Senate To Debate PIB Report Thursday       The Senate will, Thursday this week, debate the report of its joint committees on Petroleum (Upstream, Downstream and Gas) on the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). Senate President Ahmad Lawan disclosed this on Tuesday after the chairman of the panel, Senator...

Senate Passes N329.96bn As Statutory Budget For FCT       The Senate on Tuesday approved N329.96bn as statutory budget for the Federal Capital Territory for the year 2021. The passage followed the consideration of the report of the Committee on Federal Capital Territory on the FCT Appropriation Bill,...

Senate Berates NSITF Management Over Alleged N84bn Embezzlement       The Senate on Monday berated the management of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund over an alleged misappropriation of N84bn within four years. The Senate Public Accounts Committee stated this while scrutinising the 2017 report of the Auditor...

Audit Queries: Senate Threatens To Publish Erring MDAs’ List       The Senate on Tuesday pledged to publish the names of Ministries, Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government that failed to defend queries raised against them by the Auditor General for the Federation. The President of the...

Senate Indicts NSA Over Alleged Diversion Of $2.3bn, Others       The Senate has indicted the Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) over an alleged diversion of N1,075,266,599.06, $2,301,329.54 and €196,257.42 by the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). Apart from asking the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)...

Senate Probes NIMC Over N229m Contract Payments     The Senate Public Account Committee is currently investigating the authorities of the National Identity Management Commission over the alleged non- compliance with Public Procurement Act in the award of a N229m contract. The SPAC hinged the probe on the...