The Senate on Thursday announced the postponement consideration of the 2018-2020 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP)
Chairman, Senate Joint Committee on Finance, Appropriation and National Planning, Mr John Enoh, who made this known at plenary, attributed...
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Nigerian Senate on Thursday rejected Ahmed Mahmud, whom President Muhammadu Buhari nominated as resident electoral commissioner, representing Zamfara state on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The decision was sequel to report by the committee on INEC led by Sulieman Nazif...
Senator Dino Melaye has described the face-off between the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC and the Department of State Security Service, DSS as a “recipe for national disaster”.
This is coming as officials of the State Security Services, SSS, and the Economic and Financial Crimes...
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Nigerian Senate was on Wednesday thrown into a rowdy session when Senator Biodun Olujimi, representing Ekiti state, accused President Muhammadu Buhari of losing authority on his administration.
According to Premium Times, Olujimi, PDP-Ekiti, was responding to a motion on the face-off between...
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Nigerian Senate on Tuesday urged President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government to immediately name the Federal Polytechnic Oko and other Federal assets after the late former Vice President of Nigeria, Alex Ekwueme.
The Senate, in a point of order raised by DSP, Ike Ekweremadu on the death...
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The Senate has postponed the debate on the proposed 2018 budget submitted by President Muhammadu Buhari to November 28..
The debate was earlier scheduled to hold on Wednesday and Thursday this week.
Senate president, Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday announced that the discussions will now start on...
President Muhammadu Buhari has refused to sign bills establishing the University of Wukari and the Chartered Institute of Treasury Management
Senate President Bukola Saraki read two letters from the President where he explained his decision not to sign the bills on the floor of the Senate on...
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Nigerian Senators who are probing Abdulrasheed Maina’s recall revealed on Thursday night that three incriminating evidence have been received against the Attorney General of the Federation(AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami.
Preliminary investigation into embattled former pension...
The Senate Committee on Police Affairs Thursday alleged that former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan used the Police as a political tool against perceived political opponents.
The committee was mandated by the Senate in plenary on Wednesday to ensure immediate compliance to...
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The Senate on Wednesday asked the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to restore the security aides of the Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, with immediate effect.
Obiano had on Tuesday raised the alarm that his security aides have been withdrawn ahead of the governorship...
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Nigerian Senate on Tuesday approved a $5.5 billion external loan request by President Muhammadu Buhari.
The president had in a letter on October 10 requested the Senate to approve $3 billion external loan and $2.5 billion Eurobond or Diaspora bond in the international market.
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The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday decided that the former majority leader, Senator Ali Ndume (APC, Borno South) should resume tomorrow after serving six months suspension.
This was part of the resolutions reached by the federal lawmakers after a closed door meeting that lasted for almost thirty...
The Nigerian Senate is set to file an appeal against the judgement of the Federal High Court delivered on Friday which set aside the suspension of Senator Ali Ndume.
Justice Babatunde Quadri of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday held that the suspension of Ndume (APC, Borno South) for 90...
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Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Friday declared the suspension of Senator Ali Ndume as illegal and unconstitutional.
Justice Babatunde Quadri on Friday held that the suspension of Ndume (APC, Borno South) for 90 legislative days (Six months) on March 30, 2017 "is a violation of his right...
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Minister of power, Babatunde Fashola, has rubbished and denied claims of financial impropriety made against him by Dino Melaye, senator representing Kogi west.
Melaye had alleged that the power ministry diverted $35 million to the Afam fast power project without the approval of the national...
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Nigerian Senate on Wednesday approved a report largely exonerating MTN Nigeria of foreign exchange infractions after being accused of illegally repatriating $14 billion to its parent.
But the Senate report also asked Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to sanction Stanbic IBTC Bank “for improper...
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Senator representing Kogi West district Dino Melaye has cried out over reported monumental frauds in the power sector and has raised a motion on the Senate floor titled “Monumental Fraud in Power Sector.”
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Nigerian Senators on Tuesdaay quickly moved into closed session ahead of the arrival of President Muhammadu Buhari for the presentation of the 2018 budget proposal.
DailyTrust reports that the Senators went into the session immediately after the Senate President, Bukola Saraki said the opening...
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he Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, says if there is a need, he will appear before the Senate ad-hoc committee investigating allegations of abuse of office levied against him.
Addressing State House reporters on Friday after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, the IGP said he...
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The Senate has threatened to issue arrest warrant against the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr Ibrahim Idris, for failing to appear before its ad-hoc committee investigating allegations of abuse of office against him
The Chairman of the ad-hoc committee, Sen. Francis Alimikhena, issued...
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