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Senate considers bill to prohibit ransom payment to kidnappers

..proposes 15 years imprisonment for defaulters……………………The Senate on Wednesday considered a bill that seeks to prohibit the payment and receipt of ransom for the release of any person kidnapped, imprisoned

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2023 Presidency race: Why Lawan is upset by this News Paper report

Nigeria Senate President, Ahmed Lawan seem to be upset over a certain report carried by one of the National News Papers which has to do with his current relationship with

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N’Assembly will facilitate return of Nigerians trapped in Volcanic Caribbean Island – Lawan

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has assured Nigerian students currently stranded in the Southern Caribbean nation hit by volcanic explotions that the National Assembly will intervene to ensure that

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Insecurity: Service Chiefs to appear before Senate on Thursday

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Tuesday disclosed that the Service Chiefs and Heads of Security Agencies would, on Thursday, appear before the Upper Chamber to brief it on

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Senate approves N216.646bn for FIRS in 2021

The Senate has approved the sum of N216,646,579,231 billion naira as expenditure for the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) for the 2021 fiscal year.  This was just as the upper

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Senate to meet Buhari over insecurity…summons Service Chiefs for briefing

The Senate, on Tuesday, mandated its leadership to schedule an appointment with President Buhari to enable all 109 Senators meet with him in a closed session to discuss security matters

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Nigeria needs support of friends around the world to overcome security challenges – Lawan

The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan said in Abuja on Tuesday that Nigeria needed the support of her friends around the world in her bid to overcome the current security challenges.

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Senate approves $2.6bn loan request to finance priority projects

 The Senate, on Wednesday, approved the sum of $2.6  billion (USD) out of the $5.5 billion external borrowing request sent to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari in May

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Livestock industry critical to economy, says Lawan

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said that the development of the livestock industry in Nigeria is critical to the diversification and growth of economy.  Lawan made this known

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Senate probes Customs invasion of rice traders’ shops at Bodija market

The Senate, on Tuesday, mandated the Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions to investigate the alleged invasion of Rice Traders’ shops by men of the Nigerian Customs that resulted

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