The Senate has confirmed the appointment of Dr. Olayemi Cardoso as the substantive Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. Also confirmed are four Deputy Governors who were nominated along with Cardoso by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu recently. The confirmation was a sequel to the voice votes by the distinguished Senators present. “The nomination of Olayemi Cardoso is hereby confirmed as the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria,” […]
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD)says it will call off its two weeks old strike. National President of the Association, Doctor Emeka Orji stated this after an executive session with Principal Officers of the red chamber in Abuja. Doctor Orji told newsmen after the executive session that the meeting was fruitful added that their deliberations would be tabled before the National Executive Council, NEC of the Association stressing that […]
President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio has unveiled Chairmen and Vice Chairmen of standing committees of the Senate . As announced by Akpabio, Senators Sani Musa ( APC Niger East ) chairs Senate Committee on Finance, Enyinnaya Ab Abaribe ( APGA Abia South ) Power, Adams Oshiomhole ( APC Edo North) Interior, Abdulfattah Buhari ( APC Oyo North) Aviation, Osita Izunaso ( APC Imo West ) Capital Market, Aminu Waziri […]
The Senate has confirmed 45 nominees out of the 48 Ministerial nominations by President Bola Tinubu. Those affected are Nasir El Rufai from Kaduna State, Abubakar Danladi from Taraba State and Stella Okotete from Delta State. Those cleared are: Sen Abubakar Kyari (Borno ), Abubakar Momoh (Edo), Nyesom Wike (Rivers), Prof. Joseph Utsev (Benue), Sen. John Enoh (Cross River). Others are Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo (Ondo), Dr Betta Edu (Cross River) […]
The former Minister of State for Labour, Employment and Productivity, Mr. Festus Keyamo, SAN, has apologized to the Senate for disrespecting the National Assembly over the implementation of the 774,000 Special Public Works Programme implemented in the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. Earlier, the Senate witnessed a rowdy session after the Senate Minority Whip, Darlington Nwokocha raised issues against Keyamo, a ministerial nominee from Delta State, when he appeared for […]
The e Senate has applauded the Super Falcons for their performance at the ongoing 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup. The Super Falcons crashed out on Monday after losing to England - 4-2 on penalties. The Red Chamber commended the players following a point of order by the Deputy President of the Senate, Barau Jibrin, during plenary in Abuja. Raising a point of order on personal explanation, Senator Barau requested the […]
Ministerial nominee for Ogun State, Dr. Bosun Tijani, has apologized to the Senate over his past unpatriotic and derogatory tweets against Senators and Nigeria as a nation. Tijani, an Information and Communication Technology, ICT professional, made the apology while fielding questions from Senators during the ministerial screening. Senator AbdulFatai Buhari representing Oyo North had taken Tijani up on some non-patriotic tweets he posted about four years ago, which the lawmaker […]
The Nigerian Senate has rejected a request by President Bola Tinubu that Nigeria should intervene militarily in the Niger Republic. The Nigerien military overthrew the democratically elected government in the country last week, and Tinubu had written to the Senate requesting that they pass a resolution to allow Nigeria to intervene to restore democracy. Intelregion reported that the letter which was read during plenary on Friday by President of the […]
The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday, unveiled the second batch of the ministerial list from President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in accordance with section 147 subsection 2 of the constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria,1999 as amended. The president forwarded additional 19 names of ministerial nominees. This is contained in an executive communication submitted at the floor of the Senate by the Chief of staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila. Senate […]
