•Tinubu President Bola Tinubu and the Senate, yesterday, ordered the military to apprehend the killers of 16 Nigerian Army personnel who were on a peace mission to the Okuama community in the Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State. In carrying out the order, it was gathered yesterday that the military combed the warring […]...
•Peter Obi Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election, Mr Peter Obi, is of the opinion that the Nigerian Senate still owes the people some explanations as regards the budget padding scandal rocking the Upper Chambers at the moment. Obi said the claims and counter-claims over the alleged N3trillion which was […]...
•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...
The Senate has been thrown into a rowdy session following revelation of uneven distribution of the federal government’s palliatives to senators for onward disbursement to their constituents. The Red Chamber was debating the allegation by Senator Abdul Ningi, the Chairman of the Northern Senators Forum, during an interview with BBC Hausa, repor...
•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...
•Nigerian Senate President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio today inaugurated a 17 man adhoc Committee to investigate the Ways and Means and the Anchors Borrowers Programme under the immediate past administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. Senate had last month following the report of its Joint Committees on Banking, Insurance and other Fin...
•Police recruits The Senate, today, directed the Police Service Commission and the Nigeria Police Force to recruit a minimum of 10 candidates from each of the 774 local government councils in Nigeria. The directive, according to the Upper Chamber, should form part of its annual recruitment processes, reports Channels TV. The resolution was rea...
•House of Reps The House of Representatives has passed for second reading, a bill to include Anambra State in the newly constituted Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Board. The bill titled “A Bill for an Act to Amend the Niger Delta Development Commission Act, Cap N86, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004 to Provide […]
•Nigerian Senate The Senate today, Thursday, February 29, passed a Bill that seeks to add five years to the retirement age of staff of the National Assembly Service. If the Bill is signed into law, staff of the National Assembly Service would now retire at age 65 years instead of 60 years and 40 years […]