•Atiku and Tinubu Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has criticised the reported swift approval of a $6 billion external loan request by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, describing the process as “reckless urgency.” Atiku, a chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), expressed concern that the Senate reportedly approved the request in l...
•Tinubu and Senate The Senate has expeditiously approved the request of President Bola Tinubu to go for external loans totalling $6 billion. The approval came barely three and a half hours after the senate president, Godswill Akpabio, read the letter from the president, seeking the approval, reports Vanguard. The Senate approved the loans foll...
•Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Olatunji Disu The Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Rilwan Disu, has submitted a framework for the establishment of state police to the Deputy President of the Senate, Barau I. Jibrin, as part of efforts to decentralise policing in the country. The police chief presented the framework at Senator Barau’s ...
A civil society group, the North and South Movement for Justice, has criticised the ongoing Senate probe into the accounts of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), describing it as biased and politically motivated amid controversy over ₦210 trillion in flagged financial discrepancies. The group, led by Dogo Yaya, was reactin...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate leadership is expected to hold a high-level meeting with officials from the International Monetary Fund to discuss the country’s economic outlook and ongoing reform programmes under the administration of Bola Tinubu. The engagement forms part of the IMF’s Article IV Consultation with Nigeria, a routine assessment of...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate yesterday witnessed a dramatic session as nine senators announced their defection from various political parties to the African Democratic Congress (ADC). Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe’s move triggered a constitutional debate on the floor of the chamber. The defecting lawmakers and their former political parties are Ami...
•Senator Abaribe The Senate has stopped Senator Eyinnaya Abaribe from defecting to the African Democratic Congress (ADC). Senator Abaribe was voted into power on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), reports Daily Independent. The lawmaker had attempted to join seven other senators who defected to other political parties,...
•Taiwo Oyedele taking a bow before Senators after his screening as a ministerial nominee The Senate has confirmed the appointment of Taiwo Oyedele as a minister-designate under the administration of President Bola Tinubu. The Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, announced the confirmation after lawmakers cleared the nominee through a vo...
•Taiwo Oyedele The Senate today screened Taiwo Oyedele for the position of Minister of State for Finance following his nomination by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The screening came after the president wrote to the upper legislative chamber requesting confirmation of Oyedele to replace Doris Uzoka-Anite in the role, reports The Nation. Presiden...
•Tinubu (right), Disu and his wife, Olufunmilola, during the decoration of the new police boss at the Presidential Villa, Abuja President Bola Tinubu will tomorrow formally swear in IGP Tunji Disu as the substantive Inspector-General of Police at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The oath-taking ceremony is scheduled to hold during the weekly mee...
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