The Senate on Wednesday revisited the sexual harassment bill passed by the 8th Senate. The 8th Senate had proposed a five-year sentence and N5m fine for lecturers convicted for sexually harassing male or female students. However, the passing of the bill into law had a setback because it was not given Presidential assent after its…
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President Muhammadu Buhari has assented to two bills passed by the eighth National Assembly. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Senator Ita Enang, disclosed this at a news conference in Abuja on Wednesday. He listed the bills to include Federal University of Agriculture Zuru, Kebbi State Bill and the…
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The Peoples Democratic Party on Monday urged the Senate to further give credibility to its ministerial screening by sending the names of the ministerial nominees to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for further investigation and screening. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, in a statement also stated that the screening must have…
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Nigerians have reacted in their different opinions after President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday sent a 43-man ministerial list to the Senate for screening and confirmation. See Full List Below 1.Dr. Ikechukwu Ogah (Abia State) 2. Mohammed Musa Bello (Adamawa State) reappointed 3. Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom State) 4. Chris Ngige (Anambra State) reappointment 5. Sharon…
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday at the Presidential Villa, signed the Public Holidays Act Amendment Bill into law. Sen. Ita Enang, Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate) disclosed this to State House correspondents in Abuja. Enang said that the Act declared June 12 of every year as public holiday and…
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The Senate has confirmed Dr. Godwin Emefiele as Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria for a second term. Emefiele, who was appointed as CBN Governor on June 2, 2014, is due to end his first term on June 2, this year. According to reports, Emefiele had been screened by the Senate Committee on Banking,…
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Going by the senatorial election results announced in states by Returning Officers, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) seems set to dominate the 109-member Red Chamber. Out of the 18 seats in the Southwest, the APC won 14, leaving four to the PDP. It is being trailed by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). There…
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The management and leadership of the National Assembly have explained why they invited the Nigeria Police and the Department of State Services to secure the complex. The leadership is led by President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, while the management is led by Clerk to the National…
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The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, said on Thursday that he was glad the Senate refused to confirm him as the substantive chairman of the anti-graft agency. Magu said if the Senate had confirmed him, perhaps he would not have been able to perform as much as he had…
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Six months after his conviction by a Federal Capital Territory High Court, Senator Joshua Dariye is still receiving the N750, 000 salary and N13.5m monthly running cost from the National Assembly. Dariye, who represents Plateau-Central Senatorial District, was still receiving the allowances because his seat had yet to be declared vacant by the leadership of…
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