The Senate has ordered a comprehensive probe into the activities of security forces and organised groups employing sophisticated techniques to steal crude oil in the country. This decision was prompted by a motion put forth during Tuesday’s plenary session by Senator Ned Nwoko (PDP, Delta North), who reeled out data on what Nigeria loses to pipeline vandalism and oil bunkering. …

The Senate, on Tuesday, embarked on amendment of National Social Investment Programme Agency Act (NSIPA), 2023 aimed at moving the agency from Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation to the Presidency. Senate Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele initiated the bill at the plenary on Tuesday, seeking to amend the National Social Investment Programme Agency Act, 2023. Specifically, according to Bamidele, …

The Senate said that it would give the proposed new minimum wage bill from the Executive arm of government expeditious consideration towards ensuring improved welfare for Nigerian workers and industrial harmony in the country. In a statement in Abuja on Friday, the Chairman Senate Committee on Employment, Labour, and Productivity, Senator Diket Plang (APC – Plateau Central) assured Nigerians that …

The Senate has summoned the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Barrister Nyesom Wike; the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun; and the Minister of Health, Prof. Ali Pate compelling their appearance before the committees on Health and Police Affairs. The summons pertains to the tragic passing of Greatness Olorunfemi, a victim of the notorious ‘one-chance’ operators in Abuja. Furthermore, Wike, …

The Senate on Thursday summoned Service Chiefs to brief it in a closed door on steps being taken to mitigate rising insecurity in the country. The Service Chiefs are: Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa; Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General Taoreed Lagbaja; Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Hassan Abubakar; and Chief of Naval Staff; Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla. …

The Senate, on Tuesday, warned President Bola Tinubu against illegal spending and advised him to seek a supplementary budget for its Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) initiative. The Senate, through its Committee on Gas, led by Senator Jarigbe Jarigbe, urged the executive arm of government to expeditiously present a 2023 Supplementary Budget to the National Assembly to kick start the CNG …

The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Mr. Olayemi Cardoso as Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), CBN. Other nominees who were confirmed as Deputy Governors are: Emem Usoro, Muhammad Abdullahi-Dattijo Philip Ikeazor and Bala Bello. Their screening commenced after hours of closed-door meeting, which was presided by the Senate President Godswill Obot Akpabío, having resumed from a two month …

The  Senate will today (Tuesday) screen the acting Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN),  Dr. Olayemi Cardoso, for confirmation, alongside four nominees as Deputy Governors, to steer affairs of the apex bank in the next five years. In a statement on Monday, the Media Office of the Senate Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele said that The Red Chamber, which …

The Senate, through its committee on Finance, has said that Nigeria could generate about $3 billion from solid minerals. In a statement, the Chairman of the Finance Committee, Senator Sani Musa, on Sunday said the informal sector, particularly the mining industry, is a hidden gem in the nation’s revenue potential. He also stated the Senate Finance Committee will seriously look …

The Senate has sought the immediate appointment of an Auditor General for the Federation in compliance with Section 86 of the 1999 Constitution. The upper legislative chamber made this known in a communication to President Bola Tinubu signed by Chairman, Senate Committee on Public Accounts, Senator Aliyu Wadada. It expressed concern that the Office of the Auditor-General for the Federation …