The Senate yesterday ruled out the possibility of being influenced to screen and confirm the immediate past service chiefs as non-career ambassadors. President Muhammadu Buhari had last week forwarded the names of the immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, General Abayomi Olonisakin (rtd); Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai (rtd); Chief of Naval
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The Senate has frowned at the Ministry of Petroleum Resources for spending, without due process, N98.4 million to supposedly print leaflets. The leaflets were said to have been printed as part of an awareness campaign programme for the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). President Muhamamdu Buhari is the sudstantive minister of Petroleum Resources ministry, a portfolio
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The Nigeria Senate on Tuesday summoned the Minister of Defense, Bashir Salihi Magashi and the nation’s service chiefs to appear before it over the worsening security situation in the country. Also invited was the Inspector General of Police and the Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS). The Senate resolved to summon the
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President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan has on Wednesday, frustrated the move to push lawmakers to adjourn sitting as the plenary session was going on.Soon after the commencement of business of the day, Senator George Sekibo, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Rivers East cited Order 10 of the Senate Standing Rules as amended on the
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The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, as Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission for the second term of five years. The confirmation followed the consideration of the report of the Senate Committee on INEC, led by Senator Kabiru Gaya, which submitted its report at plenary and recommended Yakubu for
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The Nigerian Senate advised President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Tuesday to send service chiefs packing since they have failed to secure Nigerians. The Senate decision, which is the third it would pass this year, followed a motion by Senator Kashim Shettima on the recent killing of 43 rice farmers in Borno State by
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The Senate committee on customs is ready to summon the Comptroller General of the Nigerian Customs Service, Hameed Ali, over the recent move by the NCS to concession its duty collection function to a foreign firm. This was disclosed on Friday by the vice chairman of the committee, Senator Francis Fadahunsi, said the NCS boss
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THE Senate said Monday that it is not aware of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN Freezing the bank accounts of some leaders of the #EndSARS protesters. The senate said the Governor of CBN, Godwin Emefiele, never wrote to it before taking the action as they only read about it on the pages of newspapers
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The Senate on Tuesday tackled the Minister of information, Lai Mohammed, over a controversial project fully funded by the Ministry of Finance for execution by his Ministry in the 2020 fiscal year. The Senate further told the Minister that he had a lot of explanation to make on a controversial N250 million project allocated to
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President Muhammadu Buhari has been asked by the Senate to urgently address Nigerians over the ongoing #EndSARS protest in different parts of the country. The federal lawmakers made the call on Tuesday following a motion sponsored by former Senate Minority Leader, Biodun Olujimi. While calling on all tiers of government to put in place and
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Senate on Wednesday confirmed the nomination of Dr. Chukwuemeka Chukwu as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC). The confirmation of the nominee followed the adoption of the report on the screening exercise presented by the Chairman of the Senate Committee on INEC, Kabiru Gaya, at the plenary. He said Chukwu’s confirmation
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The new system called University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS) is proposed to replace the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS). The Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (ASUU) has presented a new payroll system for its members to the leadership of the Senate. The new system called University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS)
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is meeting with the leadership of the Senate behind closed doors over the lingering crisis between the federal government and the union on the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS). President Muhammadu Buhari had, during budget presentation last Thursday, said only Federal staff that have been captured
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The Senate has called on stakeholders in the country not to kill the Nation’s economy with the adopted European style of fighting the Coronavirus, COVID -19 pandemic. The Senate raised the alarm yesterday against the backdrop of the imported idea of fighting COVID -19. Speaking during an interactive session between the Senate Committees on Aviation
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The Senate’s move to review and alter some provisions of the 1999 constitution (as amended) was faulted by the Northern Elders Forum, NEF. The Elders further said that the federal lawmakers, since 1999, have spent huge amounts of Nigerian people’s money to fund the constitution review process without any meaningful impact on the lives of
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