Senators of the Southeast extract have hauled the Federal Government for providing an enabling environment for local industries to thrive and, by implication, boost the nation’s economy. This is as the South East Caucus commended the Dangote Refinery and Petrochemical Plant, which they said represents one huge investment that has launched Nigeria on the global […]
By Tunde Opalana In what look like a partisan quarrel, two senators, Abdul Ningi and Jimoh Ibrahim on Wednesday openly disagreed on the implementation of the Renewed Hope Housing project of the Tinubu administration. Both senators who are members of the Senate Committee on Land, Housing and Urban Development engaged in a war of words […]
By Haruna Salami The determination of the Northern Senators’ Forum to fight kidnapping and other crimes in the region is quite reassuring, but how feasible is it against the reality on the ground? No doubt the new chairman of the NSF, Senator Abdulaziz Musa Yar’adua, who took over from Senator Abdul Ningi, has intimidating credentials […]
By Tunde Opalana The Clerk to the National Assembly, Alhaji Magaji Tambuwal has refuted insinuation that a sum of two million naira (N2,000,000) paid to each senator was meant for holiday allowance. Wide condemnation had greeted announcement made last week Monday by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio that the Clerk to the National Assembly had […]
Nigerians Senators have demanded that President Bola Tinubu’s administration look into Nigerians’ current plight and “let the poor breathe” by refraining from worsening their suffering through increased electricity tariffs. The federal lawmakers who made the demand during Tuesday’s plenary session of the Senate took turns to contribute to a motion titled “Need to Halt the […]
By Tunde Opalana The aspirations of Senators-Elect Godswill Akpabio and Barau Jibrin, emerging Senate President and Deputy Senate President of the 10th Senate respectively, inched closer in the early hours of Sunday , with the public endorsement of the duo by the Governor of Katsina State, Aminu Masari and the Senators-elect from the state. The […]
As the race for the 10th Senate presidency gets ‘tougher’, 72 non-serving senators have endorsed former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, to head the 10th Senate. A former senator representing Kano Central, Basheer Lado, in a press conference in Abuja on Monday, on behalf of the group expressed support for the zoning of […]
.Stepped down for lack of details By Tunde Opalana, Haruna Salami There was a sharp disagreement among Senators at Wednesday plenary over request from President Muhammadu Buhari for restructuring of N22.7trillion Ways and Means advances collected by the Federal Government from Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), within the last ten years. Commotion started when the […]
Tunde Opalana and Igho Akeregha, Abuja Southern Senators Forum (SSF) has fully endorsed all resolutions on burning national issues taken by their governors at a meeting in Asaba, Delta State on Tuesday. The lawmakers aligned with the state executive’s position on call for convocation of a national conference, establishment of state police and banning open […]
The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio on Tuesday denied accusing the Senators and members of the House of Representatives of being contractors to the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). READ ALSO: Akpabio Finally Names Lawmakers on NDDC Contracts’ List He stated this while responding to questions after an unscheduled visit to the acting Clerk of […]
Senators of the Federal Republic of Nigeria are donating 50 percent of their salaries from March to support the fight against coronavirus. The senators made this known in a statement on Monday,by Godiya Akwashiki, senate spokesman. Akwashiki said the senate is ready to do whatever it takes to ensure that the country is free of […]
*Bill passes second reading The debate on a bill for an Act to establish the South West Development Commission yesterday generated controversy among senators supporting and opposing the passage of the bill. Sponsored by Senator Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun Central), the commission is set to act as a catalyst to develop the commercial and industrial potentials of […]
Senators yesterday held diverse views over the authenticity of an alleged none remittance of N177bn operational surplus made by the Nigerian Port Authority (NPA) into the consolidated federation account. The disagreement arose when a member of the Senate Committee on Marine Transport oversighting NPA’s operations, Senator Mohammed Hassan (PDP Yobe South) drew the attention of […]
…Says there is gov’t within Buhari’s gov’t …No, he must resign as Senate President – APC …PDP kicks as Akpabio formally joins APC The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, on Wednesday, challenged All Progressives Congress (APC) senators to rally round and get a two-thirds majority of the 109 senators to get him impeached rather than […]
The crisis of misgovernance in the country has been accentuated by the official impunity of members of the ruling class. Hence, the executive is justifying disobedience of court orders, while legislators regularly suspend their colleagues and carry out the impeachment of governors outside the ambit of the Constitution. Even though it has been decided by […]
Saraki’s full statement “I have been reliably informed that the police invitation was planned by IG as a ploy to stop an alleged plan by some Senators and House of Representatives members from defecting from the All Progressives Congress (APC). “It was also said that if I was detained between Tuesday and Wednesday, that will […]
After sending a condolence message and personal telephone calls to the bereaved wives, President Muhammadu Buhari has sent a high level government delegation to Bauchi to commiserate with the people of Bauchi State, and the family of the late Senator representing Bauchi South, Ali Wakili. Many have described the late senator as one of President’s […]
The Initiator and Chairman, Movement for Nigeria’s Total Transformation, Chief Areoye Oyebola, has decried the non-responsiveness of Nigerian federal lawmakers to the widespread call for the downward review of their “monumental salaries and allowances.” According to Oyebola, the recent criticism of the federal legislators by the Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. […]
.Rally organisers planned to vandalise EFCC Hqrts during Magu’s absence -Source Strong indications emerged on Sunday night that the recent rally organised by a group, GLOCCOLAC, against the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu, was sponsored and financed by certain influential individuals to thwart the fight against graft. […]
The ministerial screening of a former minister of state for defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, has suffered another hitch following a row between senators over the screening exercise. It would be recalled that first attempt to screen Obanikoro last week ended in chaos and the screening had to be deferred, but the controversy continued on Wednesday […]