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UPDATED: Reps reject CFR award conferred on Speaker, seek same honour as Akpabio
In his Independence Day broadcast, President Tinubu announced that the Senate President and Chief Justice of Nigeria were awarded GCON, ...
Tag: Nigerian senate
ANALYSIS: One year later, Akpabio-led Nigerian Senate still working on legislative agenda
The absence of a work plan for the current Senate means there is no road map, and it may be ...
Defection: Labour Party asks senate to declare lawmaker’s seat vacant
The Senator, Onyewuchi Ezenwa, who represents Imo East District, defected to the APC on Tuesday, citing the alleged existence of ...
Ex-Senate President Anyim joins APC
A former governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Ebonyi, Edwin Nkwegu, and a former PDP senator, Joseph Ogba, were ...
Tinubu appoints heads of Code of Conduct Tribunal, NSITF, PenCom, others
The appointments were announced in separate statements by the president's spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelale, on Saturday.
NDDC organises Niger Delta Stakeholders Summit to address region’s development challenges (LIVE UPDATES)
The first session of the four-day event is scheduled to start at 9 a.m. on Wednesday at the J's Signature ...
Tinubu appoints new Code of Conduct Bureau chair
Abdullahi Bello is a consummate professional with more than 25 years of work experience in consulting, banking, law enforcement, financial ...
President Tinubu appoints new AMCON management team
President Tinubu urges the new AMCON team to support his mission of sanitising the nation's financial system.
Senator Isah Jibrin’s legislative strides in Kogi East, By Haruna Abdullahi
For distinguished Senator Isah Jubrin (aka Echocho), serving his people has always been a calling. The Banker and financial expert ...
Deadly attacks, Obidient Movement, Ekweremadus’ conviction, other defining events in South-east in 2023
The year 2023 was clearly an action-packed year in South-east.
UPDATED: Tinubu appoints 10 new INEC RECs
The president said he expects the new appointees to abide by the highest standards of professional and ethical conduct in ...
PODCAST: How the ministerial screening went down in Nigeria’s Senate
President Bola Tinubu has nominated his cabinet members and their names were sent to the Senate for screening. This will ...
‘Bring Simon Ekpa to sit at home with us,” Uzodinma tells Nigerian military
Simon Ekpa, who leads a faction of IPOB, has been declaring sit-at-home in the region, which he said was mainly ...
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NASS Leadership: Tinubu meets Lawan, Gbajabiamila over successors
New presiding officers of the National Assembly will be elected on 13 June when the 10th session of the federal ...
Senate celebrates Ekweremadu at 61
Ike Ekweremadu, who turned 61 on 12 May, is serving a nine-year jail term in the UK having been found ...
Senate speaks on Buhari’s quest for $800m World Bank loan
President Buhari had on Wednesday requested the approval of the Senate to obtain a $800 million World Bank facility to ...
EDITORIAL: The Tenth National Assembly and challenges ahead
A sore case with every legislative set is budget racketeering. Budgets are annually padded for the benefits of lawmakers.
Dino Melaye doesn’t have what it takes to be governor – Wike
“Why would Kogi people say they would vote for a candidate like Dino? Are we joking?”
How APC’s ‘religious debt’ is shaping Senate Presidency, Reps Speakership battles
The outcry over lack of religious balance in the winning APC presidential ticket is echoing in the races for leadership ...
Buhari condoles with Orji Kalu over wife’s death
Mrs Kalu died at the age of 61, the senator says.
2023: Gov Ikpeazu denies supporting Tinubu
“For the avoidance of doubt, Governor Ikpeazu has not endorsed Tinubu and will not endorse him because he is a ...
N805m Fraud: EFCC arrests convicted senator who avoided jail for seven months
The arrest of the senator came less than two weeks after the Supreme Court rejected his post-conviction bail application which ...
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Senate passes federal high court amendment, franchising establishment bills
The Senate passed the bills after considering the reports of its Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters.
Aggrieved APC chieftains declare support for PDP governorship candidate in Enugu
The APC in the state has been enmeshed in a leadership crisis lately, resulting in the splitting of the party ...
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Senate grills finance minister over allegations of N1.7trn budget padding
The minister told the Senate Committee on Appropriations that most of these sums of money are bilateral or multilateral loans ...