The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday directed its Committee on Banking to investigate illegal deductions and arbitrary charges on depositors’ funds by commercial banks. It was also decided that the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and officials of the central bank, forensic auditors, managing directors of commercial banks and other stakeholders, be mandated […]
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The lingering feud between Hameed Ali, the comptroller general of Nigeria customs service (NCS) and the Senate, resurfaced on Monday when the duo disagreed over protocol-related matters. Dino Melaye, chairman senate ad hoc committee on waste in the NCS, said the customs CG was expected to have received the committee members into the premises and […]
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The Senate on Thursday urged the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to, within seven days end lingering scarcity of petrol and clear queues in filling stations across the country. This followed a unanimous adoption of report of the Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream) on the fuel crisis in the country, at plenary. In the report […]
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Senator Dino Melaye, lawmaker representing Kogi West Senatorial District, has raised an alarm over alleged corruption and operation of a secret account by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and other joint venture companies. Melaye raised a point of order at plenary on Tuesday. He alleged that the account, which was supposed to be domiciled […]
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The wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, Aisha, on Friday re-posted videos of some senators criticising her husband. It is not exactly clear what she was trying to achieve, but this is not the first time that she would disapprove of her husband in public. In the video posted on Twitter, Isah Misau, senator representing Bauchi-central and […]
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Senator representing Ebonyi south, Sonni Ogbuoji, was stopped from defecting to the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday. Speaking on the floor of the senate, Ogbuoji cited problems in the PDP, both in his state and at the national level, as the reason why he wanted to leave the party. But his colleagues in the […]
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The Senate has given the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Mr Ibrahim Idris 14 day ultimatum to arrest and investigate the perpetrators of Benue killings. This position was sequel to the consideration of a report of the Senate Ad Hoc Committee on the Review of the Current Security Infrastructure in Nigeria. The committee had on Friday […]
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The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday said it is wondering what Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF), is afraid of and trying to hide. Malami had asked the federal high court, Abuja, to stop the probe into the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina, former chairman of the presidential taskforce of pension, a motion the court rejected. […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has forwarded the name of Ibrahim Rufai Imam to the Senate for confirmation as the Grand Kadi of the Federal Capital Territory Sharia Court of Appeal. The nomination was stated in a letter sent to Bukola Saraki, Senate President, on Tuesday. The President said his nomination was in accordance with section 261 […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated Anthony Okechukwu Ojukwu as the Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). The President sent a letter to the Senate asking for Ojukwu’s confirmation. The letter was read out by Bukola Saraki, President of the Senate, at Tuesday’s plenary. “In respect of section 8 of the National Human […]
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