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Senate passes bill to amend CBN Act for 2nd reading

The Senate on Tuesday at plenary, passed for second reading, a bill to amend the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Act.

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Buhari to present 2023 budget in October: Gbajabiamila

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila says President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to present the 2023 budget to the National Assembly in October.

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Senate passes Electricity Bill to boost power distribution

…seeks increased investments, reform of Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry The Senate, on Wednesday, passed the Electricity Bill, 2022. The bill’s passage was sequel to the consideration of a report by

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Kuje terrorists attack symptomatic of security failure, insider conspiracy – Senate President

…says relevant authorities must be sanctioned …faults lack of CCTV at correctional centre President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said that Tuesday’s attack on the Kuje Medium Security Custodial

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Senate confirms Buhari’s seven nominees as minister-designates

The Senate, on Wednesday, screened and confirmed the seven ministerial nominees whose names were sent last week by President Muhammadu Buhari for confirmation as Minister-designates.

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Reps to investigate NNPC fuel subsidy claim from 2017-2021

The House of Representatives, has constituted an Ad-hoc Committee to investigate the Petroleum Products Subsidy regime between 2017 and 2021 by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC).

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N’Assembly will amend electoral act to remedy weaknesses – Lawan

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said that efforts will be made by the National Assembly to amend the electoral act to serve as safeguard against weaknesses identified in

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Senate to probe petition by Supreme Court Justices despite former CJN’s resignation

…seeks measures to avert crisis in Judiciary The Senate has mandated the Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, to go ahead with the probe of the crisis in

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Senate passes five bills for concurrence

The Senate has passed five bills from the House of Representatives for concurrence.

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Two Senators resign from APC, PDP, defect to Labour, NNPP

Two Senators from Bauchi and Imo States, have resigned their membership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), respectively.

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