LEGISLATURE

The Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio has replied legal luminary, Mr Femi Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, on his petition over the suspension of the Senator representing Bauchi Central, Senator Abdul Ningi. Akpabio, through his counsel, Kalu Uche, SAN, in a reply…

The Senate has pledged to take an action that will favour Nigerians regarding the over 300% increase in electricity tariff for certain customers under the Band A classification when it resumes plenary on April 16. The Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public…

A member representing Musawa/Matazu Federal Constituency at the National Assembly, Hon. Abdullahi Aliyu Ahmed, has threatened to take legal action against the management of Air Peace Limited over irregularities. The lawmaker, while addressing reporters on Sunday, noted that the Nigerian airline has changed…

The Senate has moved to recover the N1.079 trillion loans to farmers under the Anchor Borrowers Loan scheme of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) under the President Muhammadu Buhari administration. The Upper Chamber of the National Assembly through its Adhoc committee probing…

A bill for the amendment of the Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC, Act to increase its funding from the consolidated revenue from 2 to 4.per cent has passed the second reading in the House Representatives. The Chairman, House Committee on Basic Education and…

The Senate has passed the Student Loans Access to Higher Education) Act (Repeal and Re-Enactment) Bill, 2024. The passage followed the consideration of a report of the Committee on Tertiary Institutions and Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND), presented by the Chairman representing Katsina…

The Senate has passed a Bill, which seeks to establish the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Trust Fund. The bill seeks to provide a sustainable source of funds for the NYSC, skill acquisition, training and empowerment of Corps members, training and retraining of the personnel…

President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, transmitted a letter to the National Assembly praying it to pass a new bill seeking to provide new salaries and allowances for judicial officers across the country. The letter read was at plenary by the Speaker, Abbas Tajudeen…

The Senate Tuesday extended the implementation period for the 2023 supplementary budget from March 31, 2024, to June 30, 2024. The Senate had in December 2023, extended implementation of the N1.3tn supplementary budget from December 31, 2023, to March 31, 2024. But the Red…