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Osita Izunaso

February 18, 2025

NASS transmits investments, securities bill to Tinubu for assent

He said Senate President Godswill Akpabio had signed the bill and that it had been moved to the executive for assent.

National Assembly
February 12, 2025

Senate seeks N10 billion to finance capital market literacy development

Mr Izunaso, who decried that only five million investors were in the capital market, said that a special fund for the sector would help boost it.

Redesign naira notes
October 9, 2024

Senate holds closed-door session over governors’ alleged plans to control LG using assemblies’ laws   

Mr Nwoye alleged that state Houses of Assemblies were attempting to enact alternative laws for their respective states.

Nigerian Senate
July 30, 2024

Senate moves to tackle issues of unclaimed dividends

The Senate says it will tackle all issues of unclaimed dividends in the capital market with the collaboration of stakeholders.

Unclaimed dividends
June 27, 2024

Crypto is like air, Nigerian government can’t cage it: SEC

SEC says it controls and regulates cryptocurrencies and other digital assets but admits it is impossible to “cage” it, describing it as “air.”

SEC and cryptocurrencies
April 21, 2024

Senate tasks stakeholders on strengthening commodities exchange

He said that the Senate, through legislation, would ensure adequate legal frameworks for commodity exchanges, warehouses and financing.

Nigerian Senate
October 10, 2023

Senate mandates committees to investigate crude oil thefts in Niger Delta

The Senate consequently urged the committees to present its report on the investigation in six weeks.

Senate and illegal oil refinery
May 11, 2023

Aggrieved senators petition APC over zoning of 10th Senate presidency

The senators included Senators Abdulaziz Yari (APC-Zamfara), Sani Musa (APC-Niger) and Orji Uzor Kalu (APC-Abia).

Sani Musa, Abdulaziz Yari and Orji Kalu
April 10, 2023

My emergence as Senate president will stop secession agitation: Osita Izunaso

He said he was the only ranking Senator in the country’s political history that had worked as a staff of the two chambers of the National Assembly and later served as an elected representative of

Osita Izunaso
April 5, 2023

I want to be Senate president; APC should zone position to Igbos: Osita Izunaso

“We are waiting for the party to zone the position to us. It is only fair and natural that the position be zoned to the South-East.

Osita Izunaso