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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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Leadership failure causes poverty, insurgency, others – Omo-Agege

The Deputy Senate President, Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege, has attributed the prevailing poverty, political instability, insurgence and collapse of government institutions to leadership failure.

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APC loses 3 more Senators to opposition parties

Three Senators belonging to the All Progressives Congress (APC) have resigned their membership of the ruling party.

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APC loses two Senators to opposition party, PDP

…Abaribe to resign as Minority Leader Wednesday Two prominent members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senate Majority Leader, Yahaya Abdullahi, and Adamu Aliero, have officially defected to the Peoples’

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Senate confirms five nominees as INEC Commissioners, rejects Lauretta Onochie

The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of five nominees as Commissioners of the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) This was just as it rejected the nomination of Lauretta Onochie

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Senate approves establishment of Nigerian French Language Village

The Senate on Tuesday passed a bill to establish the Nigerian French Language Village, Badagry, Lagos State, as an Inter-University Centre for French Studies. The passage of the bill followed

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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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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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