen
Idehen, until his death, was a member of the House of Representatives under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party…
Breaking: Senate confirms Buhari’s seven nominees as minister-designates
Those screened and confirmed as minister-designates include Henry Ikechukwu Ikoh (Abia), Umana Okon Umana (Akwa-Ibom), and Ekumankama Joseph Nkama (Ebonyi).…
Senate to probe petition by Supreme Court Justices despite former CJN’s resignation
According to the Senate, such measures must include the immediate fiscal intervention as well as long term and sustainable budgetary…
22 senators set to dump APC, party’s majority under threat
22 Senators who are members of the All Progressives Congress have concluded plans to decamp to other parties putting the…