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The senate committee seized with the responsibility has reassured that the ways and means investigation has not been swept under the carpet The Senate, through its ad-hoc committee investigating the N30 trillion ways and means facility expended by the immediate past President Muhammadu Buhari administration, has reassured the public that the investigation was on course.  Chairman of the committee, Senator Isah Jibrin (APC, Kogi east), gave the reassurance in a personally signed statement which attached...

Just as the saying goes, “in a twinkle of an eye,” the 10th Senate has marked its 1 year in office but not without courting a series of eye-popping controversies and receiving knocks from Nigerians. The 10th Senate, inaugurated on June 13, 2023, started off with the election of presiding officers. Godswill Akpabio emerged as the president and Barau Jibrin got elected as deputy president. Shortly after this, principal officers were appointed, committees were set...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu says he will approve a new minimum wage that the government can afford and send same to the National Assembly for passage. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu says he will approve a new minimum wage that the government can afford and send same to the National Assembly for passage. He stated this on Wednesday at a dinner to mark Nigeria’s 25 years of unbroken Democracy in Abuja. “The minimum wage is going...

Adaramodu claims that it would be incorrect to presume that the Senate would take a position on a bill that hasn’t been brought before it for consideration. The Senate’s spokesman, Senator Yemi Adaramodu (APC, Ekiti South), has refuted media reports that the Senate is considering including a clause allowing for the seizure of funds from local and state councils in the New Minimum Wage Bill that the Executive is proposing. Adaramodu disclosed this in a...

“Only 13 which is 2.73% of the total bills originated from the executive arm while 464 which is 97.27% are private member bills.” The 10th Senate has revealed that as of June 11, 2024, it has recorded at least 477 bills which were initiated since the 10th Senate kicked off its activities precisely on June 13, 2023.  This is as it disclosed that of this figure, only 25 bills accounting for 5.24% were fully passed...