Buhari’s loan request, Coronavirus top Senate’s discussions last week
The Senate deliberated on a bill that will compel the president to reflect federal character in the appointment of military...
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The Senate deliberated on a bill that will compel the president to reflect federal character in the appointment of military...
The House of Representatives has approved the same figure for NDDC.
Prior to the approval, there were arguments between lawmakers and the Senate president that lasted for over half an hour.
President Buhari has requested the approval of the Senate to borrow $22 billion from external lenders
Officials of the NCDC said the federal government is yet to release funds to it.
Ibikunle Amosun said the issues that necessitated the enactment of this Bill are prevalent in all the other parts of...
"The electoral offences commission should cooperate closely with security agencies to prosecute persons committing such offences."
The bill, titled "Armed Forces Service Commission (Est, etc) Bill, 2020”, is sponsored by the Senate Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe.
He said the NCDC boss will remain in quarantine in one of the rooms in his house for 14 days.
Since its introduction, the bill has triggered outrage and debate from citizens across the country.
Journalists were trained on appropriate languages to be used when reporting gender-sensitive stories.
The Senate dedicated Wednesday to eulogise their late colleague, Ignatius Longjan.
The federal government releases N386 million to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Port Health Services to strengthen preparedness...
The piece outlines the details of the state police bill proposed by Ike Ekweremadu.
The bill, if signed into law, is expected to provide significant benefits to companies by reducing red tape and making...
Mr Sani said arresting and jailing beggars amounts to hiding the problems of the northerners and not solving them.
Africa, in the past 14 weeks of the outbreak, has been spared, “but the window seems to be closing,” officials...
Mr Longjan, an APC senator representing Plateau South, died on February 9.
The bill, ‘Protection from Internet Falsehood and Manipulations Bill, 2019,’ sponsored by Mohammed Musa, was introduced in the Senate in...
Two years after the release of funds, not a single site out of the sixty-five contaminated sites marked for clean-up...
The Supreme Court, on February 13, sacked David Lyon of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as governor-elect of Bayelsa State,...
Since 2018, the commission has been run by an acting chairman "who has now become a sole administrator."
Mr Gaidam said the proposed commission would help repentant insurgents to re-enter mainstream politics, religion and society.
The Senate will reintroduce the State Police Bill on Tuesday for consideration and passage.
Mr Lawan also speaks in glowing terms about his deputy.
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