Tag: Senate
Senate removes Senator Natasha as Head of Diaspora Committee
Earlier in March, she was suspended from the Senate for alleged misconduct after a dispute with Senate President Akpabio over…
Senate seeks N200m compensation for child killed by NDLEA stray bullet
The second younger child Eromonsele Omhonria had bullet into his eyes that has rendered that child almost blind.
Senate confirms Tinubu’s nominees into boards of 4 Rivers agencies
The confirmation followed the presentation of the report on screening by the Committee on Emergency Rule in Rivers at plenary…
Budget scandal in Rivers: Officials withhold financial records as Ibas sounds alarm
The session, held at the New Senate Building in Abuja, comes amid heightened scrutiny of governance in the state following…
Tinubu seeks Senate’s approval for N1.7trn 2025 FCT budget
The president said that the budget was aimed at lifting as many citizens as possible out of poverty, adding that…
Senate calls for inclusion of Local Govts in FAAC
Citing the recent Supreme Court ruling that states do not have rights or interests in allocations to the LGCs from…
Senate: What military should do to tackle resurgence of Boko Haram
Monguno said there was the need to return military operations in full force to Borno and Yobe and equip them…
Why we abandoned PDP for APC – Kebbi senators
The three Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senators from Kebbi, who defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), have explained…
Tinubu fires letter to Senate
According to the President’s letter, the nominations are in line with the provisions of Part I, Section 2(2)(a) of the…
Senate: Bill to amend Electoral Act passes second reading
The passage of the bill followed the presentation of the lead debate on the general principles of the bill by…
JUNE 12: Senate rejects motion to immortalise Humphrey Nwosu
In the motion he re-sponsored on Thursday after it was thrown out on Wednesday, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe has prayed that…
Senate approves state of emergency in Rivers
The National Assembly also imposed a joint committee of both chambers, to oversee the administration of affairs in Rivers State…
Why we suspended Natasha – Senate
The Leader of the Senate, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele made these clarifications in a three-page statement released on Saturday amid what…
Unjust! Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan speaks on her suspension from Senate
Meanwhile, an interest group, All Progressives Congress (APC) Professionals Network, has urged Nigerians to protect the sanctity of the legislature,…
“Natasha won Today” – Ezekwesili blasts Senate over her suspension
Ezekwesili urged Nigerians, especially women and men of goodwill, to take inspiration from Akpoti-Uduaghan’s courage.
CBN frustrating our probe of use of N30 trillion Ways and Means – Senate
The N30 trillion Ways and Means facility was allegedly granted to the federal government between 2015 and 2023. The Committee…
Akpabio: Senate didn’t suspend deliberations on Tinubu’s tax bills
Akpabio spoke after Leader of the Senate, Opeyemi Bamidele, made the clarification when he raised Senate Point of Order 42,…
Senate approves 2025-2027 MTEF/FSP
The highlights of the approved recommendations of 2025-2027 MTEF/FSP include: approval of projected oil benchmark prices of $75.3 per barrel…
Senate confirms appointment of Oluyede Chief of Army Staff
The Senate, thereafter, confirmed the appointment of Oluyede as substantive COAS. The Senate Committee had last Wednesday screened Oluyede, behind…
Senate endorses Tinubu’s plan to borrow $2.2bn
President Bola Tinubu had on Tuesday, Nov 19, in separate letters to both chambers of the National Assembly, requested for…
Senate sacks CCT Chairman Danladi Umar
He, however , said the conduct of Danladi Umar, who is the Chairman of the Tribunal has fallen short of…
Tinubu seeks Senate’s confirmation of INEC commissioners, PenCom DG
Tinubu’s requests are contained in separate letters to the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio read during plenary on Tuesday.…
Shettima, senators pay tribute to late Sen. Ifeanyi Ubah
Ifeanyi Ubah who died on July 26 in the United Kingdom represented Anambra South Senatorial District in the 9th and…
Senate set to triple EFCC budget to fuel anti-corruption drive
"When the EFCC chairman explains the need for software to counter virtual and cryptocurrency fraud valued at around ₦3.4 billion,…
Senate passes NDIC bill to safeguard bank depositors’ fund
He said the bill consolidates the power of the President to appoint the Chairman and members of the board of…
‘Why Senate postponed screening of ministerial nominees ‘
Citing reasons for the postponement in a personally signed statement, Special Adviser to the President on Senate Matters, Sen. Basheer…
My N14m monthly pay as senator not enough to buy petrol – Orji Kalu
The Senator said this while dismissing claims that lawmakers in the National Asembly are living a life of affluence while…
Flood: Senate urges NEMA to urgently provide relief materials to 5 LGAs in Adamawa
In the motion was titled “Urgent Need for Intervention in the Humanitarian Crisis caused by Flooding in Adamawa North Senatorial…
Bill to licence, regulate private investigators fail to scale second reading
President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, thereafter sought the opinion of the sponsor either to put the bill to vote…
Senate tackles Obasanjo over ‘sordid and telltale assertions’
Obasanjo had made the allegation during a visit of a group of the House of Representatives members to his Abeokuta,…