The Senate has begun an investigation into the lingering cases of undisclosed admissions of 290 qualified students at the University Of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State. A case in point was highlighted by the sponsor of the motion, Senator Nwebonyi Onyeka from Ebonyi North, of one Chinyere Ekwe admitted to study Medicine and Surgery at the…
The Senate and the House of Representatives, on Thursday, passed the N2.17trn 2023 Supplementary Appropriation Bill after third reading. Before the passage of the bill, the Senate adopted the report of the harmonized sittings of both red and green chambers on the 2023 Supplementary Appropriation Bill as submitted by Chairman of the Appropriations Committee, Senator…
The Senate, on Thursday, sworn in Senator-elect for Kogi Central Senatorial District, Barr Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, as a member of the 10th Senate. This followed her presentation with Certificate of Return by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as the duly elected Senator for Kogi Central. Akpoti-Uduaghan, elected on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party…
The Senate on Wednesday considered two bills seeking to ban the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Deputy Governors of the apex bank from participating in politics. The two bills passed a second reading during plenary at the upper chamber. The Senate passed them after the consideration of two similar bills sponsored…
The Senate, on Tuesday, inaugurated its standing Committee on Legislative Compliance, to enforce its resolutions on all its standing Committees as well as all the ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) of the federal government. The committee, chaired by Senator Musa Maidoki (Kebbi South), was inaugurated by the Leader of the Senate, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele. Speaking…
ABUJA – The upper chamber of the National AsÂsembly on Tuesday witnessed a turn of event as senators took sides during the clash between PresÂident of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, and the Chief Whip of the Senate, Ali Ndume. The development, which made AkÂpabio to call for an emergency closed door session of the Senate,…
Senator Elisha Abbo has stated that Senate President Godswill Akpabio plotted his removal by the Court of Appeal. Abbo made this allegation at his residence in Abuja, yesterday, hours after the Court of Appeal nullified his senatorial election. The Adamawa senator claimed that Akpabio also has plans to remove former Chief Whip of the Senate,…
