A bill has been passed into law in the Senate on Tuesday to increase the Justices of the Court of Appeal from 90 to 110. The passage followed a report submitted to the Red Chamber by the Committee Chairman on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, Senator Bamidele Opeyemi. The bill, which recommended the increase […]
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The senate committee on power has summoned Chiedu Ugbo, the managing director of the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC), over the alleged mismanagement of $500 million electricity assets, TheCable understands. The NDPHC is jointly owned by the federal government, states and LGAs to manage the National Integrated Power Projects (NIPPs). The senate committee on […]
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With about a month to the end of the six-week ultimatum the senate gave President Muhammadu Buhari to end insecurity in the country or face impeachment, Vice Chairman, Senate Committee on Customs and Excise, Senator Francis Fadahunsi, has said his colleagues have made up their minds to sack President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, if […]
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Ola Awoniyi, a media aide to the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has said that no defection letter has been submitted to his principal by any Senator as claimed by some media outlets. Some news organisations on Friday reported that at least 12 senators from the ruling party had submitted their defection letters to the Senate […]
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The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has announced Sokoto senator, Ibrahim Gobir, as the new Senate Leader. He made the announcement at the start of plenary on Wednesday. Some opposition senators would later stage a walk-out after Mr Lawan dismissed a motion on the state of insecurity. Mr Gobir’s appointment was contained in a letter from […]
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