•Nigerian troops The Senate today asked the military to urgently redeploy personnel and advanced equipment to Borno and Yobe states, following a resurgence of attacks by Boko Haram terrorists in the areas. The resolution followed renewed insurgent attacks in the North-East region, including the killing of over a dozen soldiers in Marte town of...
•Godswill Akpabio and Usoro Akpabio The Senate has debunked viral claims that the newly appointed Managing Director of the South-South Development Commission, Usoro Akpabio, is the first daughter of the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio. The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Publicity, Senator Yemi Adaramodu, made the clar...
Almost seven months after they were tabled, the Senate yesterday completed the passage of the four Tax Reform Bills. That action opens the way for a comprehensive review of the nation’s tax laws – the first since the colonial era, reports The Nation. The Bills will radically transform the tax system, widen the tax net […]
•Nigerian Senate The Senate has passed two out of four major tax reform bills, marking a significant milestone in the ongoing overhaul of the nation’s tax administration framework. The two bills, one seeking to repeal the Federal Inland Revenue Service (Establishment) Act and another to establish the Joint Revenue Board (Establishment) Bill 20...
The Nigerian Senate has constituted an 18-member committee tasked with overseeing the activities of the Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (rtd.). This, it said, was in a bid to strengthen transparency and accountability in the state’s governance, reports Channels TV. Senate Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, was nam...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate has announced plans to work closely with the Executive to address socio-political tensions, particularly the crisis in Rivers State. According to a statement issued today ahead of resumption of plenary at the National Assembly, Leader of the Senate, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, stated that the goal is to reconcile key ...
•Pastor Tunde Bakare The Senate yesterday berated the Senior Pastor and Serving Overseer of the Global Community Citadel Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare, over his recent scathing remarks about the 10th National Assembly, saying the cleric had “crossed the line.” The Senate’s reaction was contained in a statement issued in Abuja by the Chairman of ...
The Senate and House of Representatives have postponed resumption of plenary sittings from April 29 to May 6, 2025. The Clerk to the Senate, Andrew Ogbonna Nwoba and his House of Representatives counterpart, Dr. Yahaya Danzaria, disclosed this in a separate internal memorandum dated April 20, 2025, addressed to all senators and House of Repres...
•Hon Teejay Yusuf A three -term former member of the House of Representatives, Honourable Teejay Yusuf, has said the Senate is fast progressing in error over the feud between Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan and the Senate. The lawmaker who is fondly called Teejay by his political acolytes and childhood friends represented Kabba-Bunu/Ijumu Fede...
•Rivers State Sole Administrator Ibas (R) exchanging pleasantries with members of Senate Committee on Works yesterday The Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Retired Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, has called on the Senate to provide the necessary legislative backing to ensure the success of his administration’s development agenda. Retired Vice A...
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