Senator Abdul Ningi has resigned has resigned as Chairman of the Northern Senators’ Forum (NSF). Ningi was on Tuesday, suspended by the Senate for three months for alleging that the 2024 budget was padded to the tune of N3 trillion. Ningi’s resignation is contained in a letter addressed to the Secretary of Forim on Tuesday in Abuja. “I will like to resign my position as Chairman of the Northern Senators’ Forum. “This is of course necessitated by the unfolding events in the National Assembly, the North and the nation at large. “I will like to specially thank members of the…
Author: Abdoulaye Kay
The Senate on Tuesday suspended Senator Abdul Ningi over his allegation of N3trn padding of the 2024 budget. Ningi alleged that the Presidency had padded the 2024 budget. “This is true. For the past three months, we have engaged consultants to review the budget for us. We have some experts that are working on it line by line. “We have seen the huge damage that was done not only to the North but the entire country in that budget. We are supposed to sit with the Senate president to inform him about what we have observed. “We want to show…
The Senate on Tuesday, experienced a mild drama before the commencement of the plenary at about 11 am, to discuss Sen. Abdul Ningi’s allegation, when the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Sen Olamileken Adeola (Ogun West) stormed into the chamber. About Sen. Abdul Ningi’s allegation, Sen. Adeola who was visibly angry in a high tone kept saying, “No closed door, let’s do it open.” Senator Abdul Ningi had on Monday indicted the National Assembly for padding the 2024 budget with a whooping sum of N3 trillion. Senator Ningi had on Monday in a press conference told a journalist that…
Marriage comes with different challenges and frustrations. They can come in the shape of no child, intrusion by family members including mother and father in-laws, even from siblings. By Tosin Kolade Yet in many other instances it is disagreement between couples over financial or even business deals. Sometimes the cause of disagreement could be something considered as mundane as the choice of school for children or wards. These challenges stretch the mental health of affected couples to the limit. They become a strain on overall wellbeing. The affected couples usually have various ways of dealing with the mental health challenges…
The Nigerian Senate has inaugurated an ad-hoc committee to probe the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN’s) Anchor Borrowers Programme, and Ways and Means. The inauguration followed a move by the Red Chambers of the National Assembly (NASS), to probe CBN’s anchor borrowers programme, including details of monies recieved by the state governments, manufacturers, aviation, banks, and excess funding to the power sector, which have raised the current debt profile of the country. The resolutions for the probe was arrived at after a debate on the anchor borrowers report of NASS’ Joint Committees on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions (BIOFI),…
The Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf has called on President Bola Tinubu to reopen land borders to allow food importation, and fight food insecurity in the country. The administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari shut all land borders to check smuggling, especially of rice as well as encourage local consumption. The governor made the appeal when he received the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Adewale Adeniyi, in Kano on Monday. According to Yusuf, who lamented the harsh economic conditions being experienced by Nigerians, said reopening the borders would check inflation and cut prices of food items. “I was…
The Nigerian government has recommended capital punishment for those vandalizing and stealing electricity infrastructure across the country. The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu made the recommendation while reacting to the frequent vandalism of power infrastructure in Abuja on Monday. According to him, the power sector is going through the serious issue of vandalization, and theft of power infrastructure. “Capital punishment is not too much because they are gradually killing the nation. They are killing the economy. They are killing the people. ALSO READ We’ll boost power generation to 6,000MW – Minister “Vandals are getting too much comfort all over transmission…
To enhance power supply, the Nigerian government plans to boost electricity generation capacity from 4,000 to 6,000 megawatts in three to six months. The Minister of Power, Mr Adebayo Adelabu disclosed this during a meeting with the heads of power agencies and other stakeholders in Abuja on Monday. According to him, the 4,000 megawatts of power generation is not acceptable. Adelabu’s statement is coming despite data posted by the Association of Power Generation Companies (APGC), in January, that while available power generation capacity was 6,444.05 Megawatts, actual average daily generation was 4,293.86MW, leaving 2,150.37MW of power stranded at a loss…
For the Oscar winners in key categories for the 96th Academy Awards, which were handed out in Hollywood on Sunday, Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” was the big winner of the night with seven awards, while “Poor Things” — a female take on the Frankenstein story — won four. FULL LIST: Oscar Winners Best picture: “Oppenheimer” Best director: Christopher Nolan, “Oppenheimer” Best actor: Cillian Murphy, “Oppenheimer” Best actress: Emma Stone, “Poor Things” Best supporting actor: Robert Downey Jr, “Oppenheimer” ALSO READ Academy board bans Will Smith from Oscars for 10 years Best supporting actress: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, “The Holdovers” Best original screenplay:…
Bandits who abducted 16 residents of Gonin Gora community in Chikun local government of Kaduna state have reportedly demanded N40 trillion, 11 Hilux vans, and 150 motorcycles as ransom in exchange for their release. A community leader, John Yusuf said on Monday that the bandits had contacted the victims’ families demanding the outrageous ransom. This is the first time bandits would make such a huge demand since abduction for ransom started in Nigeria. On February 28, bandits killed two residents of Anguwan Auta in Gonin Gora and abducted several others. After the attack, residents of the area on February 29 blocked the…