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…
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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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
BREAKING: Senate queries State House, MDAs over N969bn budgetary allocation
The Senate through its Public Accounts Committee has queried the State House and 557 Ministries, Departments and Agencies over the failure to account for N969 billion “intangible assets” in the 2019 budget….
2023 NASS: Seven Political Parties Enter For Senate, Eight Clinch Reps Seats
VOICE AIR MEDIA News Update THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday rolled out the results for last weekend national assembly elections. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu in a press briefing…
Senate Suspends Plenary Till After 2023 Elections
VOICE AIR MEDIA News Update THE Senate has suspended plenary to enable the lawmakers to participate in campaigns for the general elections. President of the Senate, Dr Ahmad Lawan made the announcement…