President Muhammadu Buhari will, Tuesday night, host the 109 Senators of the Federal Republic, at 8pm to a dinner in the Presidential Villa. The meeting was conveyed in a letter to the upper chamber and read during plenary by President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan. The Senate on April 27, 2021, reached a resolution for the leadership of the upper chamber to schedule a meeting with the President to enable all 109 senators meet with him to discuss the issue of insecurity in the country. According to Buhari’s letter, “I write to inform the Distinguished President of the Senate, that…
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The Senate on Tuesday, rejected President Muhammadu Buhari’s nomination of Lauretta Onochie as a National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The upper chamber rejected Onochie’s nomination in consideration of its Committee on INEC’s, which is chaired by Senator Kabiru Gaya. The committee recommended that Onochie be disqualified on the grounds that her nomination violated Section 14 (3) of the 1999 Constitution on the Principle of Federal Character. It further observed that there is currently a serving commissioner from Delta state, where Onochie hails from.
The Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has commended Ohanaeze Ndigbo for forming legal team to monitor the proceedings at the trial of the self-acclaimed leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu. Malami said the move is in line with the doctrine of the right of fair hearing rooted in Section 36 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria A statement by the spokesperson in the office of the AGF, Dr Umar Jibrin on Monday, said “Inherent in the position of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo on the matter was…
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila on Monday, assured he would not be a party to any bill that seeks to gag the media. Gbajabiamila made the assertion at an award ceremony tagged ‘Recognising Good Governance and Legislative Excellence in the Face of Adversity,’ held in Abuja. The speaker was reacting to calls by some stakeholders to expunge the Press Council Bill which seeks to regulate activities of media in Nigeria. “I will not be part of any bill that seeks to gag the press. No bill will come to the floor of the House that…
By Garba Muhammad, Kaduna The Emir of Kajuru, Alhassan Adamu has regained freedom. The 10 members of his family are still being held. He was released on Monday barely 24 hours after his kidnap with 10 members of his families. ASHENEWS reported earlier that the kidnappers had requested a ransom of N200 million, in which report the Emirate Council had pleaded with them to release the aged Emir. Spokesperson of Kaduna state police command, ASP Mohammed Jalige who confirmed to this correspondent in Kaduna, did not say whether the requested ransom was paid to secure his release. Details later…
Former speaker of the House of Representatives and governor of Sokoto state, Aminu Tambuwal has called on the National Assembly, NASS, to do the right thing for Nigerians on electronic transmission of results, by allowing their wishes to prevail over selfishness. Tambuwal made the call when he addressed a press conference at the NUJ Press Centre on Monday. According to the governor, since “the international community, INEC, the entire civil society and almost all the political parties are in support of electronic transmission of votes, please be guided by the wishes of your constituents who should be ultimate arbiters in…
Enugu state government has recorded N7.1 billion as internally generated revenue (IGR) in the first quarter of 2021, a report by the state ministry of budget and planning has stated. According to the Budget Performance Report obtained on Monday, the figure represents 24.4 per cent of the N29.2 billion targeted for the year. The report states that revenues from Federal Account and Value Added Tax (VAT) amounted to N13 billion, representing 19.7 per cent against N65.7 billion projection for the 2021 fiscal year. The revenues show inflows of N20.1 billion within the first quarter of 2021 as the figure represents…
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, fixed hearing in a suit challenging the defection of Governor Bello Muhammad of Zamfara to the All Progressives Congress (APC) for July 16. Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the date after listening to the ex-parte motion of the plaintiffs’ counsel, Kanu Agabi, SAN, praying the court for an order to serve the 1st and 2nd defendants by substituted means through pasting the originating process at Zamfara State Liaison Office in Abuja. Justice Ekwo granted the prayer and adjourned the hearing of the substantive suit until July 16. The two members of the Peoples…
Gunmen who abducted the Emir of Kajuru, Alhassan Adamu have demanded a ransom of N200 million. The Emir and 13 members of his family, was kidnapped early Sunday morning. The spokesperson of the Emirate Council, Dahiru Abubakar disclosed on Monday that the bandits also gave assurances that all the victims are in good condition and not being molested. According to him, the council had appealed to the bandits to release the 85-year-old and his family members.
The Kwara chapter of the Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, says two jabs of the COVID-19 Astrazeneca vaccine are about 92 per cent effective against the Delta variant of the virus. The Chairman of the Kwara NMA, Dr Baba Issa, made this known at a news conference organised ahead of the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the association in Ilorin. The Delta variant of the virus is highly contagious and possibly more severe SARS-CoV-2 virus strain, first identified in India. It has been dominant in some Indian regions and the UK, and further spread to many countries and recently now in…