Tag: Senate
Buhari demands PIA amendment, ignores host communities’ three per cent agitation
President Muhammadu Buhari, has asked the Senate to amend certain provisions of the controversial Petroleum Industry Act, PIA.
He was, ho [...]
Ibrahim Mantu dies at 74, laid to rest according to Covid19 protocol (Photo)
Ibrahim Mantu, former deputy president of the Senate, has been laid to rest in Abuja.
Mantu, who died in the early hours of Tuesday, was buried at [...]
Senate suspends assault probe on CCT boss, Danladi Umar
Following allegations of assault levelled against the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Mr. Danladi Umar, by a security guard, Clement S [...]
Senate passes harmonized PIB bill with 3% allocation to oil communities despite protests
The Nigerian Senate has passed the harmonized Petroleum Industry Bill PIB produced by a conference committee of both chambers of the National Assembly [...]
Senate rejects electronic transmission of election results
The senate on Thursday rejected section 52(3) of the Electoral Act Amendment Bill which provides for electronic transfer of election results.
T [...]
Senate approves 20-year jail term for ballot box snatchers
The senate on Tuesday passed a bill to establish the Electoral Offences Commission, approving 20 years’ jail term or a fine of N40m for ballot boxes’ [...]
Senate bows to pressure, rejects Lauretta Onochie as INEC commissioner
The Senate, on Tuesday, declared President Muhammadu Buhari’s Personal Assistant on Social Media, Ms Lauretta Onochie ineligible for the position of N [...]
Senate moves to clear Onochie as INEC National Commissioner
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Wednesday, asked the Committee on the Independent National Electoral Commission to screen f [...]
Senate to consider bill on database for cows
The Senate is considering a bill that will create a database for cows
The bill for an Act to ‘establish national livestock and management (prot [...]
Senate to probe N100m allocated by works ministry for road rehabilitated by RCCG
The Federal Ministry of Works and Housing has set aside N100m in the 2021 budget for the rehabilitation of the Ife-Ifewara Road which had been fixed b [...]