Senate

President Muhammadu Buhari’s nominee for the position of Chairman of the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Prof. Akintunde Akinwande, has failed to show up for screening for the job. This is the second time in one month…
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The Nigerian Senate has asked the Nigeria Communication Commission, NCC, to immediately halt the proposed Internet data tariff hike. The new data tariff regime is billed to commence Thursday, December 1, after the NCC had communicated…
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The Senate Chamber minutes ago erupted in chaos, with lawmakers belonging to the opposition party Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) staging a walkout. Trouble started when Senator Yele Omogunwa representing Ondo South announced his…
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Ekiti state Government has rejected the move by the Senate to probe the bail out funds doled  out the state along with other states of the Federation by the Federal government, saying that such probe was  unconstitutional. The State…
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The Senate has rejected the 46 non-career ambassadorial nominees sent to it by President Muhammadu Buhari for legislative approval.  The lawmakers said the list will be sent back to President Muhammadu Buhari “for resubmission and…
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The Senate on Saturday decried their lack of details of President Muhammadu Buhari’s economic policies.  This, it said, will continue to make the relationship between the National Assembly and the executive frosty. Members of the Senate,…
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The senate has resolved to suspend its sittings if the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) does not conduct national assembly rerun election in Rivers state by December 10. In a motion on the floor of the upper legislative…
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The ministries of Finance and Budget and National Planning as well as the Debt Management Office have begun working on the details of President Muhammadu Buhari’s $29.96bn external borrowing plan following its rejection by the Senate on…
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The Senate on Tuesday unanimously threw out plans by President Muhammadu Buhari to engage in external borrowing of $29.960billion for execution of key infrastructural projects across the country between 2016 and 2018. The Senate did not…
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In a tensed atmosphere on Thursday, the Senate passed a bill amending the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act, which transfers the controlling powers of the bureau and the tribunal from the President to the National Assembly. As part…
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