President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday at the Presidential Villa, signed the Public Holidays Act Amendment Bill into law. Sen. Ita Enang, Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate) disclosed this to State House correspondents in Abuja. Enang said that the Act declared June 12 of every year as public holiday and…
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The Senate has confirmed Dr. Godwin Emefiele as Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria for a second term. Emefiele, who was appointed as CBN Governor on June 2, 2014, is due to end his first term on June 2, this year. According to reports, Emefiele had been screened by the Senate Committee on Banking,…
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Going by the senatorial election results announced in states by Returning Officers, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) seems set to dominate the 109-member Red Chamber. Out of the 18 seats in the Southwest, the APC won 14, leaving four to the PDP. It is being trailed by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). There…
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The management and leadership of the National Assembly have explained why they invited the Nigeria Police and the Department of State Services to secure the complex. The leadership is led by President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, while the management is led by Clerk to the National…
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The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, said on Thursday that he was glad the Senate refused to confirm him as the substantive chairman of the anti-graft agency. Magu said if the Senate had confirmed him, perhaps he would not have been able to perform as much as he had…
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Six months after his conviction by a Federal Capital Territory High Court, Senator Joshua Dariye is still receiving the N750, 000 salary and N13.5m monthly running cost from the National Assembly. Dariye, who represents Plateau-Central Senatorial District, was still receiving the allowances because his seat had yet to be declared vacant by the leadership of…
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Disturbed by the invasion of the National Assembly complex by the Department of State Services, DSS, led by Mr Lawal Daura on the 13th of August, 2018, senators have concluded arrangements to sponsor a motion demanding judicial probe. on the 16th of August, 2018, NATIONAL ASSEMBLY LOCKED FOR STAFFS AND JOURNALISTS Chairman, Senate Committee on…
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An FCT High Court sitting in Bwari has restrained Senate President, Bukola Saraki from declaring the seat of former Minority Leader of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio vacant on the 15th of August. The Judge, Justice Othman Musa also ordered Saraki not to obstruct Senator Akpabio’s access to the Senate building or take any action aimed at…
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The United State Senate has unanimously passed a resolution on the 16th of August, rebuking President Donald Trump’s statement that declared the news media as the enemy of the people. The Senate also affirmed its commitment to protecting freedom of speech and condemned recent attacks on journalists and members of the media after, over 300…
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President Muhammadu Buhari and The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole have responded to the dramatic event that occurred at the National Assembly yesterday, the 24th of July 2018 whereby 37 Representatives and 14 senators abandoned the APC for other parties. In a statement by the president’s Special Assistant on Media…
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