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Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki has asked the Senate president, Godswill Akpabio to stop trivializing the serious issue on ground and do what is right. Akpabio in a meeting with Niger Delta youth leaders on Friday had said there were individuals in Adamawa and Kwara states who wish to see him removed from his […]
The ongoing national dispute in the National Assembly between Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has prompted the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) to call for caution regarding the sexual harassment allegations leveled against the Senate President. CAN chairman for Northern States, Rev. Joseph Hayab, stated on Tuesday in […]
The additional N1.77 trillion loan sought by President Bola Tinubu to finance the 2024 budget will be reviewed today by the National Assembly for consideration and approval. President Tinubu had on Tuesday sent letters to the upper and lower chambers explaining the necessity of the loan, which is embedded in the 2024 Appropriation Act […]
On Tuesday Senate President, Godswill Akpabio in a visit to the Nigeria Institute of Legislative and Democratic Studies in Abuja, revealed reasons behind the quick reintroduction of the old national anthem “Nigeria We Hail Thee”. He said if the old national anthem had not been taken away it would have fostered unity within Nigerians […]
The Nigeria Labour Union, NLC and Trade Union Congress, TUC under the umbrella of Organized Labour, commenced their planned strike today to press home their demand for workers’ welfare and the new national minimum wage. The federal government had failed to meet the demands of the union after several negotiations, insisting that the […]
The bill seeking to return Nigeria to the old National anthem after passing the first and second readings has been signed into law by President Bola Tinubu. Making the development known after the joint plenary today Thursday, the Speaker of the House, Godswill Akpabio said ‘Nigeria We Hail Thee’ composed by Lilian Jean […]
Ahmed Ningi has written a letter through his lawyer to the Speaker of the Red Chamber to reinstate him or face legal action. The senator representing Bauchi Central wrote the letter through his lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, demanding that if the suspension placed on him was not revoked within seven days then the Senate […]
Deputy Senate President Jibrin Barau, on Wednesday presiding over the plenary, has sworn in Amos Yohanna as the new Senator representing Adamawa North Senatorial District. Yohanna, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party replaced Abbo, who was sacked by the Appeal Court last week Monday. INEC had declared Elisha Abbo of the APC as […]
Senate President, Godswill Akpabio said members of the Senate are bound to disagree but it cannot lead to a public fight. This follows the disagreement between the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and Chief Whip of the Senate, Ali Ndume on Tuesday during their plenary section. Ndume cited a point from the rule book […]
Chief whip of the Nigeria Senate, Ali Ndume walked out of the red chamber in anger on Tuesday after Senate President, Godswill Akpabio ruled him out. Ndume anger was a result of him citing order 54 of the standing rules to draw the attention and manner in which Akpabio presides over affairs of […]
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