The Senate on Tuesday January 24, 2023 appealed to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to extend the deadline for the exchange of old naira notes from the January 31 deadline to July 31,...
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Extra-budgetary spending: Senate suspends Buhari’s request to approve N23.7trn
VOICE AIR MEDIA THE senate has suspended a request by President Muhammadu Buhari to approve N23.7 trillion spent without the approval of the national assembly. The senate resolved to suspend the request after a...
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BREAKING: Senate validates Buhari’s aide as NDDC chairman, others
VOICE AIR MEDIA •steps down confirmation of Pius Odubu, Anthony Okanne for non appearance THE Senate on Tuesday validated the Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on new Media, Mrs Lauretta Ifeanyi Onochie from...
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Money Withdrawal Limit: Senate Raises Concern, Set To Debate New CBN Policy
VOICE AIR MEDIA THE Senate has raised concerns about the latest Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) policy on cash withdrawals. Senate Minority Leader Phillip Aduda in a point of order during plenary on Wednesday...
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EFCC Tables N41.1bn Proposal to Senate as 2023 Budget
VOICE AIR MEDIA The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa on Thursday, presented an estimate of N41,120,071,521.75 (Forty One Billion, One Hundred and Twenty Million, Seventy One...
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BREAKING: Shokoya Defeats Adenaike in Court, Set For Senate
One of the youngest 2023 senatorial candidate in Ogun East under Social Democratic Party (SDP), Adewale Shokoya who hails for Ikenne local government has defeated a senior aide to Minister of Education, Adewale Adenaike...
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Senate seeks NIDCOM upgrade to ministry
The Senate has called for an upgrade of the Nigerian In Diasporan Commission to a ministry in order to meet its obligations to millions of citizens in foreign countries. The lawmakers made the...
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Senate threatens arrest of heads of erring MDAs over N5trn wide votes
The Nigerian Senate has threatened to detain the heads of any Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) that misused the N5 trillion in Service Wide Votes (SWV) from 2017 to 2021 and received benefits without...
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2023 Budget: Removal of FIRS, NCC, 8 other Government-owned enterprises Surfaced
The Senate has okayed the removal of Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), and 8 other Government-owned Enterprises (GoEs) from 2023 national budget. This is as the 2023 national budget was...
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JUST IN: Prosecute arrested oil thieves, Senate tasks security chiefs
The Senate has tasked heads of relevant security agencies and the judiciary to prosecute apprehended terrorists and oil thieves in the country. The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, said this at a meeting between...
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