Senator insists UBA management must appear before committee
Ayo Akinyelure said the Senate received two petitions against the bank.
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Ayo Akinyelure said the Senate received two petitions against the bank.
NDDC had given the lawmaker a two-week ultimatum to refund N2.5 billion paid to companies allegedly linked to him for...
Report shows that approval for the funds was made in April - at the time when countries were on lockdown...
NDDC said it is the amount it paid for contracts to companies allegedly linked to Peter Nwaoboshi
While senior officials got the grants, hundreds of NDDC scholarship beneficiaries have not been paid for years.
A Senate committee said UBA defrauded NITEL of about N41billion from a N42billion that liquidators of the telecommunications company deposited...
PREMIUM TIMES had in 2019 exposed how the young senator was caught on camera assaulting a woman in Abuja.
The three projects are estimated to cost N2.7 trillion.
"As a member of the committee on NDDC, I attracted projects to my constituency, no contract was ever awarded to...
"As a realist, I am confident that a day will come when Mr. Akpabio and his IMC will have a...
The named lawmakers include the Chairman of the Senate committee on Niger Delta, Peter Nwabaoshi.
An opposition lawmaker had faulted how a $20 million World Bank grant recently given to the state, was spent.
The panel is currently investigating the breach of Nigerian laws by foreign vessels in the nation's coastal region.
Some political analysts believe the president is right to stay away from party crises.
The Senate gave its committee on ethics four weeks to probe the allegations
The lawmakers also asked the president to dissolve the IMC and set up a board for the commission.
The panel also recommended that henceforth, the NDDC report directly to President Muhammadu Buhari
Nigeria is currently obligated to pay between $30 million and $33 million monthly to Azura for power generated, even if...
The lawmakers will resume on September 15.
The Senate withheld the confirmation of two of the nominees
The government targets N5.7 trillion as recurrent expenditure, N3.3 trillion for capital expenditure and N3.1 trillion for debt servicing.
Tuesday's call for the exit of the service chiefs is not the first from the ninth assembly.
The Ministry of Labour and Employment and the National Assembly have disagreed on the implementation of the Special Public Works...
Danbatta's appointment is for a second term of five years.
Tuesday's call for the exit of service chiefs is not the first from the ninth assembly.
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