Senate probes 100 agencies over N1.9trn SWV
THE Senate has given a one-week ultimatum to 100 ministries, departments and agencies, MDAs, to appear before it and explain how they spent the Service...
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Withdrawal Limits: Senate Raises Concerns, To Debate New CBN Policy On Tuesday
The Senate has raised concerns about the latest Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) policy on cash withdrawals. Senate Minority Leader Phillip Aduda in a point...
Senators, Reps divided over location of proposed Sports varsity
By Odunayo Akanbi There was sharp division in the National Assembly on Tuesday as Senate and the House of Representatives were divided over the location...
Buhari writes Senate, seeks legalisation of Social Investment Programme
*Creation of 10 new National Parks, too By Odunayo Akanbi President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday sought the approval of the Senate for legalisation and Institutionalisation...
Senate tackles minister over N11bn inserted in 2023 defence budget
By Odunayo Akanbi Senate on Thursday uncovered the insertion of N11billion in the proposed 2023 budget of the Ministry of Defence. The Minister of Defence,...
How Law Reform Commission collected N756m from Service Wide Votes, by Senate
By Odunayo Akanbi Senate Committee on Public Accounts has rejected documents submitted by the Nigerian Law Reform Commission, NLRC for the N756 million collected from...
Senate threatens COREN with zero allocation, removal from federal budget
By Odunayo Akanbi Senate Committee on Works has threatened to remove the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria, COREN from the federal budget...
Senate wants speedy disposal of cases involving crude oil theft
The Senate has appealed to the judiciary to give expeditious consideration to cases involving suspected crude oil theft in the country. President of Senate, Ahmad...