The Senate has given the external auditors of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) a one-week ultimatum to provide a detailed breakdown of over ₦210 trillion recorded in the company’s audited financial statements, which lawmakers said remained unexplained. The Senate said the auditors, having signed off on the company’s ...
•Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State The debate over how Nigeria should respond to the mass abduction of pupils and teachers in Oriire Local Government Area has deepened, with the Oyo State House of Assembly openly disagreeing with the Senate’s rejection of Governor Seyi Makinde’s call for an independent United Nations investigation. Rather tha...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate has, for the second time, rejected a motion seeking an independent legislative investigation into the controversy surrounding the Presidency and the alleged Director-General of the Presidential Economic Advisory Council/Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PEAC/PFIPC), Adeniyi Adeyemi. The controvers...
•Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and Senate The Senate has cautioned Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde against making statements that could undermine ongoing efforts by the federal government and security agencies in tackling terrorism and kidnapping, following his call on the United Nations to investigate the abduction of schoolchildren and ...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate has commenced an investigation into the alleged failure of some International Oil Companies (IOCs) to remit statutory contributions to the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), as required under the NDDC Act. The Senate Committee on NDDC opened the probe yesterday following a petition alleging that Aiteo Explor...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate has approved a total of ₦403.1 billion for the Nigerian Police Trust Fund to strengthen policing and support the fight against terrorism, kidnapping, and other security challenges across the country for two consecutive years. The upper chamber approved ₦170.1 billion for the Police Trust Fund’s 2025 fiscal year, as ...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate today passed for second reading a bill seeking stiffer penalties for offenders involved in counterfeit medicines and unsafe food products, including a proposed 15-year jail term for medicine hawkers. The proposed Counterfeit Medical Products, Fake Drugs and Unwholesome Processed Foods (Prohibition and Control) Bill,...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate has resolved to await the outcome of an investigation by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) before taking action on the controversy surrounding the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) and its inclusion in the 2026 Appropriation Act. The decision fol...
•Tinubu and Nigerian Senate The Senate yesterday called on the Tinubu-led federal government to stop its policy of rehabilitation and reintegration of repentant Boko Haram members and other insurgents into society. The call followed a motion on escalating attacks, abductions and killings of serving and retired military personnel, including for...
•Nigerian Senate Despite an emotionally charged debate marked by calls for sweeping economic sanctions and a possible diplomatic rupture with South Africa, the Nigerian Senate today stopped short of endorsing the hardline proposals, choosing instead to pursue a more cautious diplomatic path. Although the chamber unanimously condemned the renew...
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