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Senate Stops Spending Of Excess Crude Account, Passes MTEF, Pegs Exchange Rate At N305

Ihesiulo Grace 6 December 2017 0

THE Senate, on Tuesday, passed the 2018 budget estimates through the second reading after an exhaustive debate on the general principles of the budget estimates. The lawmakers, who did most of the debate up to Thursday last week, voted to pass the appropriation bill through the second reading

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$5.5bn loan: Senate gives Buhari nod

Ihesiulo Grace 14 November 2017 0

The Senate on Tuesday approved a $5.5 billion external loan request by President Muhammadu Buhari. The president had in a letter on Tuesday, October 10, sought the Senate’s approval for $3bn external loan and $2.5bn Eurobond or Diaspora bond in the international market. Buhari explained that the bonds would be channelled towards funding of the […]

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Senate Invites Police IG Over Alleged Unpaid N6.5bn Revenue

Ihesiulo Grace 30 October 2017 0

Others invited by the Senate in connection to the unpaid sum are the Director Generals of Directorate of State Security (DSS), Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE) and National Council on Privatisation (NCP) Does everyone want a piece of Nigeria’s top cop? The invitation was issued on Sunday by the Senate Ad-hoc Committee on Alleged Fraudulent […]

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BREAKING: Senate Set Up Committee To Probe Maina

Ihesiulo Grace 24 October 2017 0

The Senate has commenced investigation of the circumstances surrounding the return of embattled ex-Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Abdulrasheed Maina, and his reinstatement into the civil service Embattled ex-Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Abdulrasheed Maina, is a man in the eye of the storm. 24 hours after […]

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Senate convenes stakeholders’ conference on ICT, others

Ihesiulo Grace 23 October 2017 0

The Senate Committee on Information Communication Technology and Cybercrime has urgedthe public to attend the first National Plenary conference on ICT, digital literacy and Cyber-threat. According to the Director of Communications for the conference, Bayero Agabi, “The aim of the event is to bring together end-users, practitioners and educators, researchers to exchange and

Politics

Senate committee asks banks to unfreeze Patience Jonathan’s accounts

Ihesiulo Grace 19 October 2017 0

A former First Lady, Patience Jonathan, on Wednesday, got a reprieve as the Senate Committee investigating the petitions against the freezing of her accounts, asked that they should be unfrozen. The Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions, after subjecting the management of four different banks, where the first lady had accounts, to questions […]

Politics

No plot against Ekwernmadu –APC Senate whip

Ihesiulo Grace 17 January 2017 0

The Chief-whip of the House of Senate, Professor Sola Adeyeye has denied the purported claim that the APC Caucus in the Senate was plotting to impeach the deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu. It will be recalled that the APC Caucus in the Senate last week removed its leader, Ali Ndume and subsequently announced Ahmed Lawan […]