Akpabio reconstitutes senate committees’ leaderships,names Jimoh Ibrahim, Natasha, others Chairmen
The President of the senate Godswill Akpabio has named Senators Jimoh Ibrahim (APC Ondo South), Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (PDP Kogi Central),…
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Why Citizens’ participation in budgetary processes is sacrosanct, by CSO
By Friday Idachaba, Lokoja. Kogi State House of Assembly should take deliberate steps to ensure increased citizens’ participation in…
Senate amends Cybercrime Act, calls for memoranda from ICT stakeholders
The Senate Joint Committee on ICT & Cyber Security and National Security & Intelligence has issued a notice calling for…
Senate urges labour unions to call off industrial action
***Invites NLC, TUC leaders for emergency meeting The Senate yesterday pleaded with the organised labour to call off the ongoing…
Senate urges Tinubu to upgrade Eastern Rail Line to Standard Gauge
The Senate has resolved to ask President Bola Tinubu to upgrade Eastern Rail Line (traversing Port Harcourt to Maiduguri) from…
N18bn personnel cost for NIPOST prompts Senate to move for its privatization
The Joint Senate Committee on the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP) has threatened to legislate…
Senate to deliberate on Diaspora Voting this Week, says Bamidele
As part of the ongoing review of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, the senate will deliberate…
Akpabio asks Tinubu to sack appointees that fail to show up for MTEF, FSP public hearing
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to sack any head of government agency that failed to…
It is time to ceasefire, senate warns over Israel-Hamas war
**Calls for, asks FG to press for two-state solution The Senate has urged the Nigerian government to take steps in…
Senate urges Police to probe death of toddler at creche, nursery school in Aba
The Senate on Monday urged the Nigerian Police Forece (NPF) to carryout a thorough investigation into circumstances surrounding the fall…