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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...

The passage of this FCT supplementary bill clearly means that Ireti’s motion might no longer be taken as the Senate has also embarked on a recess. Senate silences Ireti over clash with Wike During the days plenary, on the second order of the day was a report from the Committee on FCT on the 98.5bn FCT Supplementary Appropriation Bill. However, opposing the consideration of this report, embattled Senator Ireti Kingibe (LP, FCT) raised a point...

Government procurement or as popularly known as Public Procurement in Nigeria is governed by the Public Procurement Act 2007.  The Senate has passed for first reading, a bill seeking to amend the Public Procurement Act. The bill was sponsored by Senator Osita Ngwu (PDP, Enugu West) during Tuesday’s plenary. ● What is Public Procurement Public procurement refers to the acquisition of works as well as the purchase by governments and state-owned enterprises of goods and...

A minute silence was held in honour of the victims who were buried alive during the tragic incident at an illegal mining site. The Senate has called on the Federal Government to come out with strict safety measures and regulation on mining activities in Nigeria in line with international best practices and deploy adequate security apparatus to the mining communities in order to maintain vigilance around mining areas to prevent further incursions and intrusion by...

The nominees had been screen by the senate committee and they had all met the necessary requirements. The Senate has confirmed the appointment of Emomotimi Agama as the Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This is as it confirmed the appointments of Samiya Hassan Usman as executive commissioner (corporate services), Abimbola Oyebola Ajomale as executive commissioner (operations) and Frank  Chukwuogor as executive commissioner (legal and enforcement). The confirmation of these appointments, followed the...