Almost three weeks after it embarked on its post-inauguration break, the Senate is set to resume, ahead of the official transmission of names of ministerial nominees by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. According to a new amendment to the 1999 Constitution, the president and governors must submit the names of persons …
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The jostle for the Senate minority leadership seat appears to be creating uneasy calm among senators who are members of the opposition parties following moves by some vested interests to impose leadership on them. In the 10th Senate, the APC has 59 senators; PDP, 36; LP, 8; SDP, 2; NNPP, …
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This followed the adoption of a motion by the Deputy President of the Senate, Sen. Barau Jubril.(APC-Kano) at Wednesday’s plenary. Senate earlier approved a motion informing President Bola Tinubu that a quorum of the 10th Senate had been assembled and that the Presiding Officers had been elected. It also …
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The Senate has approved President Bola Tinubu’s request to appoint 20 special advisers. The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, read the president’s request on the floor of the upper legislative chamber on Tuesday. In the request, the president did not disclose the identity of the 20 special advisers. But after …
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THE Senate has asked the Federal Government to immortalize the founder of AIT/Raypower, High Chief Raymond Aleogho Dokpesi, Ezomo of Weppa-Wanno Kingdom, Edo State. The Senate on Wednesday stood and paid tributes to late Dokpesi. The observed a one minute silence in honour of late Dokpesi and resolved to …
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The Senate on Tuesday passed the 2023 budget of N876 billion for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) out of which N451 million was approved as provisions for aides of 12 Board members of the commission. Aside the N451million provision for aides to 12 Board members of the commission, the …
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President Muhammadu Buhari, has on Wednesday wrote to the Senate, asking the honorable house to approve a new loan request of $800million. In a letter read by the President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan, President Buhari who noted that the loan would be utilized to scale up the National …
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The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of Dr Abdul Hakeem Mobolaji as chairman of the Governing Board of the Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), representing South West and six others Also confirmed by the red chamber are nominees for appointment as members of the NDIC Board. They include …
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The Senate has appealed to the Centre for Criminal Court, United Kingdom for clemency in the sentencing of Nigeria’s former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice. The plea is coming barely 48 hours before the sentencing of the former Deputy Senate President and his wife. Last …
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The Senate has adopted the Conference Committee report on the Nigeria Peace Corps (Establishment) Bill, 2023. It followed the presentation on Tuesday by the Vice Chairman, Senate Committee on Interior, Seriake Dickson. The lawmaker said both the Senate and the House of Representatives committees met and adopted the House’s version. …
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