NATIONAL ASSEMBLY THANKS PRESIDENT TINUBU FOR CREATING SOUTH EAST AND NORTH WEST DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONS.
Deputy President of the Senate , Senator Jibrin Barau has commended President Bola Tinubu for assenting the North West Development Commission Bill which is now an Act. Expressing his happiness on Presidential assent to the bill, the Deputy President of the Senate in a media chat with journalists said the commission , when established , […]
SENATE PRESIDENT ISSUE APOLOGY TO SENTOR AKPOTI
President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio has apologized to Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan for his recent comment during plenary last week. On that day, the 18th of July Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan, a co- sponsor of the National Road Transport Council Bill, rose to speak in favour of the bill without the Senate president’s permission. Displeased with her […]
CBN RAISES INTEREST RATE TO 27.65 PER CENT.
The Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria has increased the benchmark lending rate to 27.65 per cent. The hike in the Monetary Policy Rate was disclosed by the Governor of the CBN, Olayemi Cardoso, at the end of the 296th MPC meeting in Abuja on Tuesday. The MPC had maintained a hawkish […]
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PASSES SEVENTY THOUSAND NAIRA MINIMUM WAGE LAW.
The Senate has passed the 2024 National Minimum Wage Amendment Act Bill. This, followed presentation and adoption of a report on the bill, by leader of the Senate Senator Opeyemi Bamidele (APC-Ekiti). The bill which was transmitted to the Senate by President Bola Tinubu earlier today, was given accelerated consideration, resulting into its first second […]
FORMER BODYGUARD OF SIERRA LEONE’S EX-PRESIDENT ERNEST BAI KOROMA FOUND GUILTY OF TREASON.
A former bodyguard of Sierra Leone’s ex-President Ernest Bai Koroma has been found guilty of treason and sentenced alongside 10 others over a failed coup last year. Amadu Koita Makalo, who is also a former soldier, was sentenced to 182 years in prison on charges of treason, murder and shooting with intent to murder. The […]
LABOUR PARTY LAWMAKER DEFECTS TO THE RULING ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS.
Lawmaker representing Imo-East Senatorial District, Ezenwa Onyewuchi, has dumped the Labour Party (LP), for the All-Progressives Congress (APC). Onyewuchi left the party one year after winning the 2023 senatorial election on the platform of the oppsition party. In his letter of defection, Onyewuchi also declared his support for President Bola Tinubu’s administration, adding that his […]
THE GROUP CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM COMPANY LIMITED MELE KYARI DENOUNCES ALLEGATIONS ON OWNING MALTA PLANT
The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mele Kyari, has denied allegations of owning a blending plant outside Nigeria. Kyari stated this on Tuesday, reacting to claims by the President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, that some officials of the NNPC have blending plants in Malta. Reacting in a […]
COURT REJECTS PUSH TO STOP RIVERS STATE GOVERNOR FROM SPENDING PUBLIC FUNDS
A Federal High Court in Abuja has declined to bar Governor Siminalayi Fubara from spending government funds pending the hearing and determining the suit filed by the Martin Amaewhule-led Rivers State House of Assembly. Ruling on the motion ex parte, Justice Emeka Nwite declined to grant the prayers, though he ordered the plaintiffs to put […]
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TELLS PARTIES IN ONGOING PETROLEUM SECTOR DISPUTES TO CEASE-FIRE AS PROBE COMMENCES
The House of Representatives on Monday called on all parties involved in the ongoing disputes in the petroleum sector to cease fire pending the outcome of its investigations. The House at the plenary on July 9 constituted a Joint Petroleum Committees on Midstream and Downstream sectors to conduct a forensic investigation towards addressing the pressing issues […]
FCT POLICE COMMISSIONER WARNS RESIDENTS FROM ENGAGING IN PROTEST
The FCT Commissioner of Police, Bennett Igweh, has called on residents and indigenes not to partake in the nationwide protest. Some groups and citizens had scheduled a nationwide protest for August 1 in response to the economic hardship in the country. However, the FCT CP, while speaking with journalists in Abuja on Monday, urged residents […]