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The Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Kayode Egbetokun was under fire on Tuesday when the Senate told him that it was not satisfied with the explanation by the Nigeria Police Force over a total of 3,907 assault rifles and pistols allegedly missing from its armoury as at January 2020, insisting that the police must account for…
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At the budget defense session on Thursday, the Senate Committee on Information and National Orientation directed the National Orientation Agency (NOA) and the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) to revise and resubmit their budgetary proposals for the 2025 fiscal year. The committee, chaired by Senator Kenneth Eze (APC, Ebonyi Central), questioned the feasibility and impact…
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The Senate on Wednesday set up a committee to review the controversial Tax Reform Bills that are before the National Assembly. The Committee which is headed by Minority Leader, Senator Abba Moro (PDP, Benue South) will meet with the Attorney General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi, to address grey areas in the bills and revert…
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Former President Donald Trump told supporters in a rally Sunday that he needs a “mandate” from the American electorate this November. At the rally, in Juneau, Wisconsin, Trump said that supporters from the swing state of Wisconsin and from the country at large need to turn out “in record numbers.” “We need, and I hate…
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Godswill Akpabio says the Senate will consider a request for a new presidential jet if there is a necessity for that but dismissed claims that the lawmakers are set to approve the purchase of the same at the moment. Akpabio, the senate president, said this during plenary in Abuja on Thursday amid claims in some…
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Senate President Godswll Akpabio has swiftly rejected the assertion that he was part of the Saraki Senate. Addressing the Senate on the incessant security challenges across the country, the Senator representing Borno South, Ali Ndume, reminded the Senate President that he was part of the Saraki Senate. According to Ndume, “Our security [agencies] have the…
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Over one year after a funeral committee was set up by former governor of Cross River State, Ben Ayade to prepare for the burial of late Dr Joseph Wayas, a former Senate President, there seems to be no headway in resolving the dispute among the family members. The committee, inaugurated in August 2022, has for…
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The Deputy Minority Leader of Nigeria’s Senate, Senator Kamorudeen Lere Oyewumi has revealed that the Senate has so far identified over 10,000 government projects abandoned at various stages across the country. Oyewumi said that the Upper Legislative Chamber has given approval for a thorough probe of the abandoned projects with a view to resuscitating them…
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President Muhammadu Buhari’s request for N23.7 trillion ‘Ways and Means’ request for approval have sparked an uproar in Senate on Wednesday. The uproar which forced the red chambers into a close door session started when Senator Solomon Adeola Olamilekan who is the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance presented the Committee report on “Approval…
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US Senator Dianne Feinstein, the top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, said that the FBI report on sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh was the “product of an incomplete investigation”. Image shows Brett Kavanaugh testifying before the Senate The White House received the much-anticipated FBI report on Wednesday night, local time,…
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The Presidency said yesterday that President Muhammadu Buhari was fully ready to present the 2018 Appropriation Bill to the National Assembly, adding that he was only waiting for the legislative arm of government to give him a date for the presentation. Image: Muhammadu Buhari The Senior Special Assistant to the President (National Assembly Matters), Ita…
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The Senate has rejected President Muhammadu Buhari’s request for authorisation to borrow about $30 billion. The president, last Tuesday, forwarded a request to the National Assembly to approve external borrowing plan of $29.960 billion to execute key infrastructural projects across the country between 2016 and 2018. Image: Muhammadu Buhari He made the requests in two…
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The United States Senate passed legislation on Tuesday that would allow families of September 11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia’s government for damages, setting up a potential showdown with the White House, which has threatened a veto. Image: U.S. Senate class photo (Source: Wikipedia). The Saudis, who deny responsibility for the 2001 attacks, strongly object…
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