Senate
Akpabio Made Love Advances At Me As Condition To Move A Motion, Senator Natasha Alleges
The Senator representing Kogi Central in the Senate, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has revealed the genesis of her incessant faceoffs with the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, saying she was being sexually harassed in the Red Chamber for refusing love advances from him. Senator Natasha, married to a Delta State-born billionaire businessman, disclosed this on Arise News Channel’s […]
Senate rejects 2025 budget proposal of Investment and Security Tribunal
The Senate has rejected the 2025 budget proposal of the Investments and Securities Tribunal due to errors in the figures and items presented. The rejection was carried out yesterday by Senator Osita Izunaso, APC, Imo West led Senate Committee on Capital Market. Chairman of the Committee, Sen. Osita Izunaso after a motion moved by Senator […]
Senate, AGF meeting over tax reform bills deadlocked
The Senate on Monday met with the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), to discuss the contentious issues generating controversies in the four tax reform bills before the National Assembly. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had transmitted the bills to the National Assembly in October last year, and sought expeditious passage. But the […]
Edo Governor Bows Out From Senate (Photos)
Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpehholo has on Wednesday taken a bow out of the Nigerian Senate following his swearing in as Edo State Governor. While addressing other Senators at the Red Chamber, Okpehholo said that he has stepped into a new chapter adding that he carried with him the lessons, memories, and relationships forged […]
“FIRS, NNPC failed to remit petroleum profit tax for years” – Senator Wadada
Nasarawa West Senator Aliyu Wadada has said the Public Accounts Committee, which he chairs, sent several invitations to the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) on the remittance of petroleum tax, but that the agencies refused to make satisfactory clarifications. Mr Wadada noted that the FIRS, in collaboration with […]
Akpabio threatens to sack non-performing Senate committee chairmen
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has threatened to remove committee chairmen who fail to perform satisfactorily in accordance with the rules of the upper chamber. He also queried how heads of Ministries, Departments and Agencies of the federal government continued to disregard invitations to the National Assembly for questioning. Mr Akpabio stated this on Tuesday during […]
Drama in Senate as FG officials defend Tinubu’s tax reform bills
Amid a charged atmosphere on Wednesday, officials of the Federal Government appeared before senators to shed more light on President Bola Tinubu’s controversial tax reform bills. The Chairman of the Presidential Fiscal Policy on Tax Reform Committee, Mr Taiwo Oyedele; the Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr Zacch Adedeji, and the Director […]
Tinubu seeks Senate’s confirmation of Oluyede as COAS
President Bola Tinubu has urged the Senate to consider and confirm the nomination of the Acting Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, for appointment as the substantive COAS. Mr Tinubu’s letter of request was read on Tuesday at the plenary by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio. He had earlier appointed Mr Oluyede as the […]
BREAKING: Senate okays N1.77tr external loan request by Tinubu
The Senate on Thursday, November 21, approved President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s request for a new eternal borrowing of N1,767,610,321,779.00 or (USD2.209billion in the 2024 Appropriation Act. The resolution of the Senate followed its consideration of the report of the Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debt and the approval of its recommendations by the Senate […]
Senate confirms RMAFC commissioners
The Senate has confirmed 21 nominees as federal commissioners for the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission. The confirmation followed the presentation of a report by Senator Yahaya Abdullahi (PDP, Kebbi North), Chairman of the joint committee on National Planning, Economic Affairs, and Finance, who affirmed that all nominees were qualified to hold public office. […]