The Nigeria police has describe the resolution of the senate as deliberate blackmail, witch-hunting, unfortunate and mischievous; and vowed not to be intimidated. Police see the Senate’s resolution declaring the Inspector-General of Police ( I-G), Mr Ibrahim Idris, as enemy of democracy as a deliberate attempt to blackmail him. “The Nigeria Police Force, therefore, owes […]
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The President of the Nigerian Senate, Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday visited the new headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), and said the fight against corruption must continue. According to a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Sanni Onogu, in Abuja, Mr Saraki said he was particularly impressed by the quality of work done […]
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The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday inaugurated a joint Senate and House of Representatives ad-hoc committee to investigate the April 18 invasion of the Senate chamber leading to the theft of its mace. Some minutes into the Senate plenary on April 18, the chamber was invaded by men who made away with the mace. […]
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The Senate has summoned all service chiefs; the Director General of the State Security Service, Lawan Daura; the Comptroller General of Customs, Hameed Ali; and the National security adviser, Babagana Monguno over the illegal possession of firearms by non-authorised Nigerians. The invitation was sequel to deliberations on a motion titled “proliferation of dangerous firearms in […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has written a letter to the National Assembly seeking to confirm a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Festus Keyamo and six other nominees for the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) board members. The six other nominees include; Olabode Akeem Mustapha (chairman, Ogun state), Garba Buba (Bauchi state), Bello Garba (Sokoto state), Joseph OJ […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari is meeting with Senate President Bukola Saraki and Speaker of the House of Representatives Yakubu Dogara at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, behind closed doors. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the president is meeting the two National Assembly leaders barely two hours after his return from Daura, Katsina State. The […]
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Following the failure of Ibrahim Idris, inspector-general of police (IGP) to appear before the Senate after repeated summons, the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki says he is not surprised. Last week when the IGP was first summoned, he informed the lawmakers that he accompanied President Muhammadu Buhari to Bauchi. He was re-summoned on Wednesday […]
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The Majority leader of the Nigerian Senate, Ahmed Lawan, has stated that since Donald Trump has confirmed that the US has received $496m from Nigeria for fighter jets, the issue of impeaching President Muhammadu Buhari has been put to rest. Some members of the house of representatives had called for the impeachment of the president […]
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The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister for Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, said action taken by the Senate in the suspension of Senator Ovie Omo-Agege is unlawful and unconstitutional. The Attorney General gave this view while making a submission yesterday in the hearing of the suit by Omo-Agege challenging his suspension by the […]
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The Nigerian senate has resolved to invite President Muhammadu Buhari to brief a joint session of the national assembly on incessant killings in the country. The resolution comes a day after the house of representatives summoned the president on the same issue. The house summoned Buhari after the killing of 19 persons in Benue state. The […]
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