Senate constitutes conference committee on Petroleum Industry Bill
The Conference Committee will meet with its counterpart in the House of Representatives to harmonise the report on the bill...
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The Conference Committee will meet with its counterpart in the House of Representatives to harmonise the report on the bill...
Some of these recommendations include the use of electronic transmission of results of an election and expenses for presidential candidates.
The senators were divided over funds for host communities.
Ms Onochie was nominated as INEC National Commissioner by President Muhammadu Buhari in October 2020.
Messrs Sylva and Kyari are to provide technical details of the PIB to the senators ahead of the passage of...
The Senate increased the fine from N1,000 to N5 million or imprisonment for three years, or both.
The three senators announced their defection in separate letters to the Senate on Wednesday.
The groups stressed the need for women’s participation in the states ravÂaged by the Boko Haram inÂsurÂgency to achieve betÂter...
The report on PIB was submitted about five months after the public hearing on the bill was held by the...
The eight National Assembly had passed and transmitted the bill to President Muhammadu Buhari for assent but the latter declined...
The budget comprises N74,323,382,813 is for Personnel Costs; N58,728,614,466 for Overheads; and N196,911,494,243 for Capital Projects.
President Muhammadu Buhari transmitted the supplementary budget of N895 billion to the Senate for approval last Tuesday.
His decision was conveyed in a letter which was read out by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, at the start...
The affected organisations failed to appear before the Senate Committee on Public Account to account for funds at their disposal.
The roof of the National Assembly leaked after the heavy rain on Tuesday in Abuja.
The confirmation was sequel to the adoption of a report presented by Aliyu Wamakko, Chairman of the Senate Committee on...
The situation did not stop the lawmakers from proceeding with plenary even as cleaners battled to get rid of the...
His request was conveyed in a letter to the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, who read it at the start of...
President Muhammadu Buhari forwarded the name of Ms Onochie to the Senate in October last year for confirmation as INEC...
PREMIUM TIMES reviews the performance of the Senate under the presidency of Ahmad Lawan with regards to successes and failures...
Each of the 36 states will have one oxygen plant while Lagos and Abuja will have two plants each.
“If there was no National Assembly in the last four years, Nigeria would not have been any worse. There has...
President Muhammadu Buhari approved the implementation of a harmonised Anti-Corruption Strategy in 2017.
The army says some of the wounded personnel got treated and discharged with different forms of deformities but others are...
There have been incessant attacks on security personnel and other government establishments across the states in the South-east region.
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