The Senate, on Wednesday, confirmed Modibbo Hamman Tukur as the Director of the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU). The confirmation followed the adoption of the report of the committee on …
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Lai Mohammed Tackles Saraki – Says Senate President Didn’t Donate Anything To Offa Robbery Victims
The Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, has asked Senate President Bukola Saraki to stop dancing on the graves of victims of the Offa robbery incident. He made this known while …
The Inspector-General of police, Ibrahim Idris, has sternly warned the Senate to stay off appointment of police chiefs in the country. Idris demanded that the lawmakers expunge provisions of a …
The Nigerian Senate did not have the required number of Senators to hold a plenary on Tuesday. The lawmakers adjourned the plenary for a week as a result of their …
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“We did not go to the residence of Ekweremadu to assassinate him or anybody” – Principal Suspect
The principal suspect in the alleged assassination attempt on Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, Mohammed Yusuf, 25, has confessed that they only were on a mission to steal and not …
Senators of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and their Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) counterparts have clashed on Wednesday over the Federal Government’s social intervention programme. Trouble started when Minority Leader …
The Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu in the early hours of Tuesday escaped assassination attempt alongside his wife and one of his sons. But one of the assassins was …
The Federal Ministry of Finance has denied knowledge of a $3.5 billion fund allegedly kept and utilised by the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) for fuel subsidy. The Permanent Secretary, …
The Senate was thrown into a rowdy session on Wednesday after Senate President Bukola Saraki prevented Godswill Akpabio from speaking from a seat not assigned him. Akpabio, a former minority …
The Senate on Wednesday screened Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye as chairmanship nominee for the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Commission (ICPC). The nominee, if approved, will take over from …