President Bola Tinubu is expected to submit a list of nominations for ministerial positions within the next 48 hours. This was disclosed by Senate Leader Michael Bamidele. Bamidele made this disclosure during the public book presentation to celebrate his 60th birthday at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua centre in Abuja. InContinue Reading
Senators of the opposition parties spearheaded by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday, July 27, at plenary stage a workout, following the ruling out of order on a point of order raised by Minority leader Philip Aduda (PDP-FCT) to discuss insecurity in Nigeria. Aduda had raised a point of order to drawContinue Reading
The Senate has announced Sen. Philip Aduda (PDP-FCT), as Senate Minority Leader. It also announced Sen. Chukwuka Utazi (PDP-Enugu) as Minority Whip of the Senate. The announcement is contained in a letter by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Secretary, Sen. Samuel Anyanwu, to the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan and read at Tuesday’s plenary, JuneContinue Reading
The Senate on Tuesday, March 1, approved financial autonomy for local government councils in the country. This followed voting on the report of the Senate Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution (Fifth Alteration) Bills, 2022 on Tuesday’s plenary. Ninety-two senators voted in favour of the amendment, while twoContinue Reading
The Senate has assured that it will look into the Electoral Act 2010 Amendment Bill that President Muhammadu Buhari last year refused to assent to it after the Senate and the House of Representatives passed the bill. This was contained in a welcome address issued by the President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan onContinue Reading
The Chairman Senate Committee on Finance, Senator Solomon Adeola, has disclosed that there is no provision in the 2022 budget for the monthly N5,000 transportation allowance for 40 million Nigerians intended to cushion the effect of the planned petroleum subsidy removal. Senator Adeola made this assertion after submitting his Committee’s 2022 budget on Wednesday,Continue Reading
A mixture of shock and anger has trailed the decision of Nigeria’s Senate which kicked out the electronic transmission of results during plenary on Thursday. 4wardwego blog reports that the development has ignited a storm of reactions from Nigerians. Leading the groundswell of reactions was the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP); whichContinue Reading
The Senate has adjourned the plenary to June 22 to review its Legislative Agenda. President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, announced this after a special session to mark the ninth Senate’s second anniversary on Wednesday, June 9. He said that the break was to afford lawmakers an opportunity to engage withContinue Reading
The Nigerian Senate has stated that Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) did not remit over N3 trillion to the Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF) of the Federal Government between 2014 and 2020. This was contained in a statement issued by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Finance, Senator Solomon Adeola (APC – Lagos), in aContinue Reading
The Senate, on Monday, January 18, criticised the Ministry of Petroleum Resources for spending, without due process, N98.4 million to supposedly print leaflets. 1st News gathered that the leaflets were alleged to have been printed as part of an awareness campaign programme for the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). President Muhammadu Buhari isContinue Reading