The Senate today, Wednesday, February 21, screened nominees for membership of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). President Bola Tinubu had last week forwarded to the Senate for confirmation, the names of nominees for appointment as MPC members, reports The Nation. During the session, the Senator Tokunbo A...
•Nigerian Senate and Tinubu The Senate today, made a resounding plea to the Tinubu-led federal government, urging it to refrain from eliminating the electricity subsidy, particularly in light of the prevailing hardships experienced across the nation. The Senate’s stance emerged following a thorough deliberation and subsequent endorsement of a ...
•Nigeria Senate Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Yemi Adaramodu, has said the federal lawmakers have no reservations about the agitation for state police. Senator Adaramodu clarified today while speaking with newsmen in Abuja. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the 36 state governors at an emergency meeting yesterda...
•Nigerian Senate Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has just named a 43-member ad hoc committee to further review the 1999 Constitution. The committee, which is chaired by the Deputy Senate President, Senator Barau Jibrin, has a member from each of the 36 states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), reports Nigeri...
•Service chiefs The Senate has entered into a closed-door meeting with the National Security Adviser (NSA) Nuhu Ribadu and the nation’s service chief over the worrying state of security in the country. Those in attendance include the Chief of Defence Staff, Christopher Musa, the Chief of Army Staff, Taoreed Lagbaja, the Chief of Air Staff, [&h...
•Senate The Senate has adjourned the quizzing of service chiefs over insecurity to Tuesday, February 13, 2024, to accommodate everyone involved in the management of security in the country. The security chiefs, who were present at the Senate chamber were billed to address the lawmaker on rising insecurity in the country today but the decision ...
The Senate is considering an upward review of the N5.079 billion revenue target of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) from the second half of the year to save the country from further borrowings. The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Customs Isah Jibrin stated this during a meeting with the Comptroller General of the Nigeria […]
•Yemi Cardoso The Senate today Wednesday, January 31, summoned the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr. Olayemi Cardoso, to appear before it on Tuesday next week over the state of the economy and free fall of the Naira. The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance, and Other Financial Institutions, Senator […...
The Nigerian Senate today resolved again to summon all the security chiefs amid rising insecurity in the country. The upper chamber listed kidnapping, banditry, robbery and murder among security issues it said the federal government must confront urgently, owing to reports of spreads in many parts of the country, reports Nigerian Tribune. Sena...
President Bola Tinubu has requested the Senate to expeditiously confirm the sack of the chairman of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), Babatunde Irukera. This is contained in a letter by President Bola Tinubu read out by the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, during plenary today. Tinubu also sought the...
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