Tag: Senate

Former Governor of Edo, Adams Oshiomhole, has declared his intention to contest under the All Progressives Congress (APC) to represent the people of Edo North Senatorial District in the 2023 election.  He made the declaration at an enlarged APC meeting...

The Senate has passed a bill seeking to establish the Nigerian Maritime Security Trust Fund.  The passage of the bill followed the adoption of the report of Senate Conference Committee on the Nigerian Maritime Security Trust Fund (Establishment) Bill, 202...

By ebosele@hotmail.com  — The Senate on Tuesday passed the bill for the Act to provide for the establishment of Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB), a multimodal accident investigation agency, coming about a month after the House of Repres...

A bill to empower Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to carry out electronic transactions scaled second reading in Senate on Tuesday.  This followed the presentation of the lead debate on the general principles of the bill by the sponsor, Sen. Francis...

The Senate has charged the Inspector-General of Police (I-G) Alkali Baba to investigate the circumstances leading to the disappearance of Mr Tordue Salem, an Abuja based vanguard journalist.  This followed the adoption of a point of order by Sen.Orker-Jev...

The Senate Committee on Local Content on Monday received the report of the Financial Sub-Committee of the Mambila Hydro-Electric Power Projects (HEPP).  The Chairman of the Committee, Sen. Teslim Folarin, received the report in Abuja as presented by Mr Mu...

Nigeria’s upper legislative chamber, The Senate, has taken further steps towards strengthening the legal status for the country’s National Emergency Number 112, being implemented by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) though it’s Emergency Commu...

The Senate on Wednesday approved $1.5billion and €995million external loan requests From President Mohammadu Buhari.  The approval was sequel to the consideration of the report of the Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts presented by its Chairman...

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, (middle) speaking during the oversight visit of the Senate Committee at the NDDC permanent headquarters in Port Harcourt.First right is the NDDC Interim Administrator, MrEfiongAkwa...

The Senate has passed the 2020 N453.2 billion budget for Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).  This followed the adoption of the report of the Senate Committee on Niger Delta during plenary on Monday.Presenting the report, Sen. Bulus Amos,Vice Chair...

The Joint Senate Committee on Finance and National Planning has asked the Office of Account General of the Federation (OAGF) to investigate the payment of 18 billion dollars by Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporatio...

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...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday in Abuja met with Senate President Ahmad Lawan. They deliberated on the nation’s security situation as well as the crisis in the ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaking to State House correspondents after ...