Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the 2019 elections, Mr Peter Obi, has expressed shock over the death, on Wednesday in Abuja, of Rt. Hon. Benjamin Uwajumogu, the Senator representing Imo North Senatorial District in the…
*Accidental discharge: Mopol bags 7 years jail term for manslaughter (Vanguard) *Yuletide: Lagos offers Lake rice for N17K (Punch)
Accidental discharge: Mopol bags 7 years jail term for manslaughter (Vanguard) A police mobile officer, Salisu Ibrahim, who was attached to the Epe Branch of First Bank Plc, was on Tuesday sentenced to seven years imprisonment for accidentally shooting the…
*How Nigerian Twitter helped keke rider raise over N1m to pay hospital bills (Guardian) *‘Police broke into our houses like robbers, arrested our children’ (Punch)
How Nigerian Twitter helped keke rider raise over N1m to pay hospital bills (Guardian) When Emmanuel Nweke’s wife Gift was delivered of a baby through a Caesarean section (CS) on November 5, he was happy the child and his wife…
Attack at NASS: Bala Usman petitions IG, DSS on safety
Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, Hadiza Bala Usman has called for the investigation and prosecution of perpetrators of the harassment and humiliation to which she was subjected by people believed to be hirelings of Chairman of Ocean Maritime…
Disregard budget request by NDDC’s IMC, IYC President Eric Omare tells NASS
The National President of Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), Barrister Eric Omare has urged the National Assembly to disregard any budget approval request from NDDC submitted by the Interim Management Committee (IMC) inaugurated by Minister of Niger Delta, Chief Godswill Akpabio…
Unbudgetted spending: National Assembly warns minister, revenue-generating agencies (Punch)
The National Assembly has warned the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, and heads of all Federal Government revenue-generating agencies against engaging in unauthorised spending of revenues without the approval of the federal lawmakers as required by law. The chairmen of…
We’re ready to pass 2020 budget by December –National Assembly (Punch)
The National Assembly has said it is ready to receive the 2020 Appropriation Bill for consideration and passage. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, made the declaration at a stakeholders’ roundtable on the 2020 budget in Abuja…
NASS members receive, decry N12.3bn welcome package (Punch)
Members of the National Assembly have been paid their welcome package, including accommodation and furniture allowances, The PUNCH has learnt. It was also gathered that some of the lawmakers were not happy because the allowances fell below their expectations. A credible…
Senate leadership: Factors that determined winners (Sun)
As the dusts raised by the June 11 inauguration of the National Assembly and election of the presiding officers begin to settle, Ismail Omipidan, who has been following the developments, writes that immediate past Deputy President of the Senate, Ike…
Heavy security ahead of NASS leadership election (Guardian)
Security operatives have barred vehicles from entering into the National Assembly Complex ahead of today’s election of principal officers of both legislative chambers. All the entry points into the complex are manned by operatives of the Department of State Security…