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Senator NingiThe President of the Senate of the Federal Republic, Senator Godswill Akpabio, said the statement credited to Senator Abdul Ningi in the media had damaged the integrity of the Senate Speaking at the plenary on Tuesday, Akpabio said the upper chamber had been subjected to ridicule as Nigerians were bashing the parliament. He further faulted Senator Ningi’s earlier interview ...
Politics
March, 2024
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13 March
Jarigbe exposes N500m allocation per Senator
Fresh revelations at the Senate plenary, on Tuesday, indicated that ranking senators got N500m each for their constituency projects in the 2024 budget passed by the National Assembly.. According to the Senate rules, any lawmaker who has spent at least a term in the House of Representatives or Senate, is considered a ranking senator. On the list of senators in ...
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13 March
Akpabio laments Senate’s damaged integrity
The Senate President, GodsWill Akpabio, in his initial comment before the debate noted that Nigerians were bashing the Senate but Ningi insisted and refused to apologise to the Senate. Akpabio said, “Nigerians are bashing the Senate. Many Nigerians will never in future come back to respect this chamber. The integrity of this chamber has been totally damaged and we wanted ...
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13 March
Opeyemi Bamidele raises Coup alarm against Akpabio, admits N500m for each Senator
Senator Opeyemi Bamidele (APC, Ekiti Central), stated that though the senators got N500m, it was for constituency projects. “I was going through online and it’s trending that every senator got N500m here today and I am not going to deny anything. My appeal to Nigerians today is not about what was said here today because I am not going to ...
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13 March
Gumi advices Tinubu : Don’t do like Buhari, negotiate with Kidnappers !
Prominent Islamic cleric and former military officer, Sheikh Ahmad Abubakar Gumi, has renewed his call for the federal government to go into negotiations with bandits in a bid to secure the release of abducted Nigerians. During the administration of ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, tried convincing the government to dialogue with bandits. In a statement, the cleric said he was willing to ...
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12 March
Ningi’s N3.7tn padded 2024 budget allegations: Demand for Probe increase
The All Progressive Congress, Peoples Democratic Party, Labour Party and some other political parties on Monday, called for a thorough probe into the allegation made by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Population, Abdul Ningi (PDP, Bauchi Central), that N3.7tn was padded in the 2024 budget. The Senate through its spokesperson, Yemi Adaramodu (APC, Ekiti South) had however refuted the claim, ...
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11 March
Binance exit triggers youth unemployment
Crypto enthusiasts are lamenting the current ban on Binance naira operations in Nigeria, stating it may increase youth unemployment in the country. An economist with Lotus Beta Analytics, Shedrach Israel, said that the recent move by the government was tantamount to “treating malaria with paracetamol”. He claimed the ban on Binance would not address the falling value of the naira. ...
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10 March
Olubadan deposes once spended Ladoja, calls for replacement
The Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Lekan Balogun, has stripped Wale Oladoja of his title as the Mogaji Akinsola of Opopo Labiran family compound as his family has been directed to present another person to fill the vacant position with immediate effect. This is coming barely six months after Oladoja was briefly suspended as Mogaji by the Olubadan Advisory Council. The ...
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10 March
Food Crisis : Tinubu may reopen Boarder soon
There are more than one indications to show that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu may order reopening of the boarders soon in Nigeria. The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Mr Adewale Adeniyi, on Saturday, said that only President Bola Tinubu has the prerogative to reopen the borders in the country. He also mentioned that as a listening President, he is ...
February, 2024
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26 February
Again, Atiku Lectures Tinubu on How To Make Nigeria Work
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Candidate in the last election, Atiku Abubakar, has asked President Bola Tinubu to emulate the economic reforms embarked upon by the leader of Argentina Javier Milei to take Nigeria out of the woods. Atiku, a former Vice President of Nigeria, said this in a post on his X handle, formerly Twitter, on Sunday. He said ...
