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  • National Assembly Committed to Reforming Electoral Legal Framework –Alli

    National Assembly Committed to Reforming Electoral Legal Framework –Alli

    By Iyabo Adebisi The Chairman, Senate Committee on Electoral Matters, Senator Sarafadeen Alli, says the National Assembly is committed to reforming electoral legal framework for positive, effective and efficient leadership recruitment process. He said this  in Ibadan at the 2-day South-West Zonal Legislative Interactive Session, organised by the National Assembly Joint Committee on Electoral Matters.…

  • N30tn CBN Loans: Senate to Probe Buhari Govt, Emefiele

    The Senate on Tuesday resolved to probe how the N30tn Ways and Means loans of the Central Bank of Nigeria were obtained and spent by the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari. Ways and Means is a loan facility through which the CBN finances the government’s budget shortfalls. The senate stated that the reckless spending…

  • Tinubu Seeks Senate’s Confirmation of 19 NPC Commissioners Nominee

    In a letter to the Senate on Tuesday, President Bola Tinubu requested the confirmation of 19 candidates for National Population Commission (NPC) commissioners. The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, read out the letter on the floor during plenary in Abuja. The nominees: The President also asked the red chamber to confirm the nomination of…

  • Senate to Pass N2.18trn 2023 Supplementary Budget

    The Senate will on Thursday, pass the N2.18 trillion 2023 Supplementary Appropriation Bill forwarded to it for consideration by President Bola Tinubu. As requested by Tinubu in the letter read in the Senate during plenary on Tuesday, the request was given expeditious consideration. The budgetary proposals made in the bill were debated, passed for a…

  • Senate Calls for Implementation of Recommendations on Flooding

    The Senate on Thursday urged President Bola Tinubu to implement the recommendations of the Presidential Committee for the Development of a Comprehensive Plan of Action against Flooding. The committee had recommended the establishment of a National Flood Management Council in Nigeria. The agency is expected to serve as a central body responsible for coordinating flood…

  • Eid-el-Moulud: Senator Alli Calls for Supplication

    By Wale Asake Sen. Sharafadeen Alli(APC-Oyo South) has called on Muslims to pray fervently for Nigerians and its leaders as the celebrate Eid-el-Moulud. This is contained in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media, Akeem Abas and made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Ibadan. Eid-el-Moulud marks the birth of the Holy Prophet…

  • CBN Gov Cardoso, Deputies for Senate Screening Today

    The Senate will today (Tuesday) screen the acting Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria,  Dr Olayemi Cardoso, for confirmation into a substantive capacity alongside four nominees for the positions of CBN Deputy Governors,  to steer affairs of the apex bank in the next five years. The Red Chamber, which is returning from its two-month annual…

  • Akpabio Announces Leadership of Senate Standing Committees

    The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio has announced the composition and leadership of Standing Committees of the 10th Senate. The list includes The Senate has adjourned plenary till September 26, 2023, to observe its annual recess. FRCN Abuja/Simeon Ugbodovon Subscribe to our Telegram and YouTube Channels also join our Whatsapp Update Group

  • Ministers: El-Rufai, Okotete, Danladi Yet to Scale Through Senate

    After seven days of screening, the Senate has confirmed 45 of the 48 ministerial nominees presented by President Bola Tinubu. Those who were denied confirmation, yesterday, over security report or pending security checks are immediate past governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir el-Rufai; former Deputy Governor of Taraba State, Senator Abubakar Danladi; and Stella Okotete,…

  • Niger: Senate Tells President Tinubu’s to Tread Softly  

    The Senate has asked the Chairman of the Economic  Community of  West  African  States,  ECOWAS and other leaders of the region to tread softly in addressing the political quagmire in Niger Republic. Rising from a closed-door session that lasted close to two hours to discuss the letter written to the Senate on Friday by President …

  • War Prospect as Tinubu Seeks Senate’s Support for Military ‘Action’ in Niger

    President Bola Tinubu has written to the Senate seeking its support for military intervention against the military junta in the Niger Republic. He also sought the backing of the legislature on the cutting off of electricity to the country. This comes on the heels of the toppling of Niger’s democratically elected president, Mohamed Bazoum, by…

  • Sen. Alli Congratulates Olubadan on First Coronation Anniversary 

    By Oluwakayode Banjo Sen. Sharafadeen Alli(APC-Oyo South) has congratulated the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Olalekan Balogun on the occasion of his first anniversary on the throne of his forefathers. The lawmaker in a statement signed by his Media Aide, Mr Akeem Abas and made available to newsmen on Friday, described the royal father as a…

  • Constitutional Window: Senate Receives List of Ministerial Nominees

    With five days to the end of the 60-day constitutional window, the Senate is expected to receive the list of the President’s ministerial nominees this week. The President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Tope Ajayi, in an interview with newsmen said, “Ministers’ List will be out this week. Let’s wait till the names…

  • Akpabio Sworn in as 10th Senate President

    Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio, Tuesday took the oath of office after defeating his rival Abdul’aziz Abubakar Yari. Akpabio who pulled 63 votes, to defeat Yari who garnered 46 votes, pledged to work and perform his duty in accordance with the provisions of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Akpabio who is a lawyer…

  • Senate Convenes Emergency Session

    The Senate has convened for an emergency session.The lawmakers are to deliberate on the Supplementary budget and a Bill seeking to Amend the CBN Act. This is the second time in the 9th Senate that an emergency session is convened. The first was during the Covid-19 pandemic to approve funds for the pandemic. Amaka Ene Subscribe…

  • MUSWEN Lends Weight to South-south Christian Senate Presidency

    By Nafiu Busari The Muslim Ummah of Southwest Nigeria () has expressed support for the South-south Christian Senate presidency agenda. MUSWEN in a statement by its Executive Secretary Professor Muslih Yahya, stated that it would go a long way to correct the erroneous interpretation of the Muslim-Muslim presidency The Southwest Muslims umbrella body stated that “this…

  • Senate Passes 2022 Supplementary Budget

    The Senate on Wednesday passed the 2022 Supplementary Budget of N819.5 billion. President Muhammadu Buhari requested the passage of a supplementary budget that would be funded by additional domestic borrowing. The supplementary budget is intended to address food security in the aftermath of the country’s devastating floods, as well as damage to road infrastructure and…

  • Grey Areas in Peace Corps Bill Addressed – National Commandant

    The National Commandant of the Peace Corps of Nigeria, Professor Dickson Akoh says the grey areas in the Peace Corps Bill, which prevented it from being signed into law by the President, have been addressed. Professor Akoh was addressing newsmen in Abuja on the bill recently passed by the National Assembly. He said the bill…

  • Senate Pledges Credible Election in 2023

    The Senate Committee on Electoral Matters has reiterated that the Electoral Act 2022 would ensure free, fair and credible elections in 2023 in Nigeria. The vice chairman of the committee, Olalekan Mustapha said this when he led other members of the committee on a courtesy visit to Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State. Senator Mustapha…

  • Senate Confirms 7 Ministerial Nominees

    The Senate has confirmed seven persons nominated as ministers by President Muhammadu Buhari Presided over by the Senate President, Ahmed Lawal, the nominees were confirmed on Wednesday following screening by the upper chamber. The development came days after President Buhari appointed the ministers and wrote to the Senate, seeking their confirmation. Four of the newly-confirmed ministers…

  • Senate Begins Screening of Ministerial Nominees

    The Senate has commenced the screening of the seven ministerial nominees transmitted to it by President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday last week. The nominees currently appearing before the Senate Committee are: Henry Ikechukwu Ikoh – Abia State; Umana Okon Umana (Akwa Ibom), Ekumankama Joseph Nkama (Ebonyi); and Goodluck Nnana Opiah (Imo) Others are Umar Ibrahim…

  • Senate Amends Electoral Act To Allow President, Govs, Lawmakers Vote At Party Congresses, Primaries

    The Senate on Tuesday amended the Electoral Act, 2022, to allow ‘statutory delegates’ – all those elected – to participate and vote in the conventions, congresses, or meetings of political parties. This followed the expeditious consideration of a bill during plenary which scaled first, second and third readings, respectively, and was passed by the lawmakers…

  • Senate Approves Bill To Ease Retirees’ Access To Pension Funds

    The Senate has passed for second reading, the Pension Reform Act 2014 (Amendment) Bill, 2022, which seeks to make funds in the Retirement Savings Account under the Contributory Pension Scheme more easily accessible to retirees. The bill was sponsored by Senator Aliyu Wamakko, APC/Sokoto-North. Leading the debate on the general principles of the bill, Wamakko…

  • Senate, Service Chiefs in Closed-Door Meeting

    Members of the Senate and the Security Chiefs are presently holding a closed-door meeting. Security chiefs present include the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Lucky Eluoye Onyenucheya Irabor, Chief of Army Staff, Ibrahim Attahiru, Chief of Air Staff, Isiaka Oladayo Amao, Chief of Naval Staff, Awwal Zubairu Agambi and the Inspector General of Police, Alkali…

  • Ile Igbimo Asofin Pe Fun Atunto Lori Iwe Ase Fun Awon Ebu Ifopo

    Ile igbimo asofin nbere fun atunto lori iwe ase to wa fun ebu ifopo, eyi ti won nfun awon ilese ifopo to wa labele nile Naijiria. Nigba ti won ntewo gba aba kan lasiko ti agbenuso ile ogbeni femi gbajabiamila nlewaju ijoko ile, ni won ti ro ilese ton mojuto epo robi nile yi NNPC lati se atungbe ye…