Senate approves N346.3bn for NDDC for 2019
The Senate on Thursday approved the sum of Three Hundred and Forty-Six billion, Three hundred and eighty-eight million, Nine hundred thousand naira (N346,388,900,000.00) as budget...
Author: Blessing Ojochenemi Onje James
Hon. Pondi moves to quell threat to relocate Floating Dock earmarked for Okerenkoko in Delta State
Honourable Julius G. Pondi, member representing Burutu Federal Constituency moved to restrain the threat to relocate the floating dock earmarked to be located in Okerenkoko,...
Reps urge FG to reconstruct Lafiya-Karim-Lamido road in Adamawa State
Following a motion moved by Honourable Kwamoti Bitrus Laori, member representing Demsa/Numan/Lamurde Federal Constituency, House of Representatives urged the Federal Government to reconstruct the 90.5...
House of Reps to Investigate Reasons for Abandonment of Owena Multi-Purpose Dam Project in Ondo State
The Federal House of Representatives on Thursday mandated its committee on Waater Resources to unravel the reasons for the abandonment of Owena Multi-Purpose Dam Project...
Senate proposes stiffer sanctions for gas flaring from 2021
…As Nigeria loses N217bn annually The Senate on Thursday considered a bill which proposes stiffer sanctions for any person or corporate entity involved in gas...
Senate moves to legalize electronic transactions, criminalize online fraud
The Senate on Thursday considered a bill to provide enabling framework that would legalize all forms of electronic transactions undertaken in Nigeria. The bill, if...
Senate investigates deposit banks over remittance of tax revenues
…wants Police, VIO to clamp down on trucks not roadworthy to ply highways The Senate has mandated its Committees on Banking, Insurance and Financial Institutions,...
Senate President assures Surveyors of support
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has assured Surveyors in the country of the readiness of the upper chamber to support the profession for more...
Senate confirms CBN, NAHCON nominees
The Senate on Thursday confirmed nominees appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari to serve on the board of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON). The...
Senate probes NNPC over $396m spent on Refineries’ maintenance
The Senate on Thursday resolved to probe the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) over the sum of $396 million expended on Turn-Around Maintenance of refineries...
Senate swears in PDP’s Ekpenyong
The Senate on Thursday swore-in Senator Christopher Ekpenyong of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), representing Akwa-Ibom North-West Senatorial District in the National Assembly. The lawmaker...
NSCDC boss bans display of firearms in public
Following the death of Action Alliance chieftain in Imo state, Mr Ndubuisi Emenike through an accidental discharge by an operative of the Nigeria Security and...
Omo-Agege donates sports equipment to school in Delta
Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, Deputy Senate President, on Wednesday donated sports equipment to St. Peters Clervers College, Aghalokpe, Delta State. Yomi Odunuga, Special Adviser, Media and...
Malabu oil deal: Court to arraign Adoke and six others on Thursday
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Gwagwalada has fixed Thursday for the arraignment of a former Minister of Justice and Attorney...
1trn Constituency Projects: Reps probe unspent budget funds of MDAs
Following a motion moved by Honourable Abubakar Hassan Fulata, member representing Birniwa/Guru/Kiri-Kasamma federal constituency on the “need to investigate and Refund of Unspent monies”, the...
