Tag: oil companies, senate
Senate moves to relocate operational bases of oil companies to N’Delta
The Senate has kick started move to ensure the relocation of the operational bases of the oil and gas companies in Nigeria to Niger Delta. This was followed by a...
Senate passes 2022-2024 MTEF/FSP, okays N13.98trn budget projection for 2022
…Approves USD$57 per barrel oil benchmark, N410/US$1 Exchange rate The Senate has passed the 2022-2024 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal...
Senate President constitutes Conference Committee on Electoral Bill
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Wednesday announced the constitution of a Conference Committee on the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, 2021. The...
Senate mulls life imprisonment for kidnappers
…Proposes 30 years jail term for ransom collection A bill proposing life imprisonment for the offence of kidnapping or any form of abduction, wrongful...
Senate passes bill to control sickle cell disease in Nigeria
The Senate has passed a bill seeking to control and manage sickle cell anaemia, a genetically inherited disease in Nigeria. The passage of the bill followed...
Senate gives nod to establish Orthopedic hospital, one other
The Senate on Tuesday passed a bill to establish the Orthopedic Hospital, Dekina, Kogi State. Also passed was a bill to establish the Federal College of...
Buhari wants Senate to confirm Board of Upstream Regulatory Commission, Petroleum Regulatory Authority
The Senate has received a formal request from President Muhammadu Buhari to confirm the nominations of Members of the Board of the Nigerian Midstream and...
Unretired advances : Senate indicts 39 MDAs
The Senate has indicted the Budget Office of the Federation, Ministry of Information , Ministry of Interior and 36 other Ministries Departments and Agencies...
Lawan urges political leaders to unite against nation’s challenges
***Conferred with chieftaincy title of Aare Akorewolu of Iyin Kingdom The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan at the weekend called on all Nigerian political leaders to...
Remit all revenues into Consolidated Fund; Senate tells MDAs
The Upper chamber of the National Assembly has ordered Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) funded by Federal Government to henceforth remit 100 per...
