Severe flooding in Liberia has led a group of senators to propose relocating the capital city away from overcrowded and poorly managed Monrovia, a suggestion met with a mixture of enthusiasm and hesitancy in the West African country. Flash floods triggered by torrential rains between the end of June and early July left nearly 50,000 […]
•Atiku and Tinubu Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has faulted the removal of Senator Ali Ndume as the Chief Whip of the Nigerian Senate. Ndume, the lawmaker representing Borno South in the National Assembly, was on Wednesday sacked as the Chief Whip, Ali Ndume, for criticising President Bola Tinubu’s administration, reports Channels TV. H...
•The Nigerian Senate A bill seeking to establish the South-South Development Commission has been stepped down by the Senate. The bill sponsored by Senator Asuquo Ekpenyong representing Cross River South failed to scale second reading after a voice vote where lawmakers unanimously declined to give backing to the bill, reports Channels TV. In a ...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate, today, went into an emergency executive session following a heated disagreement over the official sitting time of the Red Chamber. The disagreement involved the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and his predecessor, Senator Ahmed Lawan, over the timing of the plenary sessions, reports The Nigerian Tribune. Accord...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate today passed for third reading, the bill seeking the establishment of the North Central Development Commission. The bill was sponsored by the senator representing Benue South Senatorial District and Senate Minority Leader, Abba Moro, and other senators from the North Central region, reports The PUNCH. The bill, whic...
The Senate yesterday raised an ad hoc committee to investigate the alleged dumping of substandard diesel in Nigeria and importation of hazardous petroleum products The resolution on the probe, which was passed as a matter of urgent public importance, followed a motion by Sen. Asuquo Ekpenyong from Cross River State yesterday, reports Nigerian ...
•Borno suicide bombing The Senate today, Wednesday, July 3, blamed the recent suicide bombings in Gwoza town in Borno state on failure of intelligence on the part of security forces. Senate President Godswill Akpabio disclosed this in his contribution to the debate on a motion on the incident sponsored by the chief whip of the […]
•Nigerian Senate The Senate today passed for a second reading a bill seeking to allow all persons including foreigners resident in Nigeria the right to obtain and use National Identification Number (NIN). The bill also seeks to replace criminal penalties with administrative enforcement measures to encourage compliance with NIN usage requiremen...
•Akpabio Senate President Godswill Akpabio has denied receiving any correspondence from President Bola Ahmed Tinubu requesting Senate approval of funds for presidential jet. Akpabio spoke after a closed-door meeting of senators at the chambers which lasted for over an hour, reports Daily Trust The senators had cut short their recess which was ...
•Senate President Godswill Akpabio Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has dismissed a report that the 10th Senate is proposing that the federal government should procure new aircraft for President Bola Tinubu and his vice, Kashim Shettima. Speaking to newsmen in Maiduguri shortly after leading a delegation to pay a condolence visit to Senator...
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