The Senate on Wednesday, urged the Federal Government to immortalise the late Founder of DAAR Communications, Chief Raymond Dokpesi. The resolutions were sequel to a Point of Order raised by Sen. Francis Alimikhena (PDP-Edo) at plenary. Alimikhena while reading Dokpesi’s…
By Sodiq Adelakun The Nigerian Senate has increased the borrowing limit for the Federal Government from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The implementation year for the 2022 Supplementary Appropriation Act was extended. The Senate held an emergency session ahead…
The Senate at an emergency session on Saturday extended implementation period for the N819 billion 2022 Supplementary Appropriation Act from June 30 to Dec. 31. This followed the consideration and expeditious passage of the 2022 Supplementary Appropriation Act (Amendment) Bill.…
Senate has passed a bill seeking to amend the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Act to increase its advances to the Federal Government from five per cent to maximum of 15 per cent. The passage of the bill, followed its…
President Muhammadu Buhari, has asked the Senate to approve a request to pay the judgement debt in the sum of $566,754,584.31, £98,526,012.00, and N226 billion. It was gathered that the monies were owed by the Federal Government through the issuance…
The Senate has confirmed the appointment of Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NDICOM) for a second term. This followed the adoption of the report of the Senate Committee on Diaspora…
The Senate has ordered the Federal Ministry of Works to refund into the nation’s purse a whopping sum of N692 million allegedly spent on fictitious contracts as contained in the 2018 report of the Auditor General for the Federation, AuGF.…
By Seun Ibiyemi The Senate, on Wednesday, urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to release $717,478,606 airlines funds trapped in the country. The upper chamber also called on the CBN to allocate $25million to airlines operating in Nigeria at…
The Senate has begun the screening of the nominees for the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari had last week written to the Senate, seeking the screening and subsequent confirmation of three new nominees…
The Senate has beamed its light on the vehicle allowances scandal rocking the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and its Commissioners. The Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission and Commissioners were fingered to have been a part of…
