Abuja – President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Tuesday, urged the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government to transmit a bill to the National Assembly to amend the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). Lawan made the call in his remarks moments before he referred the President’s request for the amendment of the 2022 Appropriation Act to the… Continue reading Fuel subsidy: Senate President urges Buhari to transmit bill to amend PIA
Author: Clement Nwabuko
Senate passes bills to establish Federal Universities in FCT, Rivers State
Abuja – The Senate on Wednesday passed two bills to establish a Federal University in the Federal Capital Territory and Rivers State. They are the FCT University of Science and Technology Abaji (Establishment) Bill, 2022; and Federal University of Environmental Technology, Koroma/Saakperwa Tai Ogoni, Rivers State (Establishment) Bill, 2022. The bills were passed after the… Continue reading Senate passes bills to establish Federal Universities in FCT, Rivers State
Buhari seeks confirmation, membership renewal of CBN’s Monetary Policy Committee
By Clement Nwabuko Abuja – The Senate has received a request from President Muhammadu Buhari seeking the confirmation and renewal of members of the Monetary Policy Committee in the Central Bank of Nigeria. The confirmation request was contained in a letter dated 23rd February, 2022. The letter was read during plenary by the Senate President,… Continue reading Buhari seeks confirmation, membership renewal of CBN’s Monetary Policy Committee
Senate receives Buhari’s request for bill to reposition digital technology in Nigeria
By Clement Nwabuko Abuja – The Senate has received the Nigeria Startup Bill transmitted to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari. The bill was accompanied with a letter dated the 21st February, 2022, and read during plenary by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan. President Buhari in the letter explained that the Startup bill seeks… Continue reading Senate receives Buhari’s request for bill to reposition digital technology in Nigeria
Senate passes 49 out of 68 constitution bills
By Clement Nwabuko Abuja – The Senate on Tuesday passed a total of 49 bills out of the 68 considered during voting on the Constitution Bills. The bills were contained in report of the Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution. A total of 19 alteration bills failed to make passage during the voting… Continue reading Senate passes 49 out of 68 constitution bills
Electoral Act: Buhari writes Senate, seeks amendment of contentious clause
By Clement Nwabuko Abuja – The Senate has received a request from President Muhammadu Buhari to amend the Electoral Act passed by the National Assembly on January 25, 2022. The request was contained in a letter dated 28th February, 2022. The letter was read on the floor during plenary on Tuesday by the Senate President,… Continue reading Electoral Act: Buhari writes Senate, seeks amendment of contentious clause
HURIWA To Buhari – Declare killer herdsmen in Benue Terrorists now
…says security agents must arrest militiamen terrorising Benue communities, calls for prosecution. By Clement Nwabuko Markurdi – Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria(HURIWA), on Wednesday, condemned the brazen act of Fulani herdsmen who invaded some communities in the Logo Local Government Area of Benue State, forcibly displacing autochthonous dwellers to plan… Continue reading HURIWA To Buhari – Declare killer herdsmen in Benue Terrorists now
Senate passes bills to establish Orthopaedic hospitals in Kwara, Osun
…Approves Fed. University Teaching Hospitals in Akure, Gusau By Clement Nwabuko The Senate, on Wednesday, passed a bill to amend the Orthopaedic Hospitals Management Board Act to provide for the establishment of two Federal Orthopaedic hospitals in Kwara and Osun States. Also amended was the University Teaching Hospitals Act LFN 2004 to provide for the… Continue reading Senate passes bills to establish Orthopaedic hospitals in Kwara, Osun
Airfare hike: Senate demands urgent rehabilitation of federal roads
By Clement Nwabuko Abuja – The Senate has called on the Federal Government to, as a matter of urgency, declare a State of Emergency on the nation’s federal roads. The upper chamber, also urged the federal government to immediately make good its indebtedness to FERMA in order to enable the agency carry out its primary… Continue reading Airfare hike: Senate demands urgent rehabilitation of federal roads
Why Kano will host Nigeria’s biggest rail station – Amaechi reveals
By Clement Nwabuko The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, says Kano State will house the biggest rail station in the country. The minister said this when a delegation from Kano, led by Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje, visited him in Abuja to discuss the rail and Dala inland dry port in the State. “We have two major… Continue reading Why Kano will host Nigeria’s biggest rail station – Amaechi reveals