Saraki Senate President Bukola Saraki has revealed that some of the armed herdsmen in the country acquire their weapons from neighbouring counties. Saraki, therefore, said there was a need for the Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States to find ways to deal with the grfulaowing insecurity in the region, especially with the […]
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The Senate on Monday directed the Ministry of Petroleum, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and other relevant stakeholders to harmonise subsidy claims for October to December 2015. Sen. Danjuma Goje, Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriation, gave the directive during public hearing to consider the request of President Muhammadu Buhari for N465 billion supplementary budget. Out […]
Lawmakers in the Upper House on Tuesday passed a vote of confidence on Senate Bukola Saraki, Deputy President Ike Ekweremadu and all other principal officers. This was sequel to a motion moved by Sen. David Umoru (APC-Niger) and signed by 82 senators; 48 from PDP and 35 from APC. Umoru said that the legislature remained […]
The spokesperson of the Nigerian senate, Sen. Sabi Abdullahi, says he will move for a law that will make only career civil servants head government agencies and parastatals. Abdullahi made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. He was reacting to Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Col. […]
The Senate on Thursday refused to acknowledge the Comptroller General (C-G) of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (rtd) for appearing before the senators in mufti. Senators by a voice vote directed him to return to the senate on Wednesday, March 22 in proper uniform designated for the office of Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service. Shortly before the resolution, some senators expressed concern […]
Supporters of James Faleke and Yahaya Bello, late Prince Abubakar Audu’s running mate and runner up respectively, on Monday clashed at the All Progressives Congress (APC) secretariat in Abuja. Both men are in contention over who will stand on the platform of the APC for the Kogi gubernatorial race. It will be recalled that the […]
The residence of the late ACP The Edo State Police Command had been hit by tragedy, as an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), in charge of Training and Development has reportedly committed suicide in Benin City. The police officer, who was identified as Christopher Nosakhare Osakue, allegedly shot himself in the head with his service […]
President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, has said that ongoing process of reviewing the 1999 Constitution was not intended to dent the solemnity, integrity and infallibility of the Constitution. Saraki made this known on Friday at a two-day retreat in Lagos organised by the Senate Ad hoc Committee on Constitution Review, with the theme, […]
The House of Representatives will on Tuesday inaugurate a tactical committee to arrest the country’s current economic recession. The Committee would liaise with relevant stakeholders in the sector to achieve this goal. This followed a resolution of the House on Jan. 26, on a motion titled “Need for more proactive steps to abate hardship being experienced […]
The House of Representatives on Tuesday constituted an ad hoc committee to look into the activities of the National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) and the Electricity Distribution Companies in Nigeria (EDCN). This followed a motion on the urgent need for NERC to protect Nigerians from unwholesome practices by EDCN, moved by Rep. Philip Shuaibu (Edo-APC). […]