Tag: Senate
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Akpabio Announces List Of Senate Committees’ Chairmen
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has announced the names of chairmen of various Senate Committees. They are: Dr. Ahmad Lawan – Defence Sen. Aminu Tambuwal – Housing Sen. Sani Musa – Finance Sen. Solomon Adeola – Appropriations Sen. Adams Oshiomhole – Interior Sen. Godiya Akwashiki – Airforce Sen. Abdulfatai Buhari – Aviation Sen. Aliyu Wadada ... -
Seven Women, Four Ex-Govs, 17 Others Make Tinubu’s Ministerial List
Former Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, and three other ex-governors made President Bola Tinubu’s ministerial list read on the floor of the Senate on Thursday afternoon. The three other ex-governors, Dave Umahi (Ebonyi); Nasir El Rufai (Kaduna); Abubakar Badaru (Jigawa). Presidential spokesman, Dele Alake; acting National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress ... -
Akpabio Expected To Read Tinubu’s Ministerial List Today
The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, is expected to read the ministerial list of President Bola Tinubu today (Thursday) during plenary session. There are indications that the list is now in the National Assembly. Tinubu, who assumed office as Nigeria’s President on May 29, 2023, constitutionally has 60 days to form his cabinet. Wait ... -
Senate Resumes Today After Eid Holiday
The Senate is to resume sitting today, Tuesday after the Eid-el Kabir holiday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that as the upper chamber resumes, majority and minority leaders are expected to emerge. The All Progressives Congress (APC), with the largest number of members, is expected to produce the majority leader, while the opposition ... -
Senate Passes Bill To Compensate EndSARS Victims
A bill seeking to compensate victims of the EndSARS protest has passed second reading in the senate. The bill titled, “A Bill for an Act to Amend the National Emergency Management Agency Act” and sponsored by Senator Gershom Bassey a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, Cross River State, seeks to provide for the establishment ... -
Senate Indicts NIMASA Management For Financial Misappropriation
The Senate has indicted the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) for financial misappropriation and ordered the agency to recover the sum of €9.10 million it paid as legal and technical charges without recourse to the Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF). The indictment was based on 2017 and 2018 reports of the Auditor General of ... -
10th President Of The Senate: Arewa Group Drums Support For Osita Izunaso
Arewa Youths for the Sustenance of Democracy and Good Governance (AYSDGG) has described Senator Osita Bonaventure Izunaso as the best prepared candidate to serve as the 10th President of the Senate. The group solicits for the support of the President-Elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President Elect Senator Kashim Shettima and all Stakeholders of the ... -
Much Ado About 10th Assembly’s Senate Presidency
The delay in the release of zoning arrangements for the various leadership positions in the 10th Senate by the All Progressives Congress is creating tension as aspirants battle allegations of corruption, bribery and religious sentiments. Sunday Aborisade reports. Ranking Senators eyeing the office of the Senate President ahead of the inauguration of the 10th National ... -
Senate Probes Buhari’s Refusal Of 19 Constitution Alteration Bills
The Senate has inaugurated a committee to investigate why President Muhammadu Buhari did not assent to 19 out of the 35 constitution review bills transmitted to him by the National Assembly. The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, revealed in his remarks during the resumption of plenary after the Governorship and State Houses of Assembly election. Buhari ... -
#IWD2023: Women Get 15 Out Of 423 Senate, Reps Seats
As the world celebrates the 2023 International Women’s Day (IWD), it is important to take a look at women participation in politics. Again, like the gender constitution of the previous and current National Assembly (NASS), Nigeria’s 10th Senate and 10th House of Representatives, which will resume by June is male-dominated, raising concerns about the lip ... -
Senate Passes Public Private Partnership Regulatory Commission Bill
The Senate on Wednesday at plenary, passed the Public Private Partnership Regulatory Commission Bill, 2022. Also passed was the Chartered Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering of Nigeria (Establishment) Bill, 2022. The passage of the bills, followed the consideration and adoption of two separate reports of the Committees on Works and Establishment and Public Service. ... -
Senate Passes Amended Terrorism Act, Criminalises Payment Of Kidnap Ransom
The Senate has prohibited the payment of ransoms to kidnappers in its bid to complement the Federal Government’s effort to tackle the disturbing spate of insecurity in the country. Payment of kidnap ransom was criminalised by the lawmakers during Wednesday’s plenary in Abuja as they passed the Terrorism (Prevention) Act 2013 (Amendment) Bill, 2022. The ... -
Senate Passes Peace Corps Bill
The Senate has passed the Nigerian Peace Corps (Establishment) Bill, 2022. The passage of the Bill followed the consideration of the report of the Senate Committee Interior chaired by Senator Kashim Shettima. The bill, sponsored by Senator Ali Ndume, seeks to give legal backing to the establishment of the Peace Corps as a government parastatal ... -
Senate Directs Pay-Tv Service Providers To Revert To Pay-Per-View Module
The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday adopted a motion directing all pay television service providers to revert to pay per view module as against the mandatory monthly subscription. In a sponsored motion by Senator representing Benue South Senatorial district, Abba Moro, he lamented the incessant hike in price of various bouquets by the service providers which ... -
Electoral Act: Senate To Appeal Court Judgment Deleting Section 84 (12)
The Senate on Wednesday resolved to appeal the judgment by a Federal High Court in Umuahia, nullifying the provision of Section 84(12) of the Electoral Act 2022. Justice Evelyn Anyadike had last Friday held that the section 84 (12)was “unconstitutional, invalid, illegal, null, void and of no effect whatsoever and ought to be struck down ... -
Constitution Review: Senators May Not Consider Fresh Gender-based Bills
The Senate might have foreclosed a possible revisit of the gender-based bills it rejected recently while considering the report of its Committee on the review of the 1999 Constitution. An investigation carried out among some senators by THISDAY, yesterday, revealed that most of the male federal lawmakers were not favourably disposed to reopening the issue, ...
