Senate passes Fresh Students Loan Bill for Second Reading
The Senate has passed for second reading the Students Loans Access to Higher Education Act (Repeal and Enactment) Bill, 2024. This followed a correspondence by President Bola Tinubu, who wrote to the Senate seeking the repeal of the existing law, and has submitted a fresh bill to be passed into law. This request comes a […]
Senate Inaugurates Ad-Hoc Committee To Probe CBN Anchor Borrowers, Ways And Means
The Senate has inaugurated a 17-member ad-hoc committee to investigate the Ways and Means and the Anchor Borrowers Programme of the Central Bank of Nigeria The ad-hoc Committee has six weeks to investigate and report back their findings. The move comes after a decision to probe details of the programmes, based on monies given to […]
Senate Directs Police To Employ 10 Persons Each From 774 LGAs
the Senate, has directed the Police Service Commission and the Nigeria Police Force to recruit a minimum of 10 candidates from each of the 774 local government councils in Nigeria. The directive, according to the Upper Chamber, should form part of its annual recruitment processes. The resolution was reached as a result of a motion […]
Senate calls for Suspension of Federal Government’s planned Subsidy Removal on Electricity
The Nigerian Senate has called for the immediate suspension of plans by the Executive to remove subsidy on Electricity which would result in an increase in tariffs, describing the move as retrogressive and ill-timed. The Upper Chamber also mandated its Committee on Power to investigate the over N2 trillion subsidy requirement as alleged by the […]
Senate Sets Up Constitution Review Committee
The Nigerian Senate has announced members of the constitution amendment committee to be chaired by the Deputy Senate President, Jibril Barau, with the Senate leader, Bamidele Opeyemi as the Vice Chairman. Announcing the committee at plenary, the Senate President noted that the 1999 constitution needs a major review, while he asked his deputy to invite […]
The proposed meeting between the Senate and Security Chiefs on security issues has been POSTPONED to the 13th of February
President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio who announced the postponement during plenary yesterday, even though a handful of Security Chiefs were present, explained that the decision was taken in order to accommodate other critical heads of intelligence agencies. The House Clerk was therefore directed to expand the invitees list to cover; all Service Chiefs The […]
The Senate has CONFIRMED the appointment of 11 Supreme Court Justices to fill the VACANCIES on the apex court bench
The confirmation followed the consideration and adoption of a report by the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters during yesterday’s plenary. Our Correspondent, Raliat Adenekan reports that immediate past Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, called on the National Assembly and the Presidency to improve the funding of the judiciary while Sen. Seriake Dickson-Bayelsa […]
Senate threatens to involve EFCC to recover CBN loan
The Nigerian Senate has threatened to involve the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to recover the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) intervention loan of N135 billion given to 15 oil and gas companies. The Senate Committee on Gas Resources made this threat when the oil and gas firms appeared before the lawmakers to explain how they utilized […]
The Senate has called on the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, to revisit the failed $500m contract awarded in 2009 for the installation of CCTV cameras in Abuja and its environs
The Senate also wants the executive to install CCTV cameras in strategic locations in the 36 states of the federation to forestall incidences of kidnapping and other criminal activities across the country. These resolutions among other were taken today at plenary following debate presented by Senator Ned Nwoko, having expressed grave concern over the kidnapping […]
Nigerian doctors on strike call off scheduled protest following discussions with Senate leaders.
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has put on hold their scheduled daily nationwide protest following a closed-door meeting with key Senate officials on Tuesday. NARD President, Emeka Orji, confirmed this development to PREMIUM TIMES on Wednesday morning. An announcement from the office of the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, had also hinted at the […]
