•Suspended Senator Abdul Ningi As the Senate resumes after its one month break, the fate of a suspended senator from Bauchi State, Abdul Ningi, hangs in the balance. Ningi was suspended for three months before the Senate embarked on its Easter and Sallah break in March, reports Daily Sun. In an interview with the BBC […]
•Akpabio and Ningi The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has exonerated himself from the suspension of Senator Abdul Ahmed Ningi from the senate. Ningi was suspended by the upper legislative house for three months on March 14, 2024, following an interview he granted to BBC, where he accused the senate leadership of padding the 2024 budget, [...
•Akpabio and Ningi The Senate is set to recall Senator Abdul Ningi (PDP – Bauchi Central) from his three months suspension, it has been learnt. Senate President Godswill Akpabio disclosed this today while answering questions from reporters on arrival from the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, reports The Nation. A...
•Akpabio Dr. Sam Amadi, a former governorship aspirant in Imo State and director of Abuja School of Social and Political Thoughts, has condemned the suspension clamped on Senator Abdul Ningi who represents Bauchi Central at the Red Chamber of the National Assembly. Recall that Ningi, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) federal lawmaker, last week...
•Onigbinde and Ningi The Co-Founder of civic group Budgit, Seun Onigbinde, has said that Senator Abdul Ningi was right that there was no detailed project allocations for about N3.7trn of the N28.78trn 2024 Appropriation Act. Onigbinde, who was a guest on Channels Television last night, however, said claim by the Bauchi Central Senator that Nig...
•Akpabio Amid the controversy trailing the interview by Senator Abdul Ningi, the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, today said the integrity of the Senate has been totally damaged. Ningi, who represents Bauchi Central, claimed in a recent interview with BBC Hausa that the National Assembly passed a budget of N25 trillion for 2024, which is in...
•Tinubu and Ningi The Senate under the leadership of Senate President Godswill Akpabio today suspended Senator Abdul Ningi over allegations of N3.7trn padding of the 2024 Budget. Ningi, from Bauchi Central Senatorial District, was suspended for three months after a long stormy session in the red chamber, reports Channels TV. A member of the Ap...
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