Jude Johnson The Senate, on Tuesday, confirmed the appointment of former service chiefs as non-career ambassadors-designate. Their confirmation followed the consideration of the report of the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, Senator Mohammed Bulkachuwa. President, Ahmad Lawan, had on February 10, directed the Committee on Foreign Affairs to confirm retired General Abayomi
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South West Leaders Berate Lawan For Blaming Them Over Crises In Region
Leaders in the South West have attacked the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan over his comments on a BBC Hausa interview where he blamed the region’s leaders for the recent crises involving Hausas and indigenous settlers. Lawan, in an interview with the BBC Hausa Service on Saturday, claimed that ‘unguarded statements’ by
Senate, Reps Reschedule Debate to Forestall Ethno-Religious War In Nigeria
•Adjourns in honour of fallen colleague The Senate has rescheduled an earlier planned debate to urgently address the growing spate of insecurity which the Upper Chamber of the National Assembly believes might lead to tribal and religious war among groups in the country. The Red Chamber also said that clashes between ethnic
Senate Enlists States, LGs to Help End Farmers-Herders Conflict in Nigeria
The Senate on Monday called on state governors and local government councils to end the perennial farmers-herders clashes happening in their states. The Upper Chamber of the National Assembly also said that it would conduct a thorough debate on the issue when it resumes plenary on Tuesday, February 9. Answering questions from
SERAP writes Senate President, Speaker, seeks probe of ‘missing N4.4bn NASS funds’
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, and Speaker of House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, to “use their good offices to urgently probe and refer to appropriate anti-corruption agencies allegations that N4.4 billion of public money budgeted for the National Assembly is missing, misappropriated,
Buhari Orders Military to Completely Rout out Boko Haram from Northeast
Mukaila Ola in Maiduguri President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday has commanded the military to completely rout out the Boko Haram insurgents from all their hideouts in the Northeast. The President gave the command in response to the killing of over 40 rice farmers in Borno State asked that the battle should
Senate President, Speaker To Meet Buhari Over Insecurity
Jude Johnson The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, will meet with President Muhammadu Buhari to discuss security challenges arising from the activities of Boko Haram insurgents and bandits in parts of the country. The resolution to do so was reached after
Breaking: EFCC withdraws from Goje’s ‘N25bn fraud’ case
Jude Johnson The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has withdrawn from N25 billion fraud filed against former governor of Yobe State, Sen. Danjuma Goje. Goje who was gunning for the Senate President against the dictates of his party All Progressives Congress (APC) was on Thursday prevailed to drop his ambition
That APC’s wager on Lawan and Gbaja
Sufuyan Ojeifo I do not look into crystal balls. That is not my preoccupation. I certainly lack the endowment of predicting the future. That enterprise is better left to the confident fortune-tellers. Agreed it is their forte, there is the possibility of their getting it wrong sometimes and such times could
