Tag: Opeyemi Bamidele
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Senate resumes with focus on tax reform, Rivers crisis, other key National issues
As the Senate reconvenes following the Eid-el-Fitr and Easter recess, it is set to prioritize the passage of the 2024 Tax Reform Bills, address the political turmoil in Rivers State, and tackle the resurgence of Boko Haram and other security challenges, particularly in the Northeast
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Senate Leader reveals National Assembly’s top agenda for 2025
Senate Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele has listed the consideration of the N49.7 trillion 2025 budget and the Tax Reform Bills as two of the items topping National Assembly’s agenda in the new year.
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Despite public outcry, Senate suspends investigative hearing on oil sector sabotage
Despite public anger over the increase in price of Premium Motor Spirit otherwise known as petrol and the scarcity of the product at retail outlets, the Senate has suspended its investigative hearing expected to hold on Tuesday.
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Saboteurs in petroleum industry must be exposed – Senate Leader
Senate Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele has vowed that saboteurs in the Nigerian petroleum industry must be exposed and brought to book, adding that no sacred cow would be spared.
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Fuel scarcity will soon be over – Senate Leader
Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, has assured Nigerians that the fuel crisis experienced in the country will soon be a thing of the past.
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Senate Leader reveals phone conversation with Tinubu on ministerial list
Senate Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele has revealed a phone conversation he had with President Bola Tinubu, disclosing that the President will by Thursday have sent the much-awaited ministerial list to the Senate.
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Pressure mounts on President Tinubu to intervene for Ekweremadu
The Senator representing Ekiti Central, Sen. Opeyemi Bamidele has urged President Bola Tinubu to deploy diplomatic shuttle to ensure the release of Sen. Ike Ekweremadu (PDP-Enugu) in the United Kingdom’s prison.
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UPDATE: Constitution Review: Senate okays 35 amendments
The Senate has approved 35 items out of the 44 Constitution Alteration Bills forwarded to State Houses of Assembly for concurrence.
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Why I will not leave APC despite Ekiti primary charade – Sen. Bamidele
Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, one of the aggrieved governorship aspirants in the All Progressives Congress (APC) Jan. 27 primary in Ekiti State has said he will not leave the party.
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Senate approves 6 new law campuses across geo-political zones
The Senate on Tuesday approved the establishment of six new campuses of the Nigerian Law School across the six geo-political zones of the country.