$10bn Gas Project: Senate Probes Italian Firm Over Local Content Law   The leadership of the Senate has directed its Committee on Local Content to immediately commence investigations into the alleged breach of local content law by an Italian firm. The development was sequel to a petition...

Senate Concludes Debate On 2022 Budget The Senate will on Wednesday (today) conclude its debate on the general principles of the 2022 Appropriation Bill which it started on Tuesday. The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, presided over the plenary, where senators bared their minds on...

Senate Probes Budget Office Over N19bn Payment Without Approval   The Senate on Tuesday commenced investigation into alleged illegal payment of N19bn to four federal agencies, by the Budget Office. Officials of the Budget Office did not appear before the Senate Public Accounts Committee. SPAC, relying on the...

Work Begins On N16.39trn Budget As Senate Panel Gets Documents Today   The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, is expected to forward the 2022 Appropriation Bill to the Committee on Appropriation on Tuesday (today) during the plenary. A member of the panel disclosed this on condition of anonymity...

Senate Summons Freight Agents Over Illegal Cargo Charges         The Senate has commenced moves to stop processing delay and illegal charges on cargo transport by freight agents in Nigeria. The decision to end multiple charges on cargo processing and transport was reached by the upper chamber in...

Oil Benchmark Dispute Delays MTEF/FSP Consideration In Senate           The disagreement between the leadership of the Senate and the joint Senate committees that worked on the 2022-2024 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper over the oil benchmark for the 2022 budget stalled the consideration...