Our loss is huge, say Shettima, Zulum By Yunusa Pirkusu, Maiduguri VICE President Kashim Shettima, Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, led dignitaries to the funeral of Alhaji Usman Jidda Shuwa, immediate past Secretary to Borno State Government. The funeral …
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DEFENDERS of Constitutional Democracy (DCD) group accused the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, and his deputy, Ovie Omo-Agege of secretly plotting to alter some senate rules. DCD claimed Lawan and Omo-Agege planning to change the subsisting Senate Standing Order and Rules on ranking to allow the emergence of a non-ranking senator-elect …
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Senate President Ahmad Lawan has said old naira notes should be allowed to co-exist with the redesigned ones. Lawan made the remark while noting that there was no need for a time limit on the validity of the old naira notes. Speaking with journalists after a meeting of the Council …
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A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has warned President Muhammadu Buhari; Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami; Senate President, Ahmad Lawan; and Lauretta Onochie, the Chairperson of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), on the consequences of flouting an earlier restraining order. Recall that the court had …
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The Residential Electoral Commissioner in Akwa Ibom State, Mike Igini has disclosed that Senate President Ahmad Lawan, former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio and other politicians who obtained more than one nomination form, risk two years’ imprisonment under the Electoral Act, 2022. This was disclosed on Tuesday by …
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In what appears to be a victory for state governors who are against Direct Primaries and supported by President Muhammadu Buhari, the Senate has removed the contentious clause 84 from the Electoral Act Amendment Bill. The Clause which imposes Direct Primaries on Political Parties was expunged at Wednesday’s Plenary after …
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President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to the call for the resignation of the service chiefs by the Nigerian senate. The senators had earlier on Tuesday said that the service chiefs should retire due to their ages and the endless insecurity Nigeria has been facing for some time. Read Also: CENTURY POWER …
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The National Assembly has said it is set to invite Federal Government officials and 17 local and international oil companies over the alleged indebtedness to the Niger Delta Development Commission to the tune of N72bn and $73m. The officials to appear before the joint Senate and House of Representatives Committee …
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The National Assembly Joint Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions on Tuesday asked anti-graft agencies to probe a contractor who abandoned a project since 2015 after collecting N1.5bn mobilisation fee. The contractor was said to have abandoned the construction of the headquarters of the Code of Conduct Bureau in …
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A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abubakar Sidiq Usman, has described as reckless and irresponsible, comments by the National Publicity Secretary, Lanre Issa-Onilu that aggrieved members were free to join the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Usman, who contested for the position of APC National Publicity Secretary and emerged the …
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