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Senate President: Nigeria Needs Twitter Just As Twitter Needs Nigeria

Senate President, Dr. Ahmad Lawan
Micro-blogging site says it’s ready to meet with Nigerian government for ‘open discussion’ President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan yesterday said he was optimistic that the row between the FederalRead More

Excitement In EFCC Over Bawa’s Nomination As Chairman

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairman, Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa
Senate to screen nominee at plenary There was excitement at the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Abuja and other zonal offices nationwide yesterday as PresidentRead More

How Commercial Banks Are Aiding Fraud – Sen. Lawan

Senate President, Ahmad Lawan
Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, yesterday in Abuja urged the nation’s anti-corruption agencies to beam their searchlights on operations of commercial banks. Lawan, during his investiture and induction as Patron byRead More

#EndSARS: Too Much Anger, Hunger In The Country – Govs

#ENDSARS protesters in front of Central Bank of Nigeria’s headquarters in Abuja on Sunday, October 18th, 2020
Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum and Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, said on Sunday that he and his colleagues are worried about the discontent, hunger, and anger in theRead More

Senate Asks Buhari To Scrap Redundant Federal Agencies

President Ahmad Lawan
The Senate on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to reduce the number of its agencies in order to reduce cost of governance. The red chamber took the decision following theRead More

Atiku Urges N’Assembly To Reject Fresh Loan Requests

Alhaji Atiku Abubakar
A former vice president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has written to the President of the Senate, Dr. Ahmad Lawan, requesting the National Assembly to reject any new loan request meant forRead More

National Assembly Asks Buhari To Stop Keyamo From Supervising 774,000 Jobs

Minister of State for Labour, Employment and Productivity, Festus Keyamo
The Senate and the House of Representatives have asked President Muhammadu Buhari to remove the Minister of State for Labour, Employment and Productivity, Festus Keyamo, from supervising the recruitment ofRead More

Why Kalu’s Seat Wasn’t Declared Vacant – Lawan

Orji Uzor Kalu
Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, on Tuesday, explained why the Senate refused to yield to pressure to declare Senator Orji Uzor Kalu’s s seat vacant during the period of his incarceration.Read More

National Assembly, Discos Ask FG To Subsidise Electricity Consumption

Electricity power plants
The National Assembly and electricity distribution companies have asked the Federal Government to subsidise eletricity consumption. The Discos had on Monday told the National Assembly leadership that the only conditionRead More

NASS Commences Work On 2020 Revised Budget

Nigerian Senate
The Presidency has said the challenge posed by the COVID-19 pandemic caused the delay in presenting the 2020 revised budget to the National Assembly. This came as the Chairman, SenateRead More