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July 27, 2023 No Responses

Wike, El-Rufai, Umahi, Others Make Ministerial List

President Bola Tinubu through his Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, on Thursday presented ministerial list before the Senate. Gbajabiamila presented the list to Senate President Godswill Akpabio at exactly 01:19 pm. Akpabio thereafter read the ministerial list with 28 nominees. Some...

June 14, 2023 No Responses

Sanwo-Olu Congratulates Akpabio, Others

The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has congratulated the former Minister of Niger Delta and ex-Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Senator Godswill Akpabio, on his election as President of the Senate and Senator Barau Jibrin as the Deputy Sen...

January 30, 2023 No Responses

Reps Minority Caucus Lauds CBN For Extending Deadline On Old Notes

The House of Representatives Minority Caucus has commended the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for extending the deadline for swapping of the old naira notes.A statement issued by Rep. Ndudi Elumelu (PDP-Delta), the House Minority Leader on Sunday described the....

January 24, 2023 No Responses

Buhari Seeks Senate’s Confirmation Of Ex-I-G Arase As Chairman PSC

President Muhammadu Buhari has written the Senate seeking the confirmation of the appointment of former Inspector-General (I-G) of Police Solomon Arase (retd), as Chairman, Police Service Commission (PSC). The request is contained in a letter addressed t...

May 11, 2022 No Responses

Senate Passes Bill To Re-Enact Customs Act, Establishes NCS Board

The Senate on Wednesday at plenary passed a bill to repeal and re-enact the Customs and Excise Management Act 2004. The passage of the bill followed the consideration of a report by the Committee on Customs, Excise and Tariffs. ...

April 30, 2022 No Responses

PDP: Only National Chairman, Secretary Can Authenticate Membership Cards

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says only its national chairman and the national secretary are vested with power to authenticate party cards. The party made the clarification in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba ...

July 23, 2021 No Responses

National Assembly Lauds CAC Reform Initiatives

The National Assembly has commended the reform initiatives of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) geared towards improving ease of doing business initiative of the Federal Government. A statement issued by CAC Head of Media Unit, Rashee...

July 16, 2021 No Responses

NCC, NASS To Determine Electronic Voting Process

The Senate on Thursday passed the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2021. The passing of the bill followed clause by- clause consideration and adoption of recommendations of report of the Joint Committee on INEC at plenary on Thursday. It amended clause...

November 3, 2020 No Responses

Senate Rejects N4b Bailout For Aviation Sector

The Senate Committee on Aviation has rejected the proposed N5 billion bailout for airline operators and other businesses in Nigeria’s aviation sector. According to the Committee, the proposed bailout is grossly inadequate to make any meaningful im...

September 1, 2020 No Responses

Gbajabiamila Meets Buhari, Embarks On `Legislative Diplomacy’ To Ghana

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met behind closed door with Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, at the State House, Abuja. Speaking to State House correspondents at the end of the meeting, Gbajabiamila stated that he was in the...

August 21, 2020 No Responses

Senate Queries DPR Over N44.5b Remittance, N2.4trillion Revenue

Representatives of Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) were queried by the Senate on Friday for remitting only N44. 5 billion into the Consolidated Revenue Fund in 2019 out of N2.4 trillion generated. This is as heads of many of...

July 16, 2020 No Responses

NDDC Boss:N40b Not Missing, Not Misappropriated

The Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Prof. Kemebradikumo Pondei, on Thursday insisted that N40 billion was not missing from the commission’s account neither has it been misappropriated. Pondei, while addressing jo...

July 16, 2020 No Responses

NDDC Boss, Others Walk Out On Lawmakers

The acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Company (NDDC) Prof. Kemebradikumo Pondei and his team on Thursday walked out on legislators investigating the alleged N40 billion irregular expenditure in the commission.Pondei stormed out of the hea...

July 15, 2020 No Responses

Senate Passes Bills To Establish University of Technology Auchi, Maritime University, Okerenkoko

The Senate on Wednesday passed a bill seeking to establish the Nigeria Maritime University, Okerenkoko in Delta State. Also passed were two bills to establish the University of Technology, Auchi, Edo State; and Federal College of Education, Giwa, Kaduna ...