The incumbent president of the senate, Godswill Akpabio, and his predecessor, Ahmad Lawan, openly disagree over the best time to start senate plenary There was a mild argument on the floor of the Senate between the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio and the immediate past Senate President, Ahmad Lawan over a move to adjust commencement time for plenary. This was prompted by a motion sponsored by the Leader of the Senate, Opeyemi Bamidele (APC,...
Akinremi, the lawmaker, who was from Oyo State, died at the early hours of today after a brief illness The Senate has suspended it plenary sitting in honour of late Rep. Olajide Akinremi, popularly known as Jagaban. The lawmaker had passed away at the early hours of the day following a brief illness. Until his death, Akinremi represented Ibadan north federal constituency in Oyo State. As is the tradition, the senate shortly after convening for...
Akpabio says the Tinubu administration will deploy 2 trucks of fertisers to each senator and 1 to each member in the house. The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has disclosed that the Federal Government has commenced deployment of 60 trucks of fertilisers to each of the 36 states through their governors. Akpabio also mentioned that all senators will receive 2 trucks of fertilisers each while members of the House of Representatives will receive 1...
“Nobody should say they are going to distribute food because even our silos are empty.” The Senate has urged the federal government to, as a matter of urgency, take measures to fight the current food insecurity in the country, outline measures to combat the situation, and address the nation on the steps taken. This is as the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, disclosed that the government has commenced deployment of 60 trucks of fertilisers...
Here are the highlights of activities that took place in the Senate today – domestic violence, rejection of part of Oronsaye’s report, confirmation of presidential nominee and establishment of university. Senate takes stringent measures to tackle domestic violence against women As a result of the rising cases of violence, especially domestic violence against women, the Senate has taken stringent measures to tackle and put and end to such violent acts. This was sequel to...
Starmer’s victory clearly indicates that after 14 years, the Conservatives lose power in a catastrophic defeat in their history. With a few results left to be announced, the Labour Party has secured enough seats in the UK’s 2024 general election to gain an overwhelming majority in parliament. This means that Labour Leader, Keir Starmer, will become the next prime minister, forming what has been described as a super majority government. Having won 412 seats in...
With an estimated worth of $42 billion, Senator Jimoh said Nigeria possesses the largest bitumen resource in Africa. The Senate has disclosed that the country is missing out on the $110billion bitumen global market. A public hearing held on Thursday on a bill seeking an Act on the formation of a Bitumen Development Commission, organised by the senate committee on solid minerals and chaired by Senator Ekong Sampson (PDP, Akwa-Ibom South), brought attention to the...
Here are highlights of major activities that took place in the Senate today – screening confirmation, amendment of the railway law, police pension and the north central development commission bill. Confirmation of nominee The Senate has approved the appointment of Abdullahi Usman Bello for appointment as chairman, Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB). OrderPaper recalls that following the request from President Bola Tinubu for the confirmation of the nominee on May 9, 2024, the Senate referred...
The Senate also decided to stick with the original plan to keep the mambila project’s capacity at 3,000 megawatts The Senate has set up an ad-hoc committee to investigate delays in the execution of the mambila hydroelectric power project (MHEPP) that was commissioned since 1999. This is as they emphasised how past administrations had neglected to reallocate the sum of $1.7 billion for the Ajaokuta Steel Complex and give priority to the mambila project, which...
In senate gist today, cries of marginalisation by the north-east geo-political zone re-echoes alongside the recent suicide bomb blast in Borno Senate condemns bombing in Borno State Following the multiple bomb blasts by an alleged female suicide bomber suspected to be a member of the boko haram terrorist group, the Senate has urged the federal government to direct security agencies in the country to deploy the use of modern technology in the fight against...
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