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Two Senators Trade Punches Over Committee Position

Adebusola Oyerinde Jul 2, 2020 0

Drama ensued in Kenya earlier this week when two nominated senators Beatrice Kwamboka (ODM) and Mary Seneta (Jubilee) engaged in a scuffle before parliamentary security separated them.The scuffle over a post is said to have led to the…

Foreign

U.S Senators Move To Limit Trumps Ability To Withdraw Troops From Germany

Emmanuel Yashim Jun 30, 2020 0

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators announced a move to limit President Donald Trump’s ability to withdraw troops from Germany by restricting taxpayer dollars. SEE ALSO: (Photos): Army kill 23 Boko Haram members, recover weapons in Lake…

Politics

’35 Nigerian Senators Pose COVID-19 Risk’

John Ogunsemore Apr 7, 2020 0

A group, Civil Society Coalition Against COVID-19 (CISCAC) has called on the 35 senators that recently attended a three-day international training programme in London to go for COVID-19 test.The coalition in a statement addressed by its…

Ticker

$22.7bn loan: Blame Igbo senators for South-East exclusion – Northern elders

John Ogunsemore Mar 10, 2020 0

The Director-General, Northern Elders’ Forum (NEF), Professor Yima Sen, says senators from the South-East geopolitical zone are to blame if the region is exempted from the capital projects to be executed from the $22.7 billion loan.He…

Politics

Finally, Senators get N30m, Reps receive N25m welcome package each

Samuel Oduoye Jul 16, 2019 0

Members of the 9th National Assembly have now received their welcome package which includes accommodation and furniture allowances.According to The Punch, the lawmakers started receiving their allowances and running costs in batches…

Politics

Senators, Reps to earn N273.64bn as salaries, allowances in four years

Samuel Oduoye Jun 22, 2019 0

The newly inaugurated members of the Senate and House of Representatives would have pocketed N273.64bn as allowances by the time their tenure ends in June 2023.The calculation excludes the principal officers of the 9th National…

Ticker

We have enough reasons to earn N13.5m as running cost – Ahmad Lawan defends senators

Samuel Oduoye May 27, 2019 0

Senate Majority leader and Senate Presidency hopeful, Ahmad Lawan, has said senators are right to earn N13.5 million as running cost, considering the nature of their works.Lawan, who was speaking to journalists in Abuja on Saturday, …

Government

REVEALED: Incoming and re-elected Senators, Reps to get N4.68bn for accommodation, furniture

Samuel Oduoye May 15, 2019 0

The members of the 9th National Assembly, numbering 469 from both legislative chambers, are to receive N4.68bn as welcome package upon their inauguration in June.Herald Nigeria gathered that the package is to help the lawmakers cater to…

Government

Senators ditch security aides, official number plates over incessant abduction of VIPs

Ademola Ademiluyi Apr 13, 2019 0

Nigerian lawmakers have begun to adopt new strategies to ensure their safety while travelling by road.This is expected as the number of kidnaps, killings, and robbery on major roads in the country have increased in recent times.One…

Politics

Buhari to meet with APC senators over Onnoghen’s suspension

Samuel Oduoye Jan 28, 2019 0

President Muhammadu Buhari has invited members of the All Progressives Congress in the Senate to a meeting at the Presidential Villa. The meeting, which will hold on Monday, is to discuss the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria,…

Government

Onnoghen: You can’t impeach Buhari – APC senators warn colleagues

John Ogunsemore Jan 27, 2019 0

The All Progressives Congress (APC) caucus in the Senate has vowed to resist any attempt to initiate impeachment proceedings President Muhammadu Buhari over the suspension of Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Nkanu Onnoghen.Buhari…

News

Saraki, Dogara Must Step Down, APC Lawmakers Insist

Tony Abu Momoh Jul 27, 2018 0

The Political drama unfolding in the National Assembly gets more interesting as Lawmakers belonging to the All Progressives Congress (APC) have insisted that the Speaker House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara and Senate President, Bukola…

News

Your Government Has Failed Woefully – Kola Ologbondiyan to Buhari

Tony Abu Momoh Jul 26, 2018 0

The National Publicity Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has declared that President Buhari’s Administration has failed woefully. He cited the recent mass defections from the All Progressives Progress (APC) as an indication…

News

Buhari Meets APC Senators Over Series Of Defection

John Ogunsemore Jul 25, 2018 0

President Muhammadu Buhari is presently in the process of meeting some All Progressives Congress (APC) senators over a series of defections that have hit the party in recent days.The meeting is said to be holding at the Presidential…

News

Buhari Meets APC Senators Over Series Of Defection

John Ogunsemore Jul 25, 2018 0

Politics

(Full List): 15 Top Senators Defect From APC To PDP, Others

John Ogunsemore Jul 24, 2018 0

Some senators led by senators Rabi’u Kwankwaso (Kano-Central) and Dino Melaye (Kogi-West) have defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to other political parties, mainly the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).The senators…

Government

Kaduna Senators are Useless- El-Rufai Fumes

Femi Famutimi May 5, 2018 0

The Executive governor of Kaduna state Nasir El-Rufai launched into a withering tirade against 3 Senators representing Kaduna in the National Assembly saying they're useless and were against the development of Kaduna.The Governor was…

Government

APC senators split as Senate adopts revised poll timetable

Adejumo Kester Feb 15, 2018 0

The adoption of the report by the Senate and the House of Representatives Conference Committee on the Amendment to the Electoral Act caused division in the ranks of the All Progressives Congress caucus in the upper chamber of the National…

Government

Pro-Buhari Senators Walk Out Over Election Sequence Reordering Report

Adejumo Kester Feb 14, 2018 0

About 10 members of the Senate have staged a walk-out in protest against the adoption of the report by the Senate and House of Representatives Joint Committee on the Amendment to the Electoral Act.The protesters say despite the adoption…

Government

Nigerian Senators Make More Money Than Donald Trump

Femi Famutimi Oct 9, 2017 0

Chief Areoye Oyebola, Chairman, Movement for Nigeria’s Total Transformation has slammed Nigerian Lawmakers over their perceived incompetence even though according to him they earn more than most world leaders including American President…

Government

18 Senators On EFCC’s Radar Over N367.5 billion Fraud

Owolabi Oluwasegun Jul 19, 2017 2

Anti-graft agency, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has beamed its searchlight into a total of 18 senators for alleged connection with N367.5 billion fraud.The senators under investigation by the anti-graft agency are…

Politics

Southern senators’ forum re-emerges, vows to uphold Nigeria’s unity

Emma Jul 5, 2017 0

The Southern Senators Forum on Wednesday re-emerged at the Senate after being in oblivion for some years.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the forum’s activity was last noticed 2006 and 2007 during the tenure of…

Metro

National Assembly Members To Get N50million Flats Each In Abuja

Owolabi Oluwasegun Jun 4, 2017

Members of the Nigerian National Assembly may be getting properties in Abuja which will make every lawmaker pay N2.5 million monthly in mortgage.According to Punch, the lawmakers are subscribing to the mortgage facility which will…

Opinion

Nnamdi Kanu’s Bail – Behind The Scene Actors

Ikechukwu Okafor Apr 28, 2017

Just like in entertainment industry, behind the scene players are hardly known, yet their roles remain the soul of success of the industry.One fact remains undeniable - Nnamdi Kanu, our very own brother, son, father, uncle and…

Politics

Group calls on Senators to bring dividends of democracy to Nigerians

Uju Apr 17, 2017

A coalition of civil society organisations, Occupy Senators on Monday, called on the Senators in the National Assembly to bring dividends of democracy to the people.The Convener and National Coordinator of the group, Mr Retson Tekedeh,…

Government

PDP Dare APC Senators To Impeach Ekweremadu

Jide Jan 13, 2017

The National Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party has dared the All Progressives Congress Senators to remove Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu from his seat if he fails to defect from the PDP to the APC.The APC…

Government

Ministers and Governor’s imported exotic vehicles uncovered by the senate

Uju Nov 20, 2016

The Senate Committee on Customs, Excise and Tariff, led by its Chairman, Hope Uzodinma, discovered over 1,500 exotic vehicles parked at Volkswagen yard on the Mile 2-Badagry expressway, when it led some officials to the VON company for an…

Government

PHOTOS: Goodluck Jonathan And Wife Receive PDP Senators In Their Home

Owolabi Oluwasegun Jul 21, 2016 0

The former president, Goodluck Jonathan and his wife, Dame Patience Jonathan yesterday received some Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Senators at their residence.The Senators who visited the former first couple of the nation to show love…

Government

Impeachment plot against Buhari huge joke – APC

Owolabi Oluwasegun Jul 14, 2016 0

The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday described purported impeachment move by the Senate against President Muhammadu Buhari as a ''huge joke''.This is contained in a statement released to newsmen in Abuja by the APC National…

Government

SERAP to Senators : Proposal for life pension, immunity for NASS presiding officers self-serving

Owolabi Oluwasegun Jun 19, 2016 0

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has condemned the demand by some senators for immunity and life pension for presiding officers of the National Assembly after their tenure.The condemnation is contained in a…

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