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BREAKING: Nigerian Senate To Hold Emergency Session Wednesday Over #EndBadGovernance Protest

5 months ago1223 min

This was announced via a short notice which was passed to all the lawmakers on Monday morning, stating that the 109 senators must meet on Wednesday. The leadership of the Nigerian Senate has called for an emergency session to discuss issues surrounding the planned nationwide protest slated to commence on August 1, 2024. This was announced via a short notice which was passed to all the lawmakers on Monday morning, stating that the...

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BREAKING: Senate Sacks Ndume As Chief Whip, Asks Him To Resign From APC

5 months ago935 min

Senator Mohamed Ali Ndume (Borno South) has been removed as Chief Whip by the Senate. The decision was supported by members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Senate Caucus through a voice vote led by Senate President Godswill Akpabio during the plenary session on Wednesday. Tahir Mungono (Borno North) has been appointed as Ndume’s replacement. This move follows Ndume’s recent criticisms of President Bola Tinubu’s administration. In response, the APC’s national leadership, represented by national...

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Budget Padding Saga: SERAP Sues Senate President Akpabio Over Failure To Recall Suspended Senator Ningi

9 months ago919 min

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, over the failure of the upper legislative chamber to recall Senator Abdul Ningi suspended for whistleblowing on 2024 budget padding. SERAP also noted that the suit is because the Senate under the leadership of Senator Akpabio has failed to refer the alleged N3.7 trillion 2024 budget padding to appropriate anti-corruption agencies for investigation and prosecution. In a statement issued...

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Senate Uncovers Several Infractions In N30trillion Ways And Means Loans Under Buhari, Summons Central Bank Ex-Gov Emefiele

9 months ago1044 min

The upper legislative chamber of the National Assembly, the Senate is set to summon the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, over 13 infractions uncovered in the process of obtaining the N30 trillion Ways and Means loan during the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari. The Senate ad hoc committee probing the disbursement and usage of the Ways and Means loan, which disclosed this on Tuesday, during a meeting with the...

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N3trillion Budget Padding: Civil Societies Ask Senate President Akpabio To List All Constituency Projects For Senators

9 months ago1646 min

A Coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) has written the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, demanding a Certified True Copy of the 2024 budget highlighting the projects attached to the N3trillion allegedly padded. The coalition which said the request is made under Sections 1, 4, and 9 of the Freedom of Information Act 2011, also demanded a Certified True Copy of constituency projects as benefitted by all senators in the 2024 budget appropriation. According to the...

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CBN Act: Senate holds emergency plenary, approves FG’s request

2 years ago6053 min

The Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria held an emergency plenary on Saturday, presided over by Senate President Dr Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan. The plenary voted to amend the Central Bank of Nigeria Act, increasing advances from 5% to 15%. Senator Gobir Ibrahim Abdullahi of the Sokoto East Senatorial District, who sponsored the bill, stated that the bill to amend the CBN Act was first read on Wednesday, May 24, 2023. He explained that the...

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Illegal explosive manufacturers face life imprisonment

2 years ago6203 min

The Senate passed legislation yesterday to regulate the manufacture, use, importation, sale, and possession of explosives in the country. The Senate Committee on Solid Minerals, Mines, Steel Development, and Metallurgy, chaired by Senator Tanko Al-Makura, considered and adopted a report. Section 11 of the bill to repeal the Explosives Act of 1964 and enact the Explosives Act of 2023, which was passed for third reading by the Senate on Wednesday, recommends life imprisonment without the...

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Senate requires tribunal to look into audit report issues

2 years ago6073 min

The Senate has begun the process of establishing a tribunal to ensure strict implementation of the Audit report, which was adopted by both chambers of the National Assembly. The Senate debated and passed a bill sponsored by its Chairman of the Committee on Public Accounts, Senator Mathew Urhoghide (PDP Edo South), to establish an Audit Report Tribunal. In his lead debate on the bill seeking an Act to provide for strict implementation of the National...