Audit report : Senate clarifies stance on N210trillion …. says unaccounted for and not stolen by NNPC …Insists on appearance of Ojulari before it. The Senate through its committee on Public Accounts , clarified on Thursday that the N210trillion financial infraction raised against the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited ( NNPCL) , in the audit…
The Federal House of Representatives Committee on Disabilities has invited the operators of the fast-food restaurant Kentucky Fried Chicken over the ill-treatment of Mr Adebola Daniel, a person living with a disability. Adebola is the son of former Ogun State Governor and current senator representing Ogun East District, Gbenga Daniel. The Chairman of the House…
The Senator representing Anambra South Senatorial District, Senator Nwachukwu Emmanuel has explained the rationale behind his first motion on the floor of the Senate, citing worsening erosion threats, the deplorable condition of key federal roads, and the urgent need for federal intervention to prevent a looming transportation and humanitarian crisis in the zone. Speaking with…
The Senate has confirmed Senator Jimoh Ibrahim, APC, Ondo South; the immediate past Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Yakubu Mahmoud; Senator Ita Enang, Reno Omokri; Senator Grace Bent and Senator Prof. Nora Ladi Daduut as non- Career Ambassadorial Designates Also cleared on Thursday were Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas, immediate past sole administrator of Rivers…
Deputy President of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Barau I. Jibrin, has emerged as the acting Speaker of the Sixth Legislature of the Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Senator Barau, who is the leader of the Nigerian delegation to the ECOWAS Parliament, emerged during the inaugural…
HallowMace Africa Analysis. The Nigerian Presidency has announced a seven-week roadmap for the drafting of the National Policing Bill. According to the Presidency, the executive-backed process will include a period for public consultation during which Nigerians are expected to submit memoranda before the final draft is presented to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on September 3,…
Amid the controversy rocking the Nigerian Senate, the Red Chamber on Thursday passed a vote of confidence in the leadership of Senate President Godswill Akpabio. This comes after Senate Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele under Orders 40 and 51, moved a motion on the recent controversy surrounding the upper chamber, underscoring the need for clarity, adherence…
The senator representing Bayelsa Central, Senator Benson Friday Konbowei has said that Nigeria’s security challenges, particularly Boko Haram and banditry, and the perceived inadequacy of the national security forces, probably requires an external intervention, such as US President Trump’s call. US President Donald Trump had ordered the military to prepare for action in Nigeria to…
The South East Senate Caucus have expressed worry over what it described as ‘curious and highly suspicious,’ JAMB examination glitch in some centres in Lagos and especially in the whole of South East in the last exam circle. The caucus in a statement by its Chairman, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe on Saturday in Abuja, said it…
The President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio has urged the Scout Movement of Nigeria to inculcate in Nigerian youths virtues of national ethics and the need to be prepared for any eventuality in life all the time. Senator Akpabio gave the charge when the Chief Commissioner of The Scout Association of Nigeria, Dave Padopads-Awunah…
