President Muhammadu Buhari, weekend, met behind closed doors with Chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum, Downstream, Kabir Marafa, on measure taken to avert fuel scarcity during the festive season, following the threat by Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG. The meeting took place at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Briefing State House correspondents after […]
Read More The Senate, yesterday, approved a total sum of ₦189,207,544,893 for the conduct of the 2019 general election expenditure as proposed by Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in supplementary budget. According to the Senate, the approval became imperative to enable Nigeria prepare adequately for the elections. Speaking at a meeting on the submission of harmonised report […]
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Global body in charge of security, United Nations Security Council, says it is worried over what it described as continued tensions linked to disputed electoral processes, social and economic difficulties, and conflicts between farmers and herders in the Lake Chad Basin. Nigeria, Cameroon and Chad are members of the Lake Chad Basin on which the […]
Read More A member of the Senate, Sen. Isa Misau, says siege at the National Assembly on Tuesday by Department of State Service (DSS) operatives was a “bad example to other African democracies’’. Misau, who represents Bauchi Central Senatorial District, said that barricading the gate of the assembly complex and denying some legislators access into their offices […]
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Senator Ben Murray Bruce lawmaker representing Bayelsa East in an interview on Channels Television Breakfast Programme, Sunrise Daily, alleged that the All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmakers are planning to appoint Senator Godswill Akpabio as the Senate President. He said has reached out to the US embassy, the British embassy and will reach out to other […]
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Senator Godswill Akpabio, a former governor of Akwa Ibom, has resigned as the Minority Leader of the 8th Senate. Mr. Jackson Udom, his media aide said his resignation letter was dated August 4. It was addressed to the Deputy Minority Leader, Senator Emmanuel Bwacha. “Senator Akpabio thanked the Senate leadership, the minority leadership, all distinguished […]
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The National Assembly is to spend over ₦13bn on refreshment, transportation and welfare packages in 2017, estimates of its new budget have shown. Both the Senate and the House of Representatives budgeted about ₦11.5bn for general travels and transportation (local and international) in the next fiscal year, excluding the allocation for vehicles. Senate will spend […]
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Nigeria Senate on yesterday, urged all the parties involved in the negotiation that led to the release of 21 of the Chibok girls to ensure that other hostages in Boko Haram’s captivity were rescued. The upper chamber of the National Assembly, while thanking those who negotiated the release of the 21 schoolgirls, noted that a large […]
Read More The Senate has given the Federal Government guidelines to follow in putting an end to the economic recession facing the country. The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, gave the guidelines yesterday in an address to mark the resumption of the lawmakers from a seven-week recess. He lamented that Nigerians were groaning in pains, resulting from the […]
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Capital inflows into frontier markets, including Nigeria, may slow as investor confidence has been severely undermined by the uncertainty created by Britain’s vote to leave the European Union. In a report by Punchng, The Sub-Saharan Africa Economist, Renaissance Capital, Yvonne Mhango, stated this in an emailed note on the potential effect of Brexit on the […]
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There are strong indications that the National Assembly is on the war path with President Muhammadu Buhari over the prosecution of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, and his deputy, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, for alleged forgery of the Senate Standing Rules 2015. According to Punchng, although some of the legislators were uncomfortable with the anti-corruption war […]
Read More The Senate on Monday took a swipe at the Central Bank of Nigeria and beneficiaries of the N120bn released to the aviation sector out of the N500bn intervention fund for the power and the Small and Medium-scale Enterprises sectors in 2011. According to Punchng, The Senate Committee on Aviation and Anti-Corruption, at a public hearing, […]
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