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Senate orders NCC to halt planned hike in data tariffs The Senate, Wednesday, ordered the Nigerian Communication Commission, NCC, to halt immediately, its planned hike in data tariff. The senate which mandated a Committee on Communication to carry out through oversight on the process to ensure that Nigerians are carried along in the process said it must ensure that Nigerians are …

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Senate Set To Strengthen AMCON’s Debt Recovery Drive The Chairman of Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions, Senator Rafiu Ibrahim yesterday in Uyo hinted that the time would soon run out on recalcitrant obligors of Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), given the renewed commitment of the Senate to build strategic collaborations that would develop greater capacity …

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  The Nigerian Senate Wednesday has threatened to suspend sitting if the electoral body, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) fails to conduct the re-run Senatorial election in Rivers State by 10th of December. Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu moved the motion yesterday on the floor of the Upper House. Failing to conduct the rerun election, Ekweremadu said INEC …

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Senate rejects Buhari’s plan to borrow $30 billion The Senate on Tuesday rejected President Muhammadu Buhari’s plan to borrow $30 billion from external bodies for infrastructural development. The president had sent a request to the Senate recently seeking approval to borrow $30 billion to finance critical projects in the country. At its sitting on Tuesday in Abuja, Nigeria, the senators …

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FG Drops Forgery Charges Against Saraki, Ekweremadu The Federal Government has filed a motion to drop the charge of criminal conspiracy and forgery of senate standing order against Senate President Bukola Saraki and his Deputy, Ike Ekweremadu. This was applied for by a litigation officer from the Federal Ministry of Justice, Odubu Loveme, who filed an affidavit in support of …

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Recession: Senate rejects sale of national assets After much condemnation by various stakeholders in the domestic economy, the Nigerian Senate Tuesday rejected the calls for the sale of the country’s national assets. On its social media handle, the Senate said it “rejected prayer 3 of the recommendations of the Ad Hoc Committee which sought for the sale of National Assets …

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The Federal Government said, yesterday, that procurement procedure and low revenue were responsible for the delay in capital releases to service the 2016 Budget. The Minister of Budget and Planning, Senator   Udoma Udoma, disclosed this, in Abuja, while briefing the Sen. Danjuma Goje-led   Senate Committee on Appropriations, on the  2016 budget implementation. He lamented the level of performance …

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The controversy raging in the Nigerian Senate between Senator Dino Melaye and Senator Oluremi Tinubu has generated several comments nationwide in the past few days. Melaye representing Kogi West Senatorial district at the National Assembly, has come to the open to deny some of the utterances attributed to him. According to him, it is impossible for him to impregnate wife of …

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The International Press Centre (IPC) Lagos, has welcomed the withdrawal of the Frivolous Petitions (prohibition) Bill 2015 and the suspension of all further consideration of the proposed law by the Nigerian Senate. In a release made available to Newsscreenng.com by IPC’s Safety Alert Desk Officer, Melody Akinjiyan, the organisation’s Director, Mr. Lanre Arogundade said it was heartwarming that the Senators …

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The International Press Centre (IPC) Lagos, has welcomed the withdrawal of the Frivolous Petitions (prohibition) Bill 2015 and the suspension of all further consideration of the proposed law by the Nigerian Senate. In a release made available to Newsscreenng.com by IPC’s Safety Alert Desk Officer, Melody Akinjiyan, the organisation’s Director, Mr. Lanre Arogundade said it was heartwarming that the Senators …

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