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Senate passes bill to establish Real Estate Regulatory Council

The Senate on Wednesday passed a bill to establish the Real Estate Regulatory Council of Nigeria. The Council when established would, amongst others, curb fraudulent practices to ensure that the

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Senate condemns home invasion of Supreme Court Justice, Mary Odili

…urges IGP to make findings of investigation public…………. The Senate on Tuesday condemned the invasion of the Abuja home of Supreme Court Justice, Mary Peter-Odili, by operatives of security agencies.

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Senate approves N74.773bn budget for Police Trust Fund

The Senate on Tuesday approved the sum of N74,773,601,916 billion as 2022 budget for the Nigeria Police Trust Fund. The approval followed the consideration of a report by the Joint

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Lai Muhammed denies sponsoring any bill to gag the press, social media

The Minister of Information and culture, Lai Muhammed has denied sponsoring any bills purportedly meant to gag the press and regulate social media. Speaking in an interview with newsmen in

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2023: N’Assembly will support INEC to delineate electoral constituencies

 President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has assured Nigerians that the National Assembly will work with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in its bid to properly delineate electoral constituencies

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NASS Leaking Roof: Senate denies receiving N37B for renovation

By Martin Odiete, Abuja …………………….Following the widely circulated leaking roof incident at the National Assembly complex after a heavy down pour on Tuesday, which has led to several insinuation from

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Senate to engage Finance Minister on 2017-2020 Economic Recovery Plan

The Senate has mandated six of its Committees to engage the Minister of Finance, Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed, on the Federal Government’s elapsed Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP) between 2017

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Senate receives Buhari’s request for N895.84bn supplementary budget

The Senate on Tuesday received a supplementary appropriation bill from President Muhammadu Buhari to approve the sum of N895.842,465,917 billion as supplementary budget for the 2021 fiscal year.  The bill

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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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