Tag: 10th Senate

Senate summons ex-NNPCL Boss, Mele Kyari over alleged ₦210tr financial discrepancies

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Senate summons Kyari

The 10th Senate Committee on Public Accounts has summoned the former management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), including its immediate-past Group Chief Executive Officer, Mele Kyari, over alleged financial discrepancies amounting to ₦210 trillion in the company’s audited accounts between 2017 and 2023. According to Chairman of the committee, Aliyu Wadada, who represents Nasarawa West, disclosed the development during a press briefing at the National Assembly in Abuja on Thursday, the investigation is part of the committee’s constitutional responsibility to ensure accountability, transparency and proper management of…

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Tinubu bypasses Senate, to swear-in Disu as 23rd IGP

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Tinubu to swear in Disu

President Bola Tinubu will today formally swear-in Tunji Disu as the substantive Inspector-General of Police (IGP) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. As the new IGP takes office, the Nigeria Society for Criminology (NSC) urged him to decentralise tactical squads to zonal commands for efficiency and proactive response to crime. The oath-taking ceremony is scheduled to hold during the weekly meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC), the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed to State House correspondents, yesterday. Notably, Disu will not appear before the Senate…

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Senate moves to amend Constitution for State Police

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Senate moves to amend Constitution

…Pledges completion by year’s end The 10th Senate has pledged to complete amendments to the 1999 Constitution to enable the creation of state police before the end of 2026, setting the stage for what could become one of Nigeria’s most far-reaching security reforms since the return to democratic rule. Senate spokesperson, Yemi Adaramodu, disclosed that lawmakers would immediately resume work on the constitutional review once plenary reconvenes next week. He assured Nigerians that the amendment process would be fast-tracked and concluded well before political campaigns begin ahead of the next…

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Senate cuts election notice to 300 days, retains manual backup

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Senate cuts election notice

…As H’Reps protest The 10th National Assembly was engulfed in dramatic scenes yesterday, as both chambers moved to revisit and amend key provisions of the Electoral Act ahead of the 2027 general elections, sparking protests, rowdy sessions and a sharply divided vote on electronic transmission of results. The Senate amended Clause 28 of the Electoral Act (Repeal and Re-Enactment) Bill, 2026, reducing the statutory notice period for elections from 360 days to 300 days. The amendment grants the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) flexibility to schedule the 2027 general elections…

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Senate finally reveals why ‘real time’ was removed from Electoral Bill

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Senate finally reveals

Senate Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele has revealed that the upper chamber removed the phrase “real time” from the Electoral Bill, 2026, after reviewing data on Nigeria’s communications and power infrastructure. Bamidele stated this in a statement issued yesterday by his directorate of media and public affairs. Recall that the 10th Senate had earlier resolved against clause 60(3) of the bill, which provides that the presiding officer “shall electronically transmit the results from each polling unit to INEC Result Viewing Portal (IReV) in real time…”. The chamber subsequently redrafted the clause,…

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Senate makes U-turn on e-transmission after heated plenary

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Senate makes U turn

…Allows digital upload with manual backup The Senate yesterday reopened the door to electronic transmission of election results, reversing its earlier decision that excluded the provision from the Electoral Act amendment, following a tense and rowdy plenary session. At an emergency sitting, the upper chamber rescinded its approval of Clause 60(3) of the Electoral Act (Repeal and Enactment) Bill, 2026, and re-amended the law to permit electronic transmission of results from polling units to the Independent National Electoral Commission’s Result Viewing Portal (IREV).  However, the amendment stops short of making…

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2026 Budget: FG to borrow again, as Senate flags ₦25.27tr deficit

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FG to borrow again2

Nigeria will continue to borrow to plug its widening budget deficit, the 10th Senate has confirmed, amid mounting concerns that rising debt and weak revenue mobilisation could push the country toward fiscal distress. At a public hearing on the 2026 Appropriation Bill in Abuja, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senator Solomon Adeola, disclosed that the proposed 2026 Budget projects total expenditure of ₦58.47 trillion against expected revenue of ₦33.19 trillion, leaving a deficit of ₦25.27 trillion. Debt servicing alone is estimated at ₦15.90 trillion. Adeola said borrowing had…

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Senate to hold emergency plenary sitting tomorrow 

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Senate on plenary sitting

The 10th Senate has announced that it will hold an emergency plenary sitting tomorrow Tuesday. The announcement, which was made yesterday in an statement signed by the Clerk of the Senate, Emmanuel Odo, indicated that all senators have been kindly requested to attend the emergency plenary sitting. “The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio has directed the reconvening of plenary for an emergency sitting on Tuesday, February 10th 2026”, the statement read. The emergency sitting, Odo announced, will commence at 12 o’clock on Tuesday afternoon. This follows the Senate’s February…

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Senate denies rejecting electronic transmission of election results

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Senate denies rejecting

The 10th Senate has denied a report that  it rejected the electronic transmission of election results during consideration of the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill. The clarification came from the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, shortly after the upper chamber passed the Bill following a marathon session lasting almost 5 hours. Consideration of the contentious amendment to Clause 60, sub-section 3, of the Bill began at about 2p.m and stretched until 6.26p.m, fuelling speculation online that lawmakers had voted against mandatory electronic transmission of results. However, news made the…

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H’Reps approve $64.85 oil benchmark against Senate’s $60

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H'Reps approve

The 10th House of Representatives yesterday adopted the Federal Government’s proposed crude oil benchmark of $64.85 per barrel for 2026, diverging from the Senate, which earlier approved a lower $60 benchmark under the 2026–2028 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper (MTEF/FSP). The House decision followed the consideration and adoption of a report by its committees on Finance, National Planning and Economic Development, which endorsed the executive’s oil price assumptions of $64.85, $64.30 and $65.50 per barrel for 2026, 2027 and 2028, respectively. This came ahead of the presentation…

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