Tag: Nigerian senate
Senate considers Bill to unbundle NIPOST
The Senate has commenced moves to unbundle the Nigerian Postal Service, NIPOST with the consideration of a bill to repeal…
Senate moves to recover N16trn AMCON loans
The Senate, Tuesday, considered a critical bill seeking to empower the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) in the aspect…
Senate shoots down Armed Forces Service Commission bill
A bill seeking the establishment of Armed Forces Service Commission on Wednesday was stepped down after generating mixed feelings among…
Diversification: Senate considers Bill to shore Nigeria’s FX earnings from Shea export
The Upper Chamber of the National Assembly on Tuesday considered a critical bill that would shore up the country’s foreign…
Bandits killings: NSA must deploy more troops to affected areas now – Senate
The Senate, Wednesday, urged the National Security Adviser, Mohammed Babagana Munguno to, as a matter of urgency, deploy more security…
Senate wades into abandoned Badagry-Sokoto Expressway project
The Senate has urged the Federal Government to, as a matter of urgency, initiate a Build-Operate-Transfer or Public-Private Partnership arrangement…
Senate prohibits sex offenders from working with children
The Senate on Tuesday passed a bill prohibiting persons convicted of sexual offences from working with children, either as a…
Breaking: Senate confirms CDS, Service Chiefs
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the new Service Chiefs and the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) nominated and forwarded to…
Senate confirms Chukwu as Commissioner, Law Reform Commission
The Senate on Wednesday confirmed the appointment of Professor Larry Obinna Collins Chukwu (South East) as Commissioner of the Nigerian…
Senate approves N11.35bn for Police Trust Fund
The Senate on Wednesday approved the sum of N11,352,457,101.70 as budget for Nigeria Police Trust Fund in the 2020 fiscal…
JUST IN: Senate confirms Buratai, other ex-Service Chiefs as Ambassadors-Designate
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed former Service Chiefs as Ambassadors-Designate after their names were forwarded to the upper chamber by…
Senate moves to block revenue loss from medical tourism
The Senate, on Thursday, moved to block revenue leakages from medical tourism with the consideration of a bill that would…
Senate moves to prohibit casual jobs for graduates in Nigeria
The Senate, on Thursday, considered a bill seeking to stop employers in the private and public sectors from engaging employable…
Kagara abduction: Senate asks Buhari to declare state of emergency on insecurity
The Senate has called on President Muhammadu Buhari, to as a matter of urgency, declare a state of emergency on…
Senate considers Bill to close gaps in drug law
The Senate has commenced an amendment to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act 2004 with a view to close…
Senate takes crucial decision on Buhari’s request to confirm CDS, Service Chiefs
The Senate on Wednesday took a crucial decision on President Muhammadu Buhari’s request for the confirmation of the newly appointed…
Senate receives request to confirm Adolphus as Auditor-General of the Federation
The Senate on Tuesday received a request from President Muhammadu Buhari for the confirmation of Mr. Aghughu Arhotomhenla Adolphus as…
Senate receives Buhari’s request to confirm appointment of CDS, Service Chiefs
The Senate has received a formal request from President Muhammadu Buhari for the confirmation of the newly appointed Chief of…
Nigerian Senate set for debate on herdsmen crisis
The Nigerian Senate will on Tuesday debate the clashes between farmers and herdsmen in many parts of the country.
Senate confirms Police Commission, Consumer Protection nominees
The Senate on Wednesday confirmed the nomination of Chief Onuemuche Nnamani as a Member of the Police Service Commission (PSC).
Senate extends capital implementation of 2020 budget till March
The Senate has extended the implementation of capital projects captured in the 2020 budget till 31st March, 2021.
FCT 2021 appropriation bill of N299.9bn scales second reading in Senate
The Federal Capital Territory Appropriation Bill for the 2021 fiscal year scaled second reading during plenary on Tuesday.
Senate constitutes Committee to investigate N1.2trn oil revenue loss
The Senate on Tuesday constituted a seven-man Ad-hoc committee to investigate a N1.2 trillion oil revenue loss to the Federal…
Senate passes Buhari’s Finance Bill 2020
The Senate has passed President Muhammadu Buhari’s Finance Bill 2020 transmitted to the National Assembly two weeks ago for consideration…
Senate considers bill to blacklist loan defaulters in Nigeria
The Senate on Tuesday considered a bill seeking to improve credit repayment culture, reduce non-performing loans in the banking sector,…
Senate debates Buhari’s Finance Bill 2020
The Senate on Wednesday debated the Finance Bill transmitted to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari for consideration and…
Senate to Buhari: Sack military service chiefs now
The Nigerian Senate has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to sack the Service Chiefs and replace them with people with fresh…
Senate summons Pantami over spate of insecurity
The Senate has mandated its Committees on Legislative Compliance and Communications to invite the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy,…
Senate to FG: Implement zero duty on aircraft importation, spare parts
The Senate has called on the Federal Government to fully implement the Executive Order on zero customs duty and zero…
Senate to FG: Rebuild destroyed infrastructure in Lagos, Calabar now
The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday called on the Federal Government to urgently reconstruct and rebuild infrastructure destroyed by hoodlums during…