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- 30 Nov 2023
Minister Seeks Establishment of Agric Data Centre
Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, Minister of State of Agriculture and Food Security, has advocated the creation of National Agriculture Data Centre to attract investors to enhance Food and Nutrition Security in…
- 23 Dec 2022
Confusion as Senator, Reps Disagree over Controversial NITDA Bill
The controversy surrounding the bill to repeal the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) Act raged on at the hurriedly arranged joint public hearing by the Senate and House of…
- 22 Jun 2022
Senate Probes Shell Over Alleged Joint Venture Breach
The Senate, on Wednesday, constituted an Ad-Hoc Committee to investigate Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) over non-compliance with the Petroleum Act and breach of the Joint Venture…
- 13 Apr 2022
Lawan Asks Multichoice to Stay Action on Tariff Hike
Ahmad Lawan, Senate President has warned Multichoice Nigeria not to dare Nigeria by going ahead to hike the tariffs of its products while the matter is under investigation. The Senate had, on March…
- 16 Nov 2019
Soyinka Writes Long Letter to NASS over Death Penalty for Hate Speech
Prof. Wole Soyinka, Nobel laureate, has written to the National Assembly, warning of the consequence of passing a bill which stipulates death penalty for hate speech. The bill, which is…
- 23 Sept 2022
MultiChoice, Others Reject Senate’s Pay-Per-View DSTV Subscription Model
MultiChoice Nigeria and major stakeholders in the pay television broadcasting industry in the country have rejected a pay-per-view model advocated by the Senate. Major cable television providers in…
- 7 Nov 2023
NASENI, Agric Ministry Agree to Partner on Agro-Industrialization, Climate Change Mitigation & Others
National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security have commenced discussions on how to deploy existing technical…
- 8 Jun 2021
Senate Passes Bill to Restrict NIPOST to Postal Operations
The Senate on Tuesday passed the Nigerian Postal Service (Repeal and Reenactment) Bill, 2021, which effectively restricted the agency to only postal operations in the country. The bill also bars…
- 30 Mar 2022
Senate Asks Pay-TV Providers to Slash Tariff
The Senate has asked all cable television service providers to immediately review their bouquet prices downwards, in tandem with the prevailing reality of the economic situation in Nigeria. Ahmad…