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The Senate has passed the electricity bill 2022 that would allow states to generate and distribute power as well as solve the sector’s challenges. The bill was passed on Wednesday, after the consideration of a report by…
Nigerian Senate on Wednesday passed a bill seeking to establish a Federal University of Transportation in Daura, Katsina State. The approval followed the debate by Senators after its general principles were read by the…
The Nigerian senate passes a new bill to banks as it mandates them to report any deposit over N5m (5 million naira) to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). In a bid to fight against the practice of money…
President Muhammadu Buhari has requested an additional provision of N2.557 trillion for petrol subsidy payments in 2022. The letter proposed the amendment of the 2022 budget. Senate President Ahmad Lawan read Buhari’s…
The call was made on Tuesday during plenary in resolutions reached following a point of order raised on the “Urgent need for the Federal Government to take drastic actions to bring to an end the act of banditry and…
The Senate on Tuesday passed a bill to establish a School of Mines and Geological Studies, Guyuk. Also passed was the Federal Universities of Technology Act 2004 (Amendment) Bill, 2022. With the passage of the FUTA…
The Senate on Wednesday in an adopted motion asked the Federal government to direct the setting up of a committee to review age limits into the public service in Nigeria. This followed a motion sponsored by Senator…
A political activist and former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank has lambasted the National Assembly for its poor performance in its constitutional role as a…
THE Senate Tuesday vowed to issue a warrant of arrest on the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele following his refusal to appear before it to defend the release of $289 million to former National…
The Nigerian Senate has introduced a bill for the establishment of an agency for the rehabilitation of repentant insurgents. A bill to establish a national agency for education, rehabilitation, de-radicalization and…
The last surviving wife of Nigeria's first prime minister, late Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Hajiya Jummai Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, is reportedly dead. According to The Nation, the deceased who had been battling heart…
Former President of the Nigerian Senate, Bukola Saraki, has cried out over the temporary forfeiture order granted the government to take over his properties in Ikoyi. The Federal High Court in Lagos had granted an…
The National and State Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abia state on Monday nullified the election of Orji Uzor Kalu as the Senator representing Abia North in the Nigerian Senate. The Peoples Democratic…
Yesterday on facebook, I shared a link from Vanguard Newspaper where the Senate threatened to Shutdown Bet9ja. I supported the idea but the comments that followed next prompted this publication. Sports betting in…
The Senate has threatened to shut down sports betting company, Bet9ja offices if it failed to honour its invitation for a second time. The lawmakers issued the threat on Tuesday in Abuja during the verification of Loto…
The Senate on Thursday confirmed three new ambassadorial nominees that were recommended to it by President Muhammadu Buhari early this year. The confirmation followed the consideration of the report of the Senate…
The Nigerian Senate has called on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to suspend the ATM card maintenance charges being deducted from customers. This resolution came as part of a motion on the illicit and excessive bank…
Former National Caretaker Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ahmed Makarfi, has said that APC senators at the National Assembly lack the understanding of the constitution regarding the affairs of…
President Muhammadu Buhari has written the Senate to request the confirmation of 26 new appointments. In separate letters, to the Senate, Buhari requested the confirmation of Festus Okoye as National Commissioner for…
Following successful challenge of his unwarranted suspension in the court of law, the Nigeria Senate has recalled its former leader, Mohammed Ali Ndume. He is expected to resume in plenary tomorrow. Some Senators have…
