Tag: Godswill Akpabio

The Senate also urged the ministries of justice in the states to establish mobile courts for the enforcement of the ...

However, as soon as Mr Ali raised the motion to name a committee room after the late monarch, many lawmakers ...

The allegation of budget padding made by Bauchi Central senator, Abdul Ningi, led to a chain of events at the ...

He said Mr Akpabio would not resign and had no intention to resign at any time because he had not ...

Mr Akpabio said many of the nation's existing laws are obsolete.

The president’s decision may not be unconnected to the criticisms that trailed the signing of the law, especially the eligibility ...

Ruby Onwudiwe replaces Urum Eke, who declined his nomination due to his current engagement at the World Bank.

"If we want to go into this issue, all of us are culpable. Some senators here, so-called senior senators, got ...

The northern senators claim Mr Akpabio and his cronies smuggled N4 trillion worth of self-enrichment projects into the budget.

During the meeting, the lawmakers will present a summary of the reports and resolutions of the National Assembly on insecurity ...

The outage was caused by the Senate's faulty generator.

Four issues involving CBN came up for discussion at the upper legislative chamber last week.

President Tinubu in a letter dated 30 January, asked the Senate to approve the disengagement of Babatunde Irukera as CEO ...

NLC had scheduled 27 and 28 February to protest against hunger and economic hardship occasioned by some policies of the ...

Mr Akpabio says he recognises and appreciates the current efforts of the governors at ameliorating the adverse effects of the ...

"So, if the senate president, who is the number three citizen in this country, could be quoting an unverified report, ...

Mr Akpabio also noted that the bill seeking for the establishment of SEDC was hurriedly passed to show solidarity with ...

The bill, which was transmitted from the House of Representatives to the Senate for concurrence, seeks to extend the tenure ...

The commission will among other things receive and manage funds from the allocation of the federation account for the construction ...

“Our leadership recruitment system is broken, allowing unqualified and unscrupulous individuals to ascend to positions of power.”

The Senate said the current price of cement is unbearable to Nigerians considering the high cost of living that Nigerians ...

If established, the commission will be responsible for the management of funds allocated by the federal government for capital projects ...

The senators said there is already a high level of poverty in the country and the current economy is harsh ...

The Senate said the Ways and Means approved by the 9th National Assembly plunged the nation into indebtedness and economic ...

The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, announced the composition of the committee during the plenary.