This online platform further reports that a breakdown by #StatiSense shows that the monthly pay for each of the 109 Senators is ₦25.43 million while that for each of the 360 House of Representatives members is ₦12.04 million.
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
ASHENEWS reports that the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has identified the unprecedented influx of private lenders flooding developing economies and looking for higher returns outside advanced economies as a major contributor to Africa’s rising public debt profile.
ASHENEWS reports that the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has condemned the alleged bombing of over 48 herdsmen in the Doma local government area of Nasarawa state. This online platform further reports that the Executive Secretary of the Commission, Tony Ojukwu, in a statement by the Deputy Director of Public Affairs of the Commission, Fatimah Agwai Mohammed made available to newsmen on Monday, also said “the incident is highly regrettable.”
An ethnic Iranian-Kurdish pregnant woman, Shahla Abdi, has been sentenced to death by Iranian authorities, IranWire has reported.
The Chinese government has blamed the United States for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, claiming that Washington created the conditions that led to the war.
The Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, says the State House will lead the way in keying into the global shift towards renewable energy choices by government institutions.
The Governor of the Central Bank (CBN), Godwin Emefiele has said that it has taken the incorruptibility of a leader found in President Muhammadu Buhari’s stature that got the approval for the CBN to embark on the ongoing currency redesign program.
ASHENEWS reports that the Nigeria’s celebrated international footballer, Kanu Nwankwo has denied reports that he asked citizens to elect a particular candidate in the 2023 general elections.
ASHENEWS reports that the Executive Secretary of the Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria (ARCN), Prof. Garba Sharubutu has joined the Board of Trustees of the African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) as the representative of the Federal Government of Nigeria.
Many governors who finish their two terms in Nigeria retire into the red chamber and become “distinguished senators.” But not so His Excellency, Chief Barrister Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, CON, the sixth governor of Rivers State and a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) strongman.