Senate rejects fresh bid to amend Electoral Act 2022
Senate passes bill establishing Federal University in Ogoniland
NDDC officials get Senate summon over N100bn contract scam
Senator tells Senate to revoke AITEO’s operational license over oil spill in Baylesa community
The Senator representing Bayelsa East Senatorial District, Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo, has urged the Senate to revoke the operating license of AITEO to serve as a deterrent to other careless oil companies. In a sponsored motion on Tuesday, the lawmaker criticised the environmental pollution in Nembe community caused by crude oil and gas spill at Santa Barbara […]
South-South senators berate bill to include new states into NDDC
South-South senators, including the Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, on Wednesday, kicked against a bill by the Senate seeking the inclusion of Lagos, Ogun, Anambra and others as oil-producing states into the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Under the NDDC Act, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Edo, Delta, Abia, Imo, Rivers, and Ondo are members […]
Senate approves Buhari’s borrowing requests
The Nigerian Senate has approved President Muhammadu Buhari’s $16,230,077,718 and €1,020,000,000 loan requests including grant components of $125,000,000.00 under the 2018-2020 External Borrowing (Rolling) plan for the Federal Government. The approval came after the chairman of the Senate Committee on Local and Foreign debts, Clifford Ordia disclosed that the projects which needed the funds were […]
Senate condemns Justice Odili’s home invasion, indicts AGF, EFCC
The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday condemned the invasion of the Abuja home of Justice Mary Odili by security operatives, demanding that all those involved be apprehended and prosecuted. Reacting to the home invasion after Senator Betty Apiafi, representing Rivers West, mentioned it during plenary, the Senate said a joint panel recovery unit of the Ministry […]
Justice Odili’s house invasion, one attack too many on persons of South-South region – PANDEF
Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has condemned the raid on the Abuja residence of Justice Mary Odili, wife of the former governor of Rivers State, Sir Peter Odili. The forum described the raid as crude and primitive while calling on the Federal Government to tender an apology for the action. Recall that security operatives acting […]
I have no idea how new staff are recruited – Akpabio tells Senate
Minister for Niger Delta Affairs, and former Senate Minority Leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio, says he is unaware of how workers are being recruited into the Ministry. Akpabio disclosed this on Thursday while addressing the Senate Committee on Niger Delta during the Ministry’s 2022 budget defense exercise. The Minister, who was reacting to why the wage […]
Senate adopts electronic transmission of election result
The Nigerian Senate has affirmed the electronic transmission of election results by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), for the Electoral Act Amendment Bill. This decision, which had earlier been rejected by the Senate was contained in the Conference Committee report submitted to the chamber on Tuesday. Recall that the House of Representatives had approved […]
Buhari seeks Senate’s approval to borrow $4bn, €710 million
Bill scrapping HND/B.Sc dichotomy passed by Senate
