Tag: Senate
Drama in Senate over tax reform bills
There was a mild drama on Wednesday over move to suspend the Senate standing rules to allow members of the President Bola ...Senate to approve Tinubu’s $2.2bn loan request today
The Senate will approve the $2.2bn (about N1.77tn) loan request of President Bola Tinubu today (Wednesday). This request, submitted by the President, ...Senate to convene national summit on out-of-school children challenge
The senate has resolved to convene a national summit to address the growing out-of-school children challenge in the country. The upper legislative ...Senate confirms Kekere-Ekun as CJN
Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, the most senior justice of the supreme court, has been confirmed as the substantive chief justice of Nigeria (CJN). Kekere-Ekun, ...Senate to Obasanjo: It’s uncharitable to claim national assembly members fix their salaries
The senate says the national assembly is not responsible for fixing the salaries and allowances of lawmakers. On Friday, former President Olusegun ...Senate confirms Ifeanyi Ubah’s death
The Senator representing Anambra South, Ifeanyi Ubah, is dead. Senate spokesperson, Yemi Adaramodu, confirmed Ubah’s death on Saturday, but did not give ...Senate enabling executive recklessness with Ndume’s removal as chief whip – Atiku
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar says the national assembly is becoming an “enabler of executive recklessness”. In a post on X on Thursday, ...Substandard Petrol, Diesel Have Flooded Nigeria — Senate
The Senate, on Wednesday, raised an alarm over the influx of substandard Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) popularly known as petrol, and Automotive ...Senate Never Proposed New Aircraft For Tinubu, Shettima – Akpabio
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has denied claims that the 10th Senate was proposing the procurement of new aircraft for President Bola Tinubu ...Senate expresses worry over national grid shutdown by labour
The Senate has expressed worry over the implications of the shutdown of the National Grid and disruption of hajj flights, among other ...