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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...

Nigeria’s Senate resolves to probe regulatory agencies over indiscriminate dumping of hazardous petroleum products into the country The Senate has called for an urgent need to investigate the continued importation of hazardous petroleum products and dumping of substandard diesel into Nigeria. This is as it set up an ad-hoc committee to examine the pre-shipment and pre-discharge standard test parameters, adopted by the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) with a view to uncovering...

Due to the flood and displacement caused by heavy rainfall, the senate has called for palliatives for victims in Abia and Ekiti States. A bill on data protection also got attention among highlights from the Senate today. Senate moves to enhance protection of database for citizens  The Senate has passed for second reading, a bill seeking to provide for the establishment of a National Identity Database, to enhance the efficiency and inclusivity of the identity...

Godswill Akpabio has disclosed that the Senate will approve the proposal for the purchase whenever it is brought to their table. Anticipatory blackmail will not stop us from approving Presidential jet if need be The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio has stated that no matter the anticipatory blackmail from the public, the Senate will approve the purchase of Presidential jets when requested to do so. “If Mr President’s vehicle is bad, we will repair...

Senators debated and passed the  extension of the 2023 supplementary appropriation act from June 30th to December 31st, 2024 With just four days left until the deadline for the 2023 supplementary appropriation, the Senate has extended the implementation of the budget to December 31st, 2024. This followed the presentation and subsequent second reading of a bill titled, “A bill for an Act to amend the 2023 Supplementary Appropriation Act to further extend its implementation to...

Speculations are that the emergency plenary would be to attend to a supplementary budget for the purchase of Presidential jets. The Senate has announced its intention to hold an emergency plenary sitting tomorrow, as against its initial plan to resume on Tuesday, July 2nd, 2024. This was disclosed by the Spokesperson of the Senate, Senator Yemi Adaramodu (APC, Ekiti South) on Wednesday, June 26, 2024, while speaking to journalists covering the Senate. According to Adaramodu,...

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...