A bill seeking to amend the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Act, 2007 has passed the second reading at the Senate.
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The Chairman of the Committee on Senate Services, Sen. Sunday Karimi (APC–Kogi) told newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday, that in questioning the senators’ possession of the SUV vehicles, Nigerians should also raise the same questions about Ministers having four official vehicles.
The Senate has tasked its ad- hoc committee to investigate all contracts awarded for rehabilitation of all state owned refineries from 2010 to 2023.
The Senate has confirmed Ola Olukoyede as the chairman, and Muhammad Hammajoda as secretary of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The Chief Whip of the Senate, Ali Ndume on Tuesday walked out during plenary after the President of the upper chamber Godswill Akpabio ruled him out of order.
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Special Duties, Kaka Shehu says that the senate has yet to receive any briefing from the Federal Government on the suspension of N-Power Programme.
The Senate has mandated its Committees on Petroleum Resources, (Upstream, downstream,) Gas, Host communities and Niger Delta to conduct investigation on oil theft in the region.
The Senate has confirmed three more ministerial nominees forwarded to it by President Bola Tinubu.
The Senate has directed its committees on Diaspora and Foreign Affairs in conjunction with the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs to investigate alleged unlawful killings and incarceration of 250 Nigerians in Ethiopia.
The Senate will today (Tuesday) screen the acting Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr. Olayemi Cardoso, for confirmation into a substantive capacity alongside four nominees for the positions of CBN Deputy Governors, to steer affairs of the apex bank in the next five years.