The Senate on Tuesday resolved to probe how the N30tn Ways and Means loans of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) was obtained and spent by the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.
Ways and Means is a loan facility through … Read the rest
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the senate to approve a request to pay various sums as judgment debts.
The debt amounts, $566,754,584, £98,526,012 and N226 billion, are owed by the federal government.
Ahmed Lawan, senate president, read the president’s letter … Read the rest
A Federal High Court sitting in Damaturu, Yobe State capital, has affirmed Bashir Sheriff Machina as the authentic candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Yobe North senatorial district in the 2023 elections.
The position is currently held by … Read the rest
President Muhammadu Buhari
The Senate on Tuesday asked the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to address the nation immediately on the current nationwide protests by youths against police brutality and bad governance.
The Senate also directed the police to offer protection to … Read the rest
Senate President, Ahmed Lawan and President Muhammadu Buhari
By Azuka Onwuka
Last week the Senate approved the borrowing of the sum of $22.7 billion dollars (8.1 trillion naira) by President Muhammadu Buhari, something the previous Senate led by Dr Bukola Saraki had rejected. That amount is almost … Read the rest