Senate

4 Minutes

Local News

BREAKING: Senate validates Buhari’s aide as NDDC chairman, others

VAM News December 20, 2022 0 Comment

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...

1 Minute

National

Money Withdrawal Limit: Senate Raises Concern, Set To Debate New CBN Policy

Bright Olorungbotemi December 7, 2022 0 Comment

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...

2 Minutes

National

EFCC Tables N41.1bn Proposal to Senate as 2023 Budget

VAM News October 28, 2022 0 Comment

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...

2 Minutes

Politics

BREAKING: Shokoya Defeats Adenaike in Court, Set For Senate

VAM News October 17, 2022 0 Comment

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...

3 Minutes

Extra

Senate seeks NIDCOM upgrade to ministry

Akanji Philip October 14, 2022 0 Comment

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...

2 Minutes

National

Senate threatens arrest of heads of erring MDAs over N5trn wide votes

Akanji Philip October 13, 2022 0 Comment

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...

1 Minute

National

2023 Budget: Removal of FIRS, NCC, 8 other Government-owned enterprises Surfaced

VAM News October 7, 2022 0 Comment

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...

1 Minute

National

JUST IN: Prosecute arrested oil thieves, Senate tasks security chiefs

Akanji Philip September 12, 2022 0 Comment

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...

1 Minute

National Politics

Shakeups in APC As 12 Nigerian lawmakers Submit Defection letters

VAM News July 29, 2022 0 Comment

THE All Progressive Congress (APC) is about to lose majority in the Red Chamber as Senate President, Senator Ahmad Lawan, is sitting on defection letters of at least 12 Senators. Presently, the numerical strength...

2 Minutes

World News

Alleged Organ Harvesting: Nigerian Senate steps in, takes new action over Ekweremadu, Wife’s case

VAM News June 29, 2022 0 Comment

The senate has dispatched a delegation to the UK over the ”organ harvest” case involving Ike Ekweremadu, former deputy senate president, and Beatrice, his wife. Last week, the London Metropolitan Police arrested and charged...