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President Tinubu has requested the Senate’s confirmation of 19 nominees as commissioners of the National Population Commission (NPC). Ahead of the planned conduct of a national census, President Bola Tinubu has requested the Senate to approve his nominees for appointment into the National Population Commission (NPC). The President’s request was contained in a letter read by the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio on Tuesday during plenary. The list contains prospective commissioners to represent states...

Senator David Umahi promises to include a provision for a 15-year shelf-life insurance guarantee for projects and a maximum of 5% Variation of Price (VoP) Clause in the contracts. The minister of works, Senator David Umahi, has announced plans to include a provision for a 15-year shelf-life insurance guarantee for projects and a maximum of 5% Variation of Price (VoP) clause in contracts awarded by his ministry. Umahi said this during the 2024 budget defence...

In a rather ironic twist, the federal government which introduced the naira redesign policy now admits its deleterious consequences   The Federal Government has bemoaned the rate at which farmers are going bankrupt in the country due to the naira redesign policy pushed through by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) from December 15, 2022 to early February this year when the Supreme Court ruled against it. This was as lawmakers in the national ssembly...

The senators were on a condolence visit to the governor of Kaduna State, Sen. Uba Sani, where they pledged a full-fledged investigation into the costly military misadventure The members of the 10th Senate have announced the donation of N109 million being their December salaries, to the victims of the bombing mishap that took place in Kaduna last Sunday. This is as they promised not to leave any stone unturned in unravelling the circumstances that led...