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Ex-Lawmaker Condemns Suspension Of PDP Member From Kwara Assembly

PDP lawmaker, Hon. Raheem Agboola
The Forum of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) former Lawmakers in Kwara State House of Assembly yesterday described the decision of the All Progressives Congress (APC) 23 lawmakers in the stateRead More

Senate Confirms Service Chiefs’ Appointments

Nigerian Senate
Banditry becoming an industry, says Lawan The Senate yesterday concurred with the House of Representatives’ confirmation of President Muhammadu Buhari’s nomination of Maj. Gen. Lucky Irabor as Chief of DefenceRead More

Senate Confirms Ex-service Chiefs As Ambassadors

Nigerian Senate
House approves new military top brass The Senate yesterday confirmed the nominations of former Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Abayomi Olonisakin (rtd); former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen.,Read More

N’Assembly Promises Approval For Extra Budget To Fight Insecurity

National Assembly
The leadership of the National Assembly yesterday gave an assurance that it will approve the extra-budgetary request of the executive for the security agencies to wage a total war onRead More

Soyinka Chides N’Assembly For Ignoring Clamour For Restructuring

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka
House: Nigerians should submit their proposals to the legislature Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, yesterday criticised the National Assembly for not concretely taking up the clamour for the restructuring ofRead More

Gas Explosion Kills Four, Injures Many In Delta

Gas explosion
Three children and a woman were yesterday confirmed dead in an explosion that occurred in a gas plant at Agbor, Ika South Local Government Area (LGA), Delta State on Friday.Read More

Niger State Assembly’s First Female House Leader Impeached

Binta Mamman
The first female Majority Leader and the only female lawmaker in the Niger State House of Assembly, Binta Mamman, has been impeached. The female lawmaker was impeached by members ofRead More