Pandemonium is the word that aptly describes the scene at the senate on Wednesday, after suspended Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, from Delta state, stormed the senate with thugs, carting away the mace in the process. Omo-Agege was said to have sneaked in through one of the glass barricades within the national assembly before the mace was […]
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The Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun; governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele and Ministers of Defence, Mansur Dan Ali, have been summoned by the senate to appear before the Committee on Appropriation. Adeosun and her colleagues were on Tuesday summoned to explain why $462 million was released for the purchase of helicopters by […]
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The senate, on Tuesday resolved to transmit the “Not too young to run” bill along with 11 others to President Muhammadu Buhari for assent. Other bills are financial autonomy of state legislature, restriction of tenure of president and governors, timeline for the presentation of presentation of appropriation bill, determination of pre-election matters, submission from the judiciary, […]
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The struggle over ownership of oil wells by Kogi, Anambra and Enugu states is soon to be brought under control, as the Senate has mandated its committee on petroleum (upstream) to investigate the matter. On Thursday, Chukwuka Utazi (Enugu-PDP) raised a point-of-order on the matter seeking the intervention of the Upper Chamber to stem brewing […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has written the Senate to confirm Festus Okoye as National Commissioner for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Mr Okoye is among 26 new appointees the president wrote, in separate letters, to the Senate for confirmation. Mr Buhari’s request on Mr Okoye was contained in a letter read by the Senate President, […]
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The President of the Nigerian Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki has disclosed that some senators are angry they were not consulted over the $1 billion approved for the procurement of security equipment in the country. Senator Saraki who spoke in Jos, Plateau state, on Saturday, Saraki said it was wrong for the executive to take the […]
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Park Geun-hye, who was in 2016 impeached as South Korean president, has been sentenced to 24 years in jail with a fine of ₩18 billion ($17 million). A court found Park guilty of bribery in a scandal that exposed webs of corruption between political leaders and the country’s conglomerates. The court ruled that Park colluded […]
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The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) says each senator collects salary and allowances of N1.6 million every month. Ibrahim Mohammed, head of public relations at RMAFC, said this in a statement issued on Wednesday. He said the N1.06 million figure consists of: basic-N168,866, fueling and maintenance of vehicles, N126,650; personal assistant N42,216. Domestic […]
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The Senate says it will on Wednesday deliberate on the statement by a former Minister of Defence, Theophilus Danjuma, made on the state of security in the country. Mr. Danjuma, a retired army general, had at the convocation of Taraba State University on Saturday, urged Nigerians to resort to self-defence in the face of unending […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released timetable for the recall of Dino Melaye, lawmaker representing Kogi west senatorial district in the upper legislative chamber. Augusta Ogakwu, secretary of the commission, disclosed this on Friday. According to the timetable, the recall process will begin on March 27, with the posting of the notice of verification […]
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