Senate President
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The nomination process of some of the nominees sent by President Bola Tinubu to the National Assembly had some drama attached to it yesterday, as former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai; the former deputy governor of Taraba State, Sani Abubakar Danladi, and Stella Okotete from Delta State were dropped from the approved list. This […]
The former governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari, has been released from the Department of State Services, after days of grilling. This was disclosed by a close source to the former governor on Sunday. “His Excellency has been released by DSS after about days of detention by the DSS,” the source said. An […]
The Senate has granted more time to an ad-hoc committee it constituted to investigate alleged unauthorized spending by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The committee, chaired by Yusuf Yusuf was constituted last week to investigate transactions allegedly carried out by the NDDC under its 2021 and 2022 budgets without the approval of the […]
The Abuja chapter of the Urhobo Youth Council has enjoined senators to vote for Senator Godswill Akpabio to emerge president of the 10th Senate. President of the council and ex-militant leader, General Aghogho Peter in a statement to the Vanguard said Senator Akpabio would bring his wealth of experience as a former senator, governor […]
The leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele has revealed the reason the next senate president of Nigeria should come from the South East in the tenth National Assembly. In a statement signed by his media aide, Primate Ayodele revealed that if the next senate president doesn’t come from the Igbo division, […]
The Senate President, Ahmed Lawan has cautioned Nigerian youths against vote trading in the 2023 elections. Lawan spoke on Thursday when he received members of Polling Unit Ambassadors of Nigerian (PUAN), an election observation group, at the national assembly complex in Abuja. The senate president, who was presented with a red flag against […]
The Nigerian Senators from the opposition parties have given President Muhammadu Buhari six weeks ultimatum to address the rising insecurity in the country or face impeachment. Minority Leader of the Senate, Philip Aduda, stated this while addressing reporters after the opposition lawmakers stormed out of the Senate plenary angrily, chanting “Buhari must go […]
The Senate on Tuesday named Senator Philip Tenimu Aduda as the new Minority Leader, while Senator Chukwuka Utazi was also named the Senate Minority Whip. Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, announced the appointments while reading two separate letters signed by the National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Samuel Anyanwu. The seat of […]
President Muhammadu Buhari is seeking the approval of the National Assembly to borrow another $4 billion ($4,054,476,863) and €710 million loan from bilateral and multilateral organisations to fund the deficit in the 2021 budget. The president, in a letter to the Senate, said the loan request is an addendum to the 2018-2020 borrowing plan. […]
The Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has expressed his excitement over the President’s choice of Gen. Irabor as Chief of Defence Staff. This was revealed in a statement issued by the Yomi Odunuga, the Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, to the Deputy Senate President on Wednesday. It reads: “The Deputy President of the […]
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