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SENATE BEGINS PROBE OF SARS The senate on Tuesday resolved to investigate the activities of the special anti-robbery squad (SARS). The upper legislative arm mandated its committee on security to look into the allegations of brutality…

SENATE FROWNS AT EXPATRIATES TAKING OVER NIGERIAN JOBS Chief Kayode Odunaro The Senate through its Local Content Committee has frowned at the practice of foreign companies operating in Nigeria flouting the laws on local content as…

#MYOWNRESTRUCTURING: 8 THINGS THE SENATE PRESIDENT, DR. ABUBAKAR BUKOLA SARAKI, SAID TO NORTHERN SENATORS IN KATSINA 1. ON APPROACHING ‘RESTRUCTURING’ WITH OPEN MINDS “It is perhaps understandable if some in this gathering find the…

MEDICAL ASSESSMENT EXAM; PARENTS SEEKS SENATE INTERVENTION, ADG SACK. The ongoing logjam between the Medical Dental Council of Nigeria and parents of failed students of the Medical Assessment Examination seems not to end soon as the…

SENATE HOLDS PUBLIC HEARING ON JOB CREATION MONDAY Press Release As part of its efforts to stimulate economic growth and create abundant employment opportunities in the country, the Senate will on Monday hold a Special Public Hearing on…

SENATE SUMMONED NAPIMS GMD TO APPEAR IN 24 HOURS The Senate Committee on Local Content has ordered Mr. Roland Ewubare, the Group General Manager of National Petroleum Investment and Management Service (NAPIMS) to appear before it in the…

OJUKWU'S SON AS NHRC BOSS, Buhari WRITES SENATE President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the Senate to request confirmation of his appointment of Ikemba Ojukwu’s son, Mr. Anthony Ojukwu as Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights…

SENATE STOPS SPENDING OF EXCESS CRUDE ACCOUNT THE Senate, on Tuesday, passed the 2018 budget estimates through the second reading after an exhaustive debate on the general principles of the budget estimates. The lawmakers, who did most of…

SENATE INCREASES OIL BENCHMARK TO $47 PER BARRELS The executive had proposed a $45 per barrel in the 2018 budget estimates submitted to the National Assembly. Senate has increased the crude oil benchmark from $45 to $47 per barrel for the…

SENATE EXPRESSES WORRY OVER TOTAL EGINA $16 BILLION PROJECT The Senate Committee on Local Content has expressed fear over the likelihood of Nigeria not reaping any real benefit from its investment in a $16Billion deep sea offshore Egina…