Senate

Prof. Mahmood Yakubu will on Monday, step aside as the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). He is expected to hand over to an interim electoral commissioner until his nomination for another five-year term is…
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The Senate, yesterday, initiated moves to reverse the multimillion power sector deal spearheaded by the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2016. Vice President Yemi Osibanjo, Babatunde Fashola and others who were part of the…
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The Senate ad hoc committee set up to unravel the alleged financial recklessness by the Interim Management Committee of the Niger Delta Development Commission has recommended its dissolution. The panel also recommended that the NDDC…
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The Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Kemebradikumo Pondei, has admitted that the commission spent N1.5 billion for staff as ‘COVID-19 relief funds’. He made this statement at the investigative…
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As feud between the Nigerian Senate and Minister of Niger Delta Affairs Ministry deepens over the alleged NDDC N40 billion scam, the Upper Chamber has challenged the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs Godswill Akpabio, to take a step further…
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The Senate is probing over N1.8 trillion Federal Government interventions in the Power Sector since privatisation of the sector from 2012 to date. Chairman, Senate Committee on Power, Sen. Gabriel Suswam made this known at a meeting with…
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Godswill Akpabio, minister of Niger Delta affairs, got a N300 million contract  for the fencing of Federal Polytechnic Ukana, Akwa Ibom, (N200 million), and Federal Government College, Ikot Ekpene (N100 million), according to the senate…
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Lawan made the disclosure in response to a detailed written protest letter against the hate speech bill and anti-social media bill before the senate by the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA. He said legislators will…
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The Leader of the Senate, Yahaya Abdullahi, who stated this in an interview with journalists in his office in Abuja, added that the status of a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria was not undeserving of a SUV.
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With the estimated current price of Toyota Land Cruiser Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) now N50 million, the Senate might need about N5.550 billion to get enough quantity for its members, and two additional vehicles.
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