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ROUNDUP: Budget padding controversy, Ningi's suspension, probe of N30 trillion CBN loan, change of leadership in senators groups, other top stories at Senate

Nigeria, March 18 -- The Senate began legislative activities last Monday with the inauguration of a nine-member ad hoc committee to interrogate the disbursement and usage of the 30 trillion Ways and M... Read More


ROUNDUP: Budget padding controversy, Ningi's suspension, probe of N30 trillion CBN loan, change of leadership in senators groups, others top stories at Senate

Nigeria, March 18 -- The Senate began legislative activities last Monday with the inauguration of a nine-member ad hoc committee to interrogate the disbursement and usage of the 30 trillion Ways and M... Read More


US-based Nigerian gospel artiste to launch Yoruba version of Song of Psalms

Nigeria, March 16 -- A Nigerian gospel singer, John Kola-Idowu, will launch the Yoruba version of Song of Psalms in the United States of America on 6 April. Mr Kola-Idowu, an evangelist, has decades ... Read More


Constitution Review: Akpabio seeks collaboration with NBA

Nigeria, March 15 -- The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has called on the leadership of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to collaborate with the Constitution Review Committee of the 10th Senate... Read More


Yar'adua replaces Ningi as chairman of Northern Senators Forum

Nigeria, March 15 -- Abdulaziz Yar'adua, the senator representing Katsina Central Senatorial District, has been appointed as Chairman of the Northern Senators Forum (NSF). The Forum also appointed Mo... Read More


Yari denies involvement in floating new party

Nigeria, March 15 -- The senator representing Zamfara West Senatorial District, Abdulaziz Yari, has denied joining forces with others to form a new political party ahead of 2027 general election. Mr ... Read More


Group faults Ningi's suspension, cautions Senate against intimidating opposition lawmakers

Nigeria, March 13 -- The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC)/Transparency International in Nigeria (TI-Nigeria) has called on the leadership of the Nigerian Senate to desist from intimi... Read More


Tinubu replaces South-east nominee who rejected membership of CBN Board

Nigeria, March 13 -- President Bola Tinubu has asked the Senate to screen and confirm Ruby Onwudiwe as a member of the board of directors of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The president's request... Read More


Nigerian lawmaker reveals each ranking senator got N500m worth of project in 2024

Nigeria, March 13 -- The senator representing Cross River North, Agom Jarigbe, on Tuesday, revealed that some ranking senators received N500 million projects allocated for each of them in the 2024 bud... Read More


Alleged Budget Padding: Senate suspends Ningi

Nigeria, March 12 -- The Senate on Tuesday suspended the senator representing Bauchi Central Senatorial District, Abdul Ningi, for three months for alleging that the 2024 budget was padded with N3 tri... Read More