Tag: Nigerian senate
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.
Senate approves establishment of Electoral Offences Commission
The Senate on Tuesday approved the National Electoral Offences Commission to prosecute electoral offenders.
Senate receives 2022-2024 MTEF/FSP document
The Senate has received President Muhammadu Buhari’s submission of the 2022-2024 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper for…
JUST IN: Buhari to meet 109 Senators tonight
President Muhammadu Buhari will tonight at 8pm meet with the 109 Senators of the National Assembly.
Bill to allow FCT customary court take criminal trials passed
The Senate on Wednesday passed a bill to expand the jurisdiction of the Federal Capital Territory Customary Court to undertake…
Senate passes bill to amend Psychiatric Hospitals Act
Senate has passed a bill seeking to amend the Psychiatric Hospitals Management Board Act 2004 and to establish the Federal…
Senate okays Buhari’s N2.343trn external borrowing request
The Senate has approved President Muhammadu Buhari’s request for the authourisation of N2.343 trillion ($6.183 billion USD) as External Borrowing…
Senate passes N982.7bn supplementary budget to law
The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday passed the sum of N982.729 billion as a supplementary budget for the 2021 fiscal year…
Senate blows hot over unlawful arrest of Nigerians by Benin Republic
The Senate has condemned what it described as the “unlawful” encroachment and arrest of Nigerians by the authorities of the…
PIB: Sylva, Kyari to brief Senators in closed session Thursday
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said that the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva and the…
Senate to consider Buhari’s N895.84bn supplementary budget request Tuesday
The Senate will on Tuesday, next week, consider President Muhammadu Buhari’s request to the National Assembly for the approval of…
Illegal possession, importation of firearms to attract 3-year jail term
The Senate on Wednesday passed a bill which provides for 3 years jail term or N3 million fine or both,…
Senate approves N74.773bn budget for Police Trust Fund
The Senate on Tuesday approved the sum of N74,773,601,916 as 2021 budget for the Nigeria Police Trust Fund.
Senate to consider Petroleum Industry Bill report Thursday
Senate on Tuesday received the report of the Joint Committee on Petroleum (Downstream); Petroleum (Upstream) and Gas Resources on the…
Senate passes bills to establish Health Sciences Varsity, ICT Institute
The Senate on Tuesday passed a bill to establish the Federal University of Health Sciences, Otukpo, Benue State.
Leaky Assembly: N37bn was never approved for NASS renovation – Senate
The Senate has protested a media report by Channels Television alleging that its leadership approved the sum of N37 billion…
Come and fix our roofs: Embarrassed Senate begs FCDA
Embarrassed by its leaking roofs, the Senate today pleaded with the Federal Capital Territory Authority (FCDA) to expedite action on…