Ministerial nominee, Professor Joseph Utsev was accused of age discrepancy during screening by the senate. During screening today, some senators pointed out that his Curriculum Vitae says he was born in 1980 and started...
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Senate set to screen ministerial nominees
VAM News Update THE 28 ministerial nominees proposed by President Bola Tinubu, will on Monday, July 31, be screened by the senate. This was disclosed by Spokesperson of the Senate, Sen. Adeyemi Adaramodu (APC-Ekiti)...
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List: Tinubu seeks confirmation of fresh appointments
President Bola Tinubu has written the Senate to seek confirmation of appointments of members and Executive Management of the governing board of the North East Development Commission (NEDC). Tinubu’s letter, which was addressed to...
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Anger as Senate defends N70bn palliative for lawmakers
Anger has continued to trail the decision by the National Assembly to earmark N70bn for its members out of the N819bn federal supplementary budget passed by the legislature last week. The lawmakers had...
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JUST IN: Senate probes IPPIS over fraud
The Senate, on Wednesday, launched an investigation into allegations of bribery and corruption levelled against officials of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System at various universities across the federation. The Senate also...
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Senate Amends ‘2022 Supplementary Appropriation Act’
VOICE AIR MEDIA News Update THE senate has extended the implementation period of the 2022 supplementary Appropriation Act from June 30, to December 31, 2023. The extension was done at an emergency plenary where...
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Buhari Seeks Senate Approval To Borrow $800m For NSSN Programme
VOICE AIR MEDIA News Update President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday urged the Senate to approve a new loan request of $800million. It was gathered that the President Buhari, in a letter read by Senate...
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Senate Moves To Regulate Practice Of ‘Christianity’ In Nigeria
•As Bill Passes Second Reading A bill seeking to create a National Centre for Christian Education to regulate and set standards for the practice of Christianity in Nigeria has passed the second reading at...
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FG to Senate: You can’t stop demolition of aviation agencies’ offices
The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has said the Senate can not stop the plan to demolish head offices of aviation agencies at Murtala Mohammed… The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has...
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BREAKING: Senate Reschedules Plenary Resumption Date
The Senate has set May 2, 2023 as the new start date for its plenary session. The postponement was announced by the Senate clerk, Chinedu Francis Akubueze, in a statement on Friday. ...
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