DAILY POST The Senate has urged the National Commission for Museum and Monuments to upgrade the Akassa Slave Trade Centre to a National Slave Trade Museum. The call was contained in a resolution reached by the Senate, sequel to the…
THE TIDE The Senate has extended the implementation year of the 2021 Appropriation Act from March 31 to May 31, 2022. The extension was approved following the consideration of the ‘Bill to Amend the 2021 Appropriation Act’. The Senate, before…
THE NATION The Senate has ruled out the creation of new states, it was learnt on Sunday. The Senate Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution observed that, apart from shrinking resources, which may render additional states unviable, the…
THE VANGUARD The Senate yesterday resolved to intervene in the diplomatic row between Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates, UAE, following disagreements between both countries. The decision to wade into the dispute was reached sequel to a point of order…
THE PUNCH Nigeria’s debt stock of N35.5tn will rise to N42.7tn following the Senate’s approval of the Federal Government’s request for $16bn and €1.02bn fresh loans. The $16.2bn loan is equivalent to N6.7tn using the Importers and Exporters’ Window exchange…
PREMIUM TIMES Nigeria’s 98 public universities suffer from chronic underfunding; often leading to strikes by lecturers and staff over payment of salaries and other welfare issues. Experts, including lecturers, blame the underfunding for the poor ranking of Nigerian universities globally…
CHANNELS.TV The Senate has debunked reports that the lawmakers have proposed the creation of 20 more states, saying the upper chamber was “grossly” misrepresented.” Senate spokesman Ajibola Basiru in a statement on Sunday said the report is a misunderstanding of…
THE GUARDIAN The Senate, yesterday, ordered 59 Federal Government agencies to return over N300 billion misappropriated funds into the federation account. It gave a 60-day ultimatum within which all money illegally spent by the erring agencies between 2013 and 2015…
PUNCH The Senate on Wednesday asked the Federal Government to suspend plans to deploy the 5G network technology in Nigeria till further notice. The red chamber has equally directed the Nigerian Communications Commission, and the Mobile Network Operators to put…
NIGERIAN TRIBUNE The United States of America has said it is looking forward to the passage of the Petroleum Industry (PIB) bill which it said would be of importance to multi-national companies and inhabitants of the Niger Delta Region. The…
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