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Those Calling Us Rubber Stamp Senate Are Right, Says PDP Senator, Gives Reasons
The Senator who represents Adawama South, Binos Yeroe, says he agrees with critics that labelled the 9th National Assembly as a rubber stamp parliament. Critics labelled the 9th parliament as such due to what has been regarded as frequent approval to requests of the executive. Speaking at the 9th Senate valedictory session on Saturday, Yeroe said those criticising the 9th Assembly...
Emefiele’s Suspension Bold, Timely — Wike
A former Governor of Rivers State Nyesom Wike has applauded President Bola Tinubu’s suspension of Godwin Emefiele as the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Tinubu suspended Emefiele late Friday and directed him to immediately hand over the bank’s Deputy Governor (Operations Directorate) Folashodun Shonubi. While reacting to the development, Wike who was one of the critics of Emefiele’s...
SERAP Sues Tinubu Over Failure To Probe Missing Fuel Subsidy Funds
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has sued President Bola Tinubu, over "the inability to test the charges that USD$2.1 billion and N3.1 trillion public assets of oil incomes and planned as fuel appropriation installments are missing and unaccounted for somewhere in the range of 2016 and 2019." SERAP recorded a claim against Tinubu at the Government High Court in...
Investigate INEC, Not CBN, Labour Party Tells Tinubu
Labour Party (LP) has faulted the suspension of Godwin Emefiele as the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), urging President Bola Tinubu to investigate the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and not the apex bank. Tinubu had on Friday suspended Emefiele citing an “ongoing investigation of his office and the planned reforms in the financial sector of the...
Emefiele Is Now In Our Custody For Investigation — DSS
The suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, is in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) custody, the secret police has confirmed. This is according to a statement by the Public Relations Officer (PRO), Peter Afunanya, on Saturday. “The Department of State Services (DSS) hereby confirms that Mr Godwin Emefiele, the suspended Governor...
Nigeria Can’t Continue To Be Father Christmas To Neighbouring Countries – Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu said Nigeria can not continue to be a Father Christmas to the neighbouring countries in the guise of subsidy on the premium motor spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol. Tinubu stated this at a meeting with the National Council of Traditional Rulers of Nigeria (NCTRN) at Aso Rock on Friday. The President noted that his administration took the...
Abia Gets New Commissioner Of Police
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba has approved the posting of CP Kenechukwu Onwuemelie, as the new Commissioner of Police in charge of Abia State Command. He takes over from CP Mustapha Mohammed Bala, who has been deployed to the Force Headquarters as the Commissioner of Police, Special Protection Unit, Force PRO CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi said in a...
June 12: Tinubu To Address The Nation On Democracy Day
President Bola Tinubu is set to address Nigerians on June 12 on the occasion of this year’s Democracy Day. The address which will be the first since his inaugural speech on May 29 will be broadcast live on all major stations and streamed on various social media platforms, said the Secretary to the Government of the Federation SGF, Senator George...
Customs Plans To Ban Second-Hand Clothes
The Customs Service has announced its intention to place a ban on the sale of second-hand clothes popularly called Okrika in Nigeria. During a recent interview, a Customs Service spokesperson said that the sale of Okrika clothing is injurious to the country. He said: “Okrika clothes are injurious to the health of the nation. That is why government deem it fit...
Census 2023: Postponement Was To Avert National Crisis, Says NPC
The National Population Commission on Friday, clarified, that the criticisms over the postponement of the 2023 Population and Housing Census, which was widely believed to be due to insufficient funds, were misinterpreted. The Commission explained that contrary to such insinuations, the NPC postponed the census exercise to save Nigeria from a national crisis. The Federal Commissioner in Plateau State, Mrs Cecilia...
