Nigerian Senate

January 18, (THEWILL) - The Senate has constituted a six-member conference committee to finalise its legislative work on the Nigerian Peace Corps Bill. Members of the Committee include Kashim Shettima - Chairman; Abba Moro - member; Betty Apiafi - member;...

December 29, (THEWILL) - The National Assembly has passed a total N21,827,188,747,391 as budget for the 2023 fiscal year. This marks an increase of N1,319,246,566,677 from the N20.51 trillion budget proposal of President Muhammadu Buhari presented to a joint session...

December 29, (THEWILL) - The Senate on Wednesday, stepped down the request of President Muhammadu Buhari to restructure the payment of N22. 7 trillion “Ways and Means”, secured from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) by the Federal Government. “Ways and...

December 28, (THEWILL) - The Senate on Wednesday, passed the 2022 Supplementary Budget of N819.5 billion. President Muhammadu Buhari had on December 21, requested the passage of a supplementary budget to be financed through additional domestic borrowing. The President had said...

December 13, (THEWILL) - The Senate has deferred its debate on the cash withdrawal policy by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to Wednesday, December 14, 2022. The lawmakers had, last week, fixed Tuesday to debate the cash withdrawal limit...

December 09, (THEWILL) - In defence of its policy to limit cash withdrawal for individuals at N100,000 and corporate bodies N500, 000 per week, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on Friday, told the Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance...

December 08, (THEWILL) - The Senate, will on Tuesday, December 13, debate a motion on the new cash withdrawal limit recently announced by the Central Bank of Nigerian (CBN). THEWILL reported that the apex bank, in a memo on Tuesday,...

November 22, (THEWILL) - The Senate has summoned the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, to explain an allocation of N206 billion inserted into the 2023 budget of the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development. The invitation followed...

November 16, (THEWILL) - The Nigerian Senate has expressed its support for the policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to redesign some naira notes. The CBN had on October 26, announced plans to redesign the N200, N500 and...

Women have played great roles in the emergence of political leaders under the present democratic setting in Nigeria, but they have not been given their deserved recognition in terms of appointments and elective positions in the country. It is on...