Tag: Senate
‘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,…
Senate amends Finance Act to allow imposition of windfall tax
Presenting the report, Musa said that the Senate at the plenary session on Wednesday July 17, read the letter of…
Senate passes 2024 Appropriation Act Amendment bill of N6.2trn
Olamilekan in his presentation said out of the N6.2 trillion,N3.2 trillion was for capital expenditure, while N3 trillion was for…
Senate speedily passes 2024 National Minimum Wage Amendment Bill
The bill which was transmitted to Senate by President Bola Tinubu on July 23, was given accelerated consideration, resulting into…
Fourth quarter appraisal of the 10th senate
Once again, the overall impact of legislative outputs is a function of the executive’s disposition. The Constitution is weak and…
Budget padding allegation: Senate pardons, recalls Ningi
The upper chamber had suspended Ningi who is representing Bauchi Central in the Senate after he granted an interview to…
Tinubu asks Senate to pass anti-doping bill, FCT supplementary budget
In a separate letter, Tinubu also sought the consideration and approval of Senate for supplementary statutory appropriation to the 2024…
Senate endorses death sentence for trafficking in hard drugs,
The Senate on Thursday, prescribed death sentence as penalty for trafficking in hard drugs and other substances in Nigeria.
Senate passes N1.28trn FCT 2024 statutory budget
FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, had on Monday, while defending the budget, said that it was designed to transform the capital…
How Ningi was misled on N3trn budget padding allegation – Senate
Statutory transfers for agencies on first line charges, that are not domiciled in the Ministries was what Ningi said was…
Senate endorses sack of Irukera as FCCPC boss by Tinubu
In his remarks, President of the senate, Godswill Akpabio said that Tinubu had the right to “hire and fire”.