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President Tinubu said the state governments had to be reimbursed because the federal government had assumed ownership and control of the airports. President Bola Tinubu has requested the Senate’s approval of the reimbursement of over N15 billion to Kebbi State Government for the construction of Sir Ahmadu Bello International Airport, Birnin Kebbi. In addition, the president requests that the Nasarawa State Government be granted N9 billion in reimbursement for the building of Lafia Cargo Airport...

The Senate called on President Tinubu to immediately halt the allocation of funds to caretaker committee-led Local Government Areas. The Senate has accused State governors of misappropriating funds allocated to Local Government Councils in Nigeria.  This is as it claimed that Area Council chairmen are usually compelled to sign off cheques by State governors, who in turn allocate peanuts to them. This was a sequel to the adoption of a motion during Wednesday’s plenary, to...

Tinubu urged the lawmakers to expedite the screening and confirmation process.  President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has requested the Senate to screen and confirm four persons appointed as members of the Board of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The President’s request was contained in a letter read by the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio during Wednesday’s plenary. READ ALSO: Tinubu appoints Jim Ovia as Students Loan Fund chairman   The appointed members of the SEC...

The Senate is worried following a massacre in the Nimbo community in the early hours of April 28th 2024, which left over 46 people dead and 14 persons injured, with their houses and other properties completely razed down. The Senate has called on the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, the Chief of Army Staff and the Director General of the Department of State Services to investigate, arrest and prosecute the criminal gangs attacking the...

Disregard for federal character principles in job employment, and other irregularities that violate the Nigerian constitution must be met with stiffer penalties. The Senate is set to consider stiffer penalties to stem job racketeering, disregard for federal character principles in job employment, and other irregularities that violate the Nigerian constitution. This was disclosed Tuesday by the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Federal Character and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Senator Allwell Onyesoh (PDP, Rivers East), after a...