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Senate amends National Health Insurance law   

    The Senate on Wednesday amended the National Health Insurance Act (Repeal and Re-enactment) bill, 2021.   The amendment of the law followed the...

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Senate urges Agip oil to remediate Ijaw community affected by spill 

  The Senate has urged the Nigerian Agip Oil Company Limited to accelerate environmental action on remediating Ogboinbiri community affected by crude oil spill in...

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Insecurity: Nigerians indebted to armed forces for sacrifices made – Lawan  

    …As Senate donates N5.5m to fallen heroes     President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said that the Armed Forces deserve support from Nigerians for...

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Senate steps down reports on bills to establish university of education, college of forestry  

The Senate on Wednesday stepped down two reports on bills seeking to establish the Federal University of Education Numan, and the Federal College of Forestry, Wawa Zange...

Senate honours general, others killed by ISWAP

  The killing of General Dzarma Zirkusu and four soldiers last weekend killed by terrorists of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) on Tuesday attracted...

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Senate mourns death of 120 in Sokoto market

    The Senate on Wednesday held a minute silence to mourn the killing of over 120 Nigerians by bandits at the Gorony market in Sokoto State.   The...

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Again Senate approves FG’s loan requests for $16b & €1b

    For the second time in three months the Senate has approved $16,230,077,718 and €1,020,000,000 billion loans requested by President Muhammadu Buhari. The...

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Senate upgrades General Hospital to Federal Medical Centre 

  The Senate on Tuesday passed a bill to upgrade the General Hospital, Deba in Gombe State, to a Federal Medical Centre.   The bill sponsored by Senator Danjuma...

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2022 Budget: Senate President gives MDAs one-week to defend budget proposals

  President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has given a one-week ultimatum to Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of Government yet to appear before relevant...

Find missing journalist,Senate orders Police

The Senate on Tuesday mandated the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba to, as a matter of urgency, direct a special investigation into the circumstances...