Senator Ndume Apologises To APC After Criticising Tinubu’s Govt
A former Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Ali Ndume has apologised to the leadership of the ruling All Progressives Party (APC) for not consulting the party before publicly accusing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration of maladministration. Ndume who represents…
Senate repeals, re-enact 2024 Appropriation Act
The Senate reversed itself on Wednesday on the amendments it made to the 2024 Appropriation Act by repealing and reenacting the law. The repeal and reenactment now fully incorporated the N6.2trillion President Bola Tinubu requested the National Assembly to add…
Senate Passes Bill To Increase CBN Ways And Means Loans To FG
The Senate on Wednesday passed a bill to increase the percentage of Ways and Means loans the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) can give to the Federal Government. The upper chamber of the Nigerian legislature raised the credit facility obtainable…
Ndume Rejects New Office At National Assembly
The senator representing Borno South at the National Assembly, Mohammed Ali Ndume, has rejected a new office allocated to him by the Senate Services Committee. Ndume, in a letter addressed to the Chairman, Senate Services Committee on Tuesday, said the…
BREAKING: Anambra Senator, Ifeanyi Ubah, is dead
A Nigerian Senator on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Anambra State, Ifeanyi Ubah, is dead Ubah, a politician and oil mogul, representing Anambra South in the National Assembly, died in a hotel in London, the United…
Reinstate Ndume Now, Borno Protesters Urge Senate
Protesters from Borno South, on Wednesday, stormed Abuja demanding the reinstatement of Mohammed Ali Ndume as Chief Whip of the Senate. Ndume was removed for criticising the President Bola Tinubu-led government, following a letter transmitted to the Senate by the…
Senate Passes New Minimum Wage Of N70,000 Into Law
The Nigerian Senate has passed into the law the newly amended national minimum wage Act. In a speedy way, the bill, scaled first, second and third readings, just minutes after it was transmitted by President Bola Tinubu and was immediately…
IPAC kicks against bill to establish electoral commission for LGs
The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) has kicked against a bill to establish the Local Government Independent Electoral Commission. The bill, which was read for the first time on Thursday, was sponsored by Sani Musa, the senator representing Niger east. The…
Senators reject, withdraw South-South Development Commission Bill
A bill seeking to establish the South-South Development Commission has been stepped down by the Senate. Senate President, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, stood the bill when he sensed that the mood in the Senate did not support it. The bill was…
Tinubu Asks Senate to Raise 2024 Budget by N6.2trn
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday transmitted a letter to the Senate asking the lawmakers to approve 2024 supplementary appropriation to the tune of N6.2 trillion. The letter was read by Senate President Godswill Akpabio. This increases the 2024 budget…