Tag: Senate
SERAP to Saraki, Dogara: ‘Withdraw Directives To Banks To Unfreeze Mrs...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the President of the Senate Dr Bukola Saraki and Speaker of the House of Representatives Mr...
Buhari Forwards 2018-2020 MTEF, FSP to Senate
The Senate on Thursday said it had received the 2018-2020 Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP) from President Muhammadu Buhari.
Reading the...
Senate To Probe Paris Club Refunds, Others Amid Speculation
Despite unconfirmed reports linking one or two of its leaders to the fund, the Senate on Thursday resoled to probe how the Paris Club...
Senate Partners Russian Oil Giants To Develop Nigeria’s Oil And Gas
The Senate said on Thursday that it had began talks with Russian oil companies for partnership to develop Nigeria’s oil and gas sector.
Disclosing this...
Senate Cuts Power Dams Charge To 10 Per Cent
The Senate on Thursday reduced from 30 per cent to 10 per cent, charge imposed on the total revenue generated from the operations of...
Senate Committee Threatens To Issue Warrant Of Arrest On NAHCON Boss
The Senate Ad-Hoc Committee on National Hajj Commission (NAHCON) and the Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC) on Thursday threatened to issue warrant of arrest...
Senate Orders Banks To Unfreeze Patience Jonathan’s Accounts
( NAN) Former First Lady, Mrs Patience Jonathan, on Wednesday, got a reprieve as the Senate Committee investigating the petitions against the freezing of...
Existing Vacancies Publication Bill Scales Second Reading in Senate
The Senate on Wednesday considered and passed for second reading a Bill for an Act requiring regular publication of existing vacant positions in Federal...
Senate to Partner PSN to Combat Drug Abuse
President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has pledged the commitment of the 8th Senate to work with relevant agencies like the Pharmaceutical...
Buhari Asks Senate To Approve $5.5bn Loan To Fund 2017...
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu has written to the Senate asking it to approve a loan of $5.5billion to fund the 2017 budget.
Buhari’s letter was read ...
Senate, MDAs, CSOs Proffer Solution to Youth Unemployment Challenge
The Senate, Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and representatives of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) on Monday convened a roundtable dialogue on the alarming rate of youth...
Senate Holds Roundtable Dialogue on Youth Unemployment, Development
The Senate will on Monday hold a roundtable dialogue on youth unemployment and development in the country to review the efficacy of policies, programmes...