The Senate is set to resume the plenary on Thursday as opposed to its early proposed July 2 resumption. The Senate had on Tuesday, June 11, adjourned the plenary to resume on Tuesday, July 2. The announcement of the early…
The Senate has passed 25 out of the 447 bills introduced on its floor since the inauguration of the 10th Senate in 2023. Senate Leader, Mr Opeyemi Bamidele, who disclosed this in Abuja on Thursday, also said that the upper…
The Senate on Tuesday passed the sum of N98.5 billion as the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Supplementary Appropriation Bill, 2024. The passage of the Bill followed the consideration of the report of the Senate Committee on FCT during plenary. Recall…
The Niger Delta Development Commission has presented a total of N1.91tn 2024 budget before the Senate Committee on Niger Delta Affairs. The agency’s managing director, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, presented the estimates of the fiscal document on Monday to the senators, along…
The Senate has passed for second reading the 2024 Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Supplementary Budget of N98.5 billion. This followed the presentation of the budget estimates by the Deputy leader of the Senate, Lola Ashiru, representing APC-Kwara at plenary on…
The Senate, on Wednesday, approved a bill that grants a 300 per cent salary increase for judicial officers at the federal and state levels. The Red Chamber approved the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights, and Legal Matters, chaired by…
The Nigerian Senate has faulted the shutdown of the national grid by members of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and Trade Union Congress, TUC. The organised labour on Monday embarked on a nationwide strike seeking an increase in workers minimum…
The Senate Committee on Capital Markets has confirmed Emomotimi Agama as the Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission. The committee approved the appointment of Frana Chukwuogor as SEC’s Executive Commissioner of Legal and Enforcement, Bola Ajomale as Executive Commissioner…
The Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions will on Thursday hold a Public hearing on the proposed Bills seeking to amend the Central Bank of Nigeria Act and the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation Act. This was contained…
The Senate has passed the bill seeking to make provision for Nigeria to revert to its old national anthem. The Upper Chamber passed the bill following deliberations on a report presented by Tahir Monguno, the chair of the judiciary committee. The Senate…
