Senate Tasks FG to Address Aviation Infrastructure Decay, Others The Senate Committee on Aviation has listed infrastructure deficit, incessant picketing of various agencies by unions, lingering labour matters, constant demolitions of structures around the airports and other long-standing challenges as the among the challenges stunting...

Senate Approves Restructuring Of FG’s N22.7trn Unbudgeted Loans From CBN   The Senate yesterday approved the request of President Muhammadu Buhari to restructure the N22.7 trillion Ways and Means loan advanced to the Federal Government by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The approval followed the consideration...

Senate Charges NNPC for Mismanagement of N102bn Crude Oil Deliveries Senate has indicted Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited for poor record-keeping for crude oil deliveries to Warri Refinery and Petrochemical Company and Kaduna Refinery and Petrochemical Company worth $376, 655,589 (N102.6bn). The indictment stemmed from the...

Fresh Audit Report Indicts 37 Fed Govt Agencies   The Senate on Tuesday started the consideration of the 2016 Auditor General report as the Panel on Public Accounts indicted 37 Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) for violation of financial procedure. The consideration of the report, which started...

Senate Pushes 2022 Budget Implementation To June   The Senate yesterday extended the implementation of the capital component of the 2022 budget from 31st March, 2023 to 30th June, 2023 The extension followed a lead debate by the senate leader, Senator Ibrahim Gobir (Sokoto East-Senate Leader) requesting...

Buhari Signs Business Facilitation Bill into Law President Muhammadu Buhari has signed Business Facilitation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022 and five other bills passed by the National Assembly. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Senator Babajide Omoworare, made this known in...