The Senate says it stands by the report which indicted Babachir Lawal, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF). An ad hoc committee of the senate investigating the humanitarian crisis in the north-east had accused Lawal of receiving N200 million for the clearing of invasive plant species in Yobe state. Following this allegation, the […]
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Speaking with reporters in Borno on Sunday, Former senate leader, Ali Ndume, says his love for truth might be the reason he “sometimes run into troubled waters”. “I am an extrovert personality, and I have always stood on the side of the truth. Maybe that is why I sometimes run into troubled waters,” he said. […]
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Former senate leader who was ousted on Tuesday, Ali Ndume, says he was praying when he was removed from his position, but has accepted Ahmed Lawan as the new majority leader of the upper legislative chamber. On Tuesday, Bukola Saraki, senate president, announced Lawan as the new senate leader. Speaking on the floor of the […]
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The All Progressives Congress has removed Senator Ali Ndume as Senator majority leader, replacing him with Ahmed Lawan. He replaces Senator Ali Ndume from Borno State who had occupied the position since June 2015, when the upper chamber began the eight session on a fractious note. Senate President Senator Bukola Saraki read a letter from […]
Continue ReadingAli Ndume, leader of the senate, says the upper chamber of the national assembly has not rejected Ibrahim Magu, acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Addressing state house correspondents on Monday, Ndume said even if Magu will be rejected, it would not come from the red chamber. He explained that Magu’s […]
Continue ReadingA coalition of Northern group has described as unrealistic the call by the Senate on Mr Babachir Lawal, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), to resign and face prosecution. The coalition tagged Northern Emancipation Network in a statement by its Secretary, Mr Abdul-Azeez Suleiman on Saturday in Minna, also said that the call […]
Continue ReadingMore scandalous details about the security report that prompted the senate to reject the nomination of Ibrahim Magu as chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). In the report allegedly submitted by the DSS, Magu is accused of living in a N40million mansion paid for by one Umar Mohammed, a retired air commodore […]
Continue ReadingAfter postponing the confirmation of Ibrahim Magu as Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on more than one occassion, Nigerian Senate has refused to grant confirmation to the nomination of the former. Explaining the reason behind the decision, the Senate said that security report available to it, showed that Mr Magu is […]
Continue ReadingAfter initially delaying for five months, the Nigerian Senate today, failed to hold the confirmation hearing earlier scheduled to consider the request of President Muhammadu Buhari that Ibrahim Magu be confirmed as chairman of the Economic Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. On Wednesday, Ike Ekweremadu, deputy senate president, announced that the exercise would commence on Thursday. […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigerian Senate on Wednesday, asked the Nigeria Communication Commission, NCC, to immediately halt the proposed Internet data tariff hike. The new data tariff regime is billed to commence Thursday, December 1, after the NCC had communicated the telecommunications companies and asked the big operators, namely MTN, Glo, Etisalat and Airtel, to hike data price. […]
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