Senate

The National Assembly on Thursday passed the ₦54.99trn 2025 Appropriation Bill. The bill was passed separately by the Senate and the House of Representatives. A breakdown of the budget showed N3.645trn for statutory transfers,…
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Senate President Godswill Akpabio cautioned Senator Osita Ngwu for praising the beauty of Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu during a ministerial screening on the floor of the upper legislative chamber on Wednesday. Bianca, like six other…
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The Senate is set to begin screening of seven ministerial nominees recently announced by President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday (tomorrow). This follows the earlier request to the Senate by President Tinubu to confirm the new ministerial…
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THE Senate says it was fully behind the Supreme Court’s judgment on local government autonomy. It also assured that it would work with the House of Representatives to ensure alterations to the relevant provisions of the Constitution to…
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The federal lawmaker, representing Ibadan North-west and Ibadan South-west federal constituency of Oyo state at the national assembly, Hon. Adedeji Dhikrullahi Olajide, has commended the accelerated passage passage of the South West…
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The Chairman of the Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures of Nigeria, Rt. Hon. Adebo Ogundoyin has emphasized the need for devolution of power and the creation of state police in Nigeria. Addressing the Senate Committee on…
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The Senate on Tuesday speedily passed the National Minimum Wage Act 2019 (Amendment Bill). The bill, which scaled second and third readings, just minutes after it was transmitted by President Bola Tinubu, was instantly passed by the…
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There was uproar in the Senate on Tuesday over the revelation that ranking senators received N500 million each for projects. Senator Jarigbe Agom-Jarigbe of the People’s Democratic Party representing Cross-River North had revealed during…
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The Senate has approved President Bola Tinubu’s request to sack the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission Executive Vice-Chair, Babatunde Irukera. Tinubu in a letter read at the plenary on Wednesday by the Senate…
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The Senate has been asked to confirm the appointment of five persons as members of the board of directors, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). This is contained in a request letter sent by president Bola Tinubu and read by Senate President,…
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