The Senate yesterday considered two bills seeking to ban the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and deputy governors of the apex bank from participating in politics. The two bills passed a second reading…
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Nigerians in Diaspora appeal to President Buhari to endorse Orji Uzor Kalu for Deputy Senate President
Nigerians resident in Venezuela under the auspices of Nigeria Diaspora Trade & Investment Association (NDTIA) have expressed their support for the emergence of the Senator-elect, Abia North Senatorial District, Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu as the Deputy…
The court in a decision on Thursday said the case instituted at the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court which resulted in the recognition of Mr Nwoko as the winner of the election by the…
The Nigerian Senate has approved the sum of N30,000 as the new national minimum wage. This followed the submission of the report of the ad-hoc committee on new minimum wage headed by Senator Francis Alimikhena. The…
The Senate was thrown into chaos on Wednesday as lawmakers argued over sitting arrangements. The noise followed after the senate president, Bukola Saraki, refused to allow former minority leader, Godswill Akpabio, contribute to a point of…
Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, says he is being pressured by his constituency to run for a seat in the Senate in next year’s elections. Ngige who represented Anambra Central District in the Senate between…
Nigerians have reacted on social media following the promise by the Nigerian senate to look into the murder of twenty-three year old Miss Linda Angela Igwetu; a youth corps member serving in the federal capital territory…
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National Assembly releases 12-point condition for Buhari’s impeachment
The National Assembly on Tuesday gave President Muhammadu Buhari 12-point condition to address urgently or face the invocation of its powers against him. This was the outcome of the closed-door joint executive session of both chambers…
The Nigeria police say they have recovered the mace that was stolen from the Senate on Wednesday. . According to Aremu Adeniran, the deputy public relations officer, it was recovered where the hoodlums abandoned it at…
Reports reaching us from the National Assembly in Abuja indicate that some persons suspected to be hoodlums have invaded the Senate, running away with the mace. The incident has left the upper chamber of the nation’s…