Tag: SENATE
Senate confirms 15 NDDC nominees, rejects one
Nigeria Senate on Tuesday confirmed fifteen nominees to serve on the governing board of the Niger Delta Development…
NDDC Board: Senate Screens Odubu, Okumagba, others
The Senate on Thursday screened the former Deputy Governor of Edo State, Dr. Pius Odubu as the Nominee…
Senate suspends plenary for budget
The Senate on Tuesday put on hold its plenary to enable its Standing Committees conclude work on the…
Senate President, Ahmad Lawan speaks on ‘scrapping House of Reps’
Senate President, Ahmad Lawan,has said the adoption of a bicameral legislature by the framers of the constitution was…
AMCON lobbies National Assembly on emergence of Arik as national carrier
Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has appealed to the National Assembly to reform the aviation sector for…
Senate committee walks out reporters from budget defence session
Journalists were on Friday denied access into the Senate hearing room, where they had assembled for the budget…
FIRS nets N4. 012tr from Jan – Sept 2019
The Federal Inland Revenue Service, (FIRS) has collected N4. 012 trillion in three quarters (January-September 2019). Executive Chairman,…
Malami begs Senate for 2.5 percent of recovered loots, gives reason
Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has urged the Senate panel to approve 2.5 per cent…
Senate Bars Media from Budget Defence, gives reason
As the Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) commence the defence of their 2020 budget, the various committees of…
Boko Haram: Group asks Senate to strip Ndume of Army Committee Chair over alleged attempt to sow terror in the heart of citizens
Coalition Against Terrorism and Extremism (CATE) has called on the Senate leadership to strip Senator Ali Ndume of…
Senate pledges support for Local Content implementation
The new Senate Committee on Local Content has pledged to support and collaborate with the Nigerian Content Development…
NASS will include card reader in new electoral act – Omo-Agege
The Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege, says the National Assembly will give legal backing to the…