Members of the Nigeria entertainment industry of Delta State origin have lined up behind the former governor of the state, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan and his ambition to represent Delta South in the Upper Chambers of the National Assembly. The entertainers…
Senate panel presents Buhari’s impeachment report today …grills IG on Melaye (Punch)
The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, is expected to appear before the Senate on Wednesday (today). He will be grilled by the lawmakers on the arrest, detention and hospitalisation of Senator Dino Melaye. The appearance will be broadcast live on…
Buhari’s Impeachment: Mission Impossible – Reuben Abati
The Chairmen of the Committees on Public Accounts in the National Assembly – Kingsley Chinda (House of Representatives, PDP Rivers, Obio/Akpor Constituency) and Mathew Urhoghide (Senate, PDP Edo South) – have both had cause to ask the respective Chambers of…
Senate indicts NNPC for illegal fuel subsidy, orders N216bn refund (Punch)
The Senate has declared the current payments by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation for subsidy of premium motor spirit (petrol) illegal. It asked the corporation to refund the sum of N216bn spent for the purpose in 2017 under the guise…
Buhari writes Senate for approval to buy helicopters from US (Punch)
The Nigerian Senate has read a letter from President Muhammadu Buhari seeking approval to purchase six Tucano helicopters worth $496,374,470 (151, 394, 421, 035 Naira) from the US. According to the president, the helicopters are meant to support the drive to…
Senate attack: Ekweremadu indicts security agencies (SUN)
Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, yesterday, said the attack on the Senate on Wednesday, was an indictment of security agencies in the country. He added that, it is another lesson on the need to rethink the nation’s security structure.…
Senate to quiz IGP, DSS DG over thugs invasion (Nation)
It was time to take stock yesterday of Wednesday’s invasion of the Senate by thugs, who carted away its mace, its symbol of authority. The mace was recovered yesterday and returned to the Senate by the police. Rising from a…
‘Act of Treason’: Omo-Agege behind Senate mace incident (SUN)
Following an early morning incident in which unidentified men described as ‘hoodlums’, led by suspended Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, broke into and forcefully removed the symbol of authority of the legislature, the mace, the Nigerian Senate has responded to the events surrounding the…
Hoodlums invade Senate, take Mace away (Nation)
Some hoodlums on Wednesday stormed the Senate chamber and took away the Mace. The Mace is the symbol of authority in the National Assembly. There was confusion in the chamber as Senators scampered for safety. The Deputy President of the…
Senate summons Emefiele, Adeosun, other over $462m helicopter purchase (Punch)
The Senate has invited the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun; Minister of Defence, Brig.-Gen. Mansur Dan-Ali (retd.); and Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr. Godwin Emefiele, over alleged illegal withdrawal of $462m from the Consolidated Revenue Account. The money…
