Tag: Senate
Senate upgrades Auchi poly to university
The Senate has passed a bill seeking to establish the City University of Technology, Auchi, Edo and two other tertiary institutions in the country. Ot [...]
Senate passes bill, prescribes life jail for kidnappers
The Senate has passed a bill which prescribes life jail, as against the current 10 years maximum sentence, for kidnappers. The bill contains amendment [...]
Senate passes sexual harassment bill, offenders to get 14yrs in jail
The Senate on Tuesday read for the third time and passed a bill seeking to stop sexual abuse of female students in the nation’s tertiary institutions. [...]
Senate approves Buhari’s $5.513bn external loan request
President Muhammadu Buhari’s $5.513 billion external loan request to finance the revised 2020 budget, has been approved by the senate.
Though the s [...]
Senate introduces its own Infectious Disease Control Bill
The Senate has introduced its own Infectious Disease Control Bill under a new name. The Bill titled: “National Health Emergency Bill” sponsored by the [...]
Senate denies approving fresh N850bn loan for Buhari
The Senate on Thursday said it did not approve a “fresh loan of N850 billion” for President Muhammadu Buhari during its special plenary session on Tue [...]
Senate gives Buhari go ahead to obtain N850bn loan
The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday granted the request of President Muhammadu Buhari to obtain N850 billion fresh loan to fund some projects in the 2020 b [...]
Unlike Senate, Reps suspend Buhari’s $22.79bn loan request indefinitely
Even though the Senate led by Ahmed Lawan approved President Muhammadu Buhari’s $22.79bn loan request, despite an uproar from a few Senators who were [...]
Senate divided as Buhari’s $22.7bn loan request gets approved
President Muhammadu Buhari’s $22,bn external loan request to fund critical infrastructure projects under the 2016 – 2018 external borrowing plan has b [...]
Agency for repentant terrorists to be funded by TETFund, UBEC
The controversial bill which is proposing a National Agency for the Education, Rehabilitation, De-radicalization and Integration of Repentant Insurgen [...]