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Senate passes bills to establish two federal varsities in Ekiti, Nasarawa states

The Senate on Tuesday passed two bills seeking to establish two federal universities in Ekiti and Nasarawa States. The bills are Federal University of Health and Medical Sciences Iyin, Ekiti

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Insecurity: Senate receives executive bills on gun control, importation of explosives

The Senate has received two executive bills transmitted by President Muhammadu Buhari to control the proliferation of arms and regulate the importation and exportation of explosives in the country. They

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Senate receives Buhari’s request to approve $4.054bn, €710m, $125m external borrowing

The Senate has received a formal request from President Muhammadu Buhari to consider and approve an external loan to fund projects captured under the 2018-2021 borrowing plan. The letter dated

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Insecurity remains FG’s biggest challenge that must be tackled – Lawan 

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said that the issue of insecurity remains the biggest challenge that must be prioritized and tackled headlong by constant engagement between the Executive

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Bunmi Haruna calls for SWAN inclusion on NSC board

Bunmi Haruna, chairman of the Sports Writers’ Association of Nigeria (SWAN) FCT chapter, has called for the inclusion of the body on the National Sports Commission (NSC) board. The newly

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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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More crisis rocks PDP as 3 more Senators defect to APC

Three Senators belonging to the Peoples’ Democratic Party, on Wednesday, resigned their membership of the party and defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC).  The lawmakers in three separate letters

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2021: Senate passes N329.963bn budget for Federal Capital Territory

The Senate has passed the sum of N329,963,491,523 billion as Statutory budget for the Federal Capital Territory for the year 2021.  The passage followed the consideration of the report of

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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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