Tag: Senate
Concerns rise over Nigeria’s Debt as Tinubu’s fresh $6 Billion Loan Gets Senate Approval
Nigeria’s total public debt is projected to rise to N155.1 trillion following the approval of a fresh $6 billion external loan requested by Bola Ahmed ... Read More
Lawmakers Summon Mele Kyari, Others Over NNPCL Financial Discrepancies
The Senate Committee on Public Accounts has raised concerns over the N5.9 billion reportedly spent on the rebranding of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation to ... Read More
Electoral Act Amendment: Senate Backs IReV Uploads, Allows Manual Collation as Fallback
The Senate has approved the electronic transmission of election results to the Independent National Electoral Commission’s Result Viewing Portal (IReV), while retaining manual collation as ... Read More
Electoral Act Amended as Senate Rules Out Real-Time Results Transmission
The Senate on Wednesday passed the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill after a marathon five-hour clause-by-clause consideration, with lawmakers rejecting the provision for real-time transmission of ... Read More
Akpabio Seeks Supreme Court Intervention in Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan’s Case
The legal confrontation surrounding the suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has escalated to Nigeria’s highest court, with Senate President Godswill Akpabio formally approaching the Supreme ... Read More
Tinubu Writes Senate for Nigerian Military Intervention in Benin
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has asked the Senate to approve the deployment of Nigerian troops to the Republic of Benin after the country’s government requested ... Read More
Senate Declares NNPCL’s Defense for ₦210 Trillion “Unjustifiable”, Demands GCEO’s Presence
The Senate has rejected the written explanations submitted by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) over the alleged unaccounted N210 trillion spanning 2017 to ... Read More