Nigerian Senators Returning From Foreign Trips To Undergo COVID-19 Test
The Senate leadership has directed senators who recently returned from an official trip from Europe to go for coronavirus test immediately. Members of the Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources Upstream returned to Nigeria this week from a three-day international training programme, organised by Skills and Career Support Centre in London. The programme started on March 13, and ended on Sunday, March...
Coronavirus: Give Nigeria Leadership Or Resign, Secondus Tells Buhari [VIDEO]
President Muhammadu Buhari has been asked to display responsive and purposeful leadership to Nigerians as the entire world groans under the coronavirus threat by giving direction on the situation in the country. The national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, charged President Buhari to emulate leaders in other countries who have been responsive to their citizens...
BREAKING: Rivers Guber Aspirant Killed By Suspected Armed Herdsmen
Gunmen, suspected to be armed herdsmen, have murdered a 2019 governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Soala West. It was learnt that West was abducted at his poultry farm in Port Harcourt two weeks ago but was reportedly shot dead by his assailants on Thursday morning. Details shortly…
BREAKING: Appeal Court Returns Ifeanyi Ubah As Senator
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has voided the April 11, 2019 judgment of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), which purported to sack Ifeanyi Ubah as Senator for Anambra South senatorial district. A three-man panel of the court, led by Justice Stephen Adah, was unanimous that the judgement delivered by Justice Bello Kawu, was a nullity...
[BREAKING] COVID-19: Senate Closes Gallery, Suspends Public Hearing
The Senate has announced the partial closure of its activities to members of the public to safeguard the National Assembly Complex from coronavirus. Senate President Ahmad Lawan announced the development at plenary after a one-hour closed session. Lawan said all forms of public hearing and excursion of students to the Senate have been suspended till further notice. The Senate President, in addition,...
$22.7bn loan suspended over exclusion of South-East –Gbajabiamila
The Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, has said the protest by National Assembly members from the South-East geopolitical zone led to the suspension of work on the $22.79bn external borrowing request by the President Muhammadu Buhari Gbajabiamila said the House of Representatives was already in talks with the Federal Government on how the zone would be accommodated in the execution of projects...
Loser Being Desperate To Occupy Sen. Kalu’s Seat From Back, Futile Effort — Chief Bourdex Blasts Ohuabunwa
A chieftain of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and its candidate in the 2019 senatorial election for Abia North, Chief David Onuoha-Bourdex, has advised the Senate to ignore the scheming by some individuals to get the seat occupied by Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, declared vacant Onuoha-Bourdex, who was APGA’s candidate in the election, fingered the candidate of the Peoples...
BREAKING: North-West Governors Close Schools For 30 Days Over COVID-19
Governors in the northwest region have announced closure of all schools for the next 30 days. The Governors, in a communiqué read to newsmen by Chairman of the Forum and Katsina Governor, Aminu Masari, said the decision became imperative to prevent the spread of Corona Virus COVID 19 disease across the northwest. Katsina recorded its first suspected case of coronavirus on...
BREAKING: Reps Bans Open Worships, Visitors To NASS Over Coronavirus
The House of Representatives, after a two-hour debate on Wednesday, banned all forms of open worships across the country over the corona virus pandemic. It said the measure was based on cues from Saudi Arabia, Iran and the Vatican that have banned open worship. The lawmakers said Nigeria should act and suspend such large gatherings. They also banned all visitors from the...
Suswam seeks two day prison stay for Nigerian leaders
The Senate, yesterday, witnessed a mild drama during plenary, when Senator Gabriel Suswam (PDP, Benue North East), a former governor, suggested that all Nigerian leaders should spend two days in the prisons. However, the President of the Senate, Dr Ahmad Lawan, immediately countered him, saying that former governors and their deputies should be the ones to spend the two days...
