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...
President Tinubu has assured that the Bill will ensure to domesticate and enforce in Nigeria, the international convention against doping in sports ahead of the 2024 Olympic Games in France. The Senate has passed a bill seeking to prohibit Nigerian athletes from consuming performance-enhancing substances during or after sporting competitions. The passage of the executive bill was sequel to the consideration and approval of the report of the Senate joint committee on judiciary, human rights,...
The second reading of the bill was earlier stepped down pending when copies of details would be made available for senators. The Senate has finally passed the N98.5bn FCT 2024 supplementary appropriation bill which had earlier led to a rowdy session in the Senate due to unavailability of a breakdown to Senators. The bill seeks to consolidate the ongoing projects in the FCT and the six area councils within the territory. It proposed a total...
The proposed legislation presents a significant opportunity to drive economic growth and diversification by creating a conducive environment for investment in gold. The Senate has passed for second reading, a bill for an Act to make provision for the establishment of a Nigeria Gold Reserve Agency. This was sequel to the consideration of a bill sponsored by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (PDP, Kogi Central) during Wednesday’s plenary. The bill seeks a robust framework for the harnessing,...
The Abuja budget bill was stepped down because there were no details of how N98.5billion would be spent on as supplementary appropriation The Senate has stepped down an Abuja supplementary budget bill seeking to approve a N98.5billion expenditure for ongoing projects within Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). This was during Wednesday’s plenary session when the Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele (APC, Ekiti Central), sought the chamber to debate the bill and possibly approve it. This...
Senator Zam stressed that a practical answer would be a legislation outlawing open grazing throughout the federation. The Senate has passed for second reading, a bill seeking to ban open grazing and create ranches for herders. This was sequel to the consideration of a bill titled, “A Bill for an act to Establish National Animal Husbandary and Ranches Commission for the Regulation, Management, Preservation and Control of Ranches throughout Nigeria; and for connected purpose, 2024,”...
After serving 75 days out of the prescribed 90 days, the Senate recalled Ningi, who was suspended on March 12, 2023, for accusing its leadership of fraudulently smuggling projects into the 2024 budget. Senator Abdul Ningi (PDP, Bauchi Central) finally returned to the National Assembly after his suspension, which lasted 75 days instead of 90 days. Senator Ningi seemed excited to be back in the Senate and was among the first legislators to arrive at...
While Nigerians groan over labour unionists’ shutdown of the national grid, the Senate focused on several issues that need to be resolved in the proposed new minimum wage. The nation has been in total blackout for over 24 hours amidst the ongoing labour strikes. Given the cost of alternative sources of energy, businesses and citizens have called for an end to the hardships caused by the persisting power outage. However, while it was expected that...
Akpabio and Abbas to mediate between the federal government, NLC and TUC to avert Monday’s nationwide Labour strike The leadership of the National Assembly has announced its intention to mediate between the Federal Government and Organised Labour to prevent an indefinite nationwide strike set to begin on Monday, June 3, 2024. This was revealed in a joint statement on Sunday by Senator Yemi Adaramodu, Senate Spokesman and Rep. Akin Rotimi, Jr. House Spokesman. They urged...
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