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Minimum Wage: Public Outcry As Senate Okays Over N60m Annual Salary For CJN, Supreme Court Justices

There has been an outcry by Netizens over Senate’s passage, on Wednesday, of a bill seeking an upward review of salaries, allowances and other fringe benefits of judicial officers in the country, including the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) and Supreme Court justices.

June 6, 2024

Senate Speedily Passes N2.176trn Supplementary Budget, Cites Dry Season As Reason

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Nigerian Senate To Enlist EFCC Against 15 Oil Firms Over N135 Billion CBN Loan

In a heated session, the Nigerian Senate Committee on Gas Resources wielded the sword of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against 15 oil and gas companies alleged to have misappropriated a sum of N135 billion in Central Bank of Nigeria

December 1, 2023

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Senate Order Budget Office To Refund N19 billion Disbursed Without Approval

Due to its failure to receive approval before disbursing N19 billion to four Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), the Budget Office has been directed by the Senate to refund the sum. The Senate disclosed that the Budget Office handed N19 billion to

April 10, 2023

NNPCL Denies Inflating Fuel Subsidy Payments

Business·Oil & Gas

Senate Queries NNPC Over Missing N102.6 billion Oil Sales

The Senate has disclosed that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Limited failed to account for the N102.6 billion crude oil lifted to two refineries in Nigeria. According to the Senate Committee on Public Accounts, 8,399,017 barrels of crude oil were delivered

April 7, 2023

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Senate Sets Up Special Committee To Probe CBN’s N22.8trn Loan To Buhari’s Gov’t

The Nigerian Senate has set up a special committee to probe the Ways & Means loans the Federal Government obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and request by President Muhammadu Buhari to restructure the credit. Buhari had written to the

December 29, 2022

Reps Investigate Cash Crunch As Economic Hardship Worsens

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Senate Speaks Against CBN’s Cash Withdrawal Policy, Sets Acceptable Limit

The Senate has told the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to increase the cash withdrawal threshold it announced last week, as the instructed limit will affect Nigerians. According to some members of the upper chamber, Senator Surajudeen Basiru and Senator Orji Kalu,

December 14, 2022

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Nigerian Gov’t Official Blames Termites For Missing Evidence Of Untraceable N17.15 billion

The Managing Director of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Michael Akabogu, has claimed that documents conveying evidence of N17.158 billion spent in 2013 could have been eaten by termites. Akabogu made the statement amid investigation into the finances of NSITF

August 15, 2022

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Organ Harvesting: Senator Sani Canvasses Support For Embattled Ekweremadu

Following the arrest of former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu in the UK on allegations of organ harvesting, Senator Shehu Sani has posited that the troubled law maker should get all consular support required to expedite his possible release.

June 29, 2022

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2023: Abia Stakeholders, Politicians Drum Support For Abaribe Despite The Zoning Controversy

Important stakeholders, including politicians across the political divide in Abia State have endorsed the ambition of Sen. Enyinnaya Abaribe to govern the state in 2023. They insisted that among the aspirants for the plum position across all political parties in the state

April 15, 2022

News·Politics

APC National Chairman Adamu, Kyari Resign From Senate

The recently elected national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Abdullahi Adamu and the party deputy national chairman (North), Sen. Abubakar Kyari have resigned from the Senate in order to concentrate on their work in the party.

April 12, 2022

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Minimum Wage: Public Outcry As Senate Okays Over N60m Annual Salary For CJN, Supreme Court Justices

Nigerian Senate To Enlist EFCC Against 15 Oil Firms Over N135 Billion CBN Loan

Senate Order Budget Office To Refund N19 billion Disbursed Without Approval

Senate Queries NNPC Over Missing N102.6 billion Oil Sales

Senate Sets Up Special Committee To Probe CBN’s N22.8trn Loan To Buhari’s Gov’t

Senate Speaks Against CBN’s Cash Withdrawal Policy, Sets Acceptable Limit

Organ Harvesting: Senator Sani Canvasses Support For Embattled Ekweremadu

2023: Abia Stakeholders, Politicians Drum Support For Abaribe Despite The Zoning Controversy

APC National Chairman Adamu, Kyari Resign From Senate

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