The Senate has confirmed President Muhammadu Buhari’s four nominees as Executive Commissioners of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC). This is coming a few weeks after the president, in written communication, asked the Senate to confirm the Executive Commissioners…
By Abimbola Abatta Social media users in the country risk at least one-year imprisonment and N2million fine for violating the Copyright Act. This is coming on the heels of the review of the Copyright Act 2004 by the Senate to…
The Senate, on Tuesday, passed a bill to repeal and re-enact the National Commission for Colleges of Education Act of 1989. Also passed a bill to establish the Federal Polytechnic Orozo. The bills were passed following the consideration of two…
The Senate has passed a bill to enable the Federal Government takeover the staff, assets and liabilities of the Holley Memorial Hospital Ocahadamu, Kogi State. The passage of the bill was sequel to the consideration of a report by the…
…Directive will be near impossible to implement — Madaki …Senate must conduct thorough investigation into IOCs’ financial records — Bala By Uthman Salami and Ariemu Ogaga The Nigerian Senate has ordered the Federal government to stop international Oil Companies (IOCs)…
The Senate, on Tuesday, passed a bill to reposition the National Human Rights Commission by establishing the National Human Rights Fund in Nigeria’s annual budget. The Fund when established, would be used particularly for interventions on sexual and gender-based violence…
The Senate on Tuesday at plenary passed a bill to repeal and re-enact the National Commission for Colleges of Education Act of 1989. Also passed was the bill to establish the Federal Polytechnic, Orozo. The bills were passed following the…
…Begins implementation of 15% price hike on DStv, GOtv subscriptions By Ariemu Ogaga and Uthman Salami More woes for Nigerians as a popular Paytv Operator, MultiChoice Nigeria has commenced the implementation of increased subscription tariff on GOTV and DSTV by…
The Senate on Wednesday constituted a seven-man ad-hoc committee to carry out a comprehensive investigation into the tariff hike by DStv (Multi-Choice Nigeria) with a view to bringing pricing in line with international practice. This was even as the upper…
The Senate at the Wednesday plenary confirmed the nomination of seven members of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The confirmation of the nominees followed the consideration of a report of the Committee on Banking,…
