Tag: Senate
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BREAKING: Senate confirms 3 INEC Commissioners
The Senate, on Thursday, confirmed three nominees of President Bola Tinubu for appointment as National Electoral Commissioners and Resident Electoral Commissioner.
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Popular Delta lawmaker writes senate on defection to APC
Sen. Ned Nwoko on Wednesday at plenary officially notified the senate of his defection from Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to All Progressives Party (APC). Nwoko’s notification is contained in a letter addressed to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and read at plenary on Wednesday.
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Senate threatens to fire heads of FIRS, NNPCL, NCS, CBN, others
The Senate has expressed concern over consistent failure of some critical revenue generating agencies to respond to expenditure queries raised by Office of Auditor-General for the Federation, (OAGF).
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DEFECTION: Group demands Nwoko to resign immediately from Senate
…asks civil society to start mobilising to ensure Nwoko is recalled The AUF has slammed Senator Ned Nwoko over his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP asking him to resign his senate seat for betraying the mandate given him. The group in a statement on Saturday, February 1, 2025 said that Nwoko has smeared…
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Senate invites Tinubu’s minister, Bagudu over low budgetary allocation to Creative Economy ministry
Senate invites Tinubu’s minister, Bagudu over low budgetary allocation to Creative Economy ministry The Senate, on Thursday invited the Minister of Budget and Economy Planning, Abubakar Atiku Bagudu over the budgetary allocations to the Ministry of Art, Culture and Creative Economy. It ordered Bagudu to appear before it on Friday 24th January, 2025 by 10am.…
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Senate Committee rejects 2025 budget for Ministry of Information
The Senate Committee on Information and National Orientation has rejected the eight billion Naira 2025 budget for Ministry of Information and National Orientation. The Chairman of the Committee, Sen. Emeka Eze, during the budget defense on Tuesday in Abuja
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Akpabio urges completion of electoral reforms
President of Senate, Godswill Akpabio says the critical task before the National Assembly on resumption is the completion of electoral reforms, given the preparations for next electoral cycle.
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Senate decries MDAs’ low remittances to Federation Account in 2024
The Senate has expressed concern over low remittances of revenues generated in 2024 by ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) and some government-owned enterprises (GOEs) to the Federation Account. Sen. Sani Musa, Chairman, Joint Finance Committee
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Senate ready to pass N49.7trn 2025 Budget by Jan 31
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Adeola Olamilekan, has affirmed January 31, 2025, as a provisional date for the passage of the 2025 ₦49.7tn budget as the committee prepares to begin budget defence on Tuesday. He made this disclosure on Monday during a meeting with the chairmen of relevant committees on the template…
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BREAKING: Kaduna Senator escapes assassination
Senator Lawal Adamu Usman, the Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District, has escaped an alleged assassination attempt on his life.