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Senate Rejects Aliyu Sa’ida Abubakar And Pastor Ezekiel Yissa As Commissioners Of NCC
The Senate on Thursday 17th November 2016 rejected President Muhammadu Buhari’s nomination of Mr. Aliyu Sa’ida Abubakar (Bauchi) and Pastor Ezekiel Yissa (Kwara) as Commissioners for the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) . The refusal followed the recommendation of its Committee on Communications. Presenting the Committee report, Sen. Gilbert Nnaji (PDP:Enugu), Chairman of the Committee explained […]
November 17, 2016
Senate To Investigate Nigerian Customs Service Over Decline In Revenue Generation
The Senate has mandated its Committee on Customs, Excise and Tariff to carry out holistic investigation into the activities of the Nigerian Customs Service with a view to identifying leakages, irregularities and the causes of the declining revenue profile of the Customs Service and come up with recommendations aimed at reinvigorating the revenue profile of […]
Bills To Amend Terrorism Act (2011) And (2013) Passes Second Reading In The House
“A Bill for an Act to make provisions for offences relating to Terrorism, Prohibit the financing of Terrorism and Consolidate all Acts relating to Terrorism (HB 333)” and “A Bill for an Act to Amend the Terrorism Act of 2011 for the purpose of Applying stringent prison terms for offences of Terrorism, and Remove the […]
Senate To Intervene To Avert Proposed Warning Strike By Asuu
The Senate has requested that the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki (APC:Kwara) should intervene to avert a proposed 1 week warning strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) following Sen. Barau Jibrin’s (APC:Kano) motion brought under matters of public importance titled ‘‘Demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and Need for […]
November 15, 2016
Senate Confirms 47 Career Ambassadorial Nominees
The Senate on Tuesday 15th November, 2016 confirmed the President’s nomination of 47 career ambassadorial nominees. It would be recalled that President Muhammadu Buhari had forwarded the list of 47 career ambassadorial nominees to the Senate for confirmation since June, 2016. Presenting the report of the Committee, the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, […]
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