The Senate Committee Chairman on Appropriations, Senator Olamilekan Adeola has promised that the Nigeria Senate will continue to support the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETfund), to advance tertiary education in the country, through the enactment of relevant laws. Senator Adeola, who made the promise while commissioning some projects worth over N2 billion, donated by TETFUND to some higher institutions in …

The Senate committees on Appropriations and Solid Minerals on Wednesday affirmed the imperative of increasing budgetary allocations to the solid minerals development ministry to enable the mining sector lead the way in diversifying the nation’s economy. Addressing the Senate committee on Solid minerals during a budget defence session, the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake reeled out his …

Senate has expressed displeasure over the inability of key revenue-generating agencies, including the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA) and Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to stop what it called serious cases of revenue leakages in the country. The Senate, which spoke through its Public Account Committee, disclosed that the NPA failed to recover $1 billion, representing the debt of terminal operators as …

The Senate has moved to cut off statutory allocation to the local government areas whose chief executives and councillors are not elected. The Senate set this in motion on Friday when it urged the Federal Government to cut off appointed local governments from allocations. This resolution followed a motion by the Senate Minority Leader, Senator Abba Moro (PDP, Benue South) …

The Senate has passed the N27.5 trillion ‘Renewed Hope’ Budget for a second reading. The budget was passed on Friday after various deliberations by senators who applauded the president for his good intentions for the country. The budget was passed and referred to the Committee on Appropriations after being put to a voice vote by the Deputy Senate President Jibrin …

President Bola Tinubu has transmitted an executive communication to the Senate, indicating his intention to present the 2024 Appropriation Bill to a joint session of the National Assembly tomorrow, Wednesday, 29th November by 11 am. President Tinubu’s letter of intent was read by Senate President, Godswill Akpabio at the plenary on Tuesday. On Monday, the Federal Executive Council meeting approved …

The Senate, on Thursday, sought the inclusion of Nigeria in the $147 billion global bitumen market with the passage for a second reading, a bill seeking the establishment of a Bitumen Development Commission. Senator Jimoh Ibrahim (APC, Ondo South), who sponsored the bill, said Nigeria has 38 billion bitumen reserves. According to Ibrahim, Ondo State has the highest bitumen deposit …

The Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions has asked two students, Cyprian Igwe and Olamilekan Oladeru, who were expelled by the University of Abuja in July, over an alleged plan to protest against the proposed fees hike to appear before it on Tuesday. The students had petitioned the Senate, asking the Red Chamber to intervene and prevail on …

The 10th House of Representatives is ready to partner with the Senate and state assemblies to reach a common ground in the Nigerian constitutional amendment process. The Chairman of the House Committee on Judiciary, Oluwole Oke, made this known in a phone interview with Sunday PUNCH in Abuja and said the legislature would continue to do its work in the …

The Senate yesterday commended moves to establish a Federal Data Bank in the country. The commendation followed the first reading of a Bill titled: “A Bill for an Act for the establishment of a Federal Data Bank that would cover every sector of the economy and provide data for development for the public and private sectors during plenary. The bill …