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Senate Begins screening of Ministerial Nominees
The Senate has commenced the screening of ministerial nominees. The screening started at about 1: 30pm at the plenary on Monday. The first nominee to be screened was Abubakar Momoh (Edo State) Former Rivers State governor Nyesom Wike is currently
Senate Expects to Receive Tinubu’s Long-awaited Ministerial List on Thursday
Tinubu wants Nigerians to pray for him to make the best ministerial choices.President Bola Tinubu will on Thursday, send the much-awaited ministerial list to the senate, the Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, has said. Bamidele (APC-Ekiti) made this known at the
Pension Suspension: Gbenga Daniel Exhibited ‘Omoluabi’ Ethos – Adesokan
A former Secretary-General of the O’dua Peoples Congress, OPC, Bashorun Kunle Adesokan, has described the request by a former Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel for the suspension of his pension as a former governor in the state, as
Tinubu’s Capacity to Innovate, Create Should not be Underestimated – Senator-Elect Gbenga Daniel
Ahead of the swearing in of the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on May 29, a former governor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, has recalled how he took ideas from the Lagos government under Tinubu to run Ogun State. Daniel described Tinubu,
10th National Assembly Must Focus On competence, capability, strength of character, Who Think Of Nigeria And Nigerians As Leaders – Ned Nwoko
Prince Ned Nwoko’s Arise Television interview recently underpinned what we should expect in the 10th National Assembly, which is billed to be inaugurated soon. Nwoko, Senator-elect from Delta North, proposed that since election and politicking are over, the people’s representatives
Lagos East Senator, Bayo Oshinowo Is Dead
The Senator representing Lagos East,Senator Bayo Oshinowo is dead.He died today at a Lagos hospital after battling with an illness for weeks. The Lagos house of assembly where he was a member before becoming a senator is presently in disarray.
Lawan Swears In Okorocha As Senator
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan on Thursday sworn in a former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, as a senator. Okorocha was not inaugurated on Tuesday because he had yet to collect his certificate of return from the Independent
JUST IN: Senator Goje Steps Down For Senator Lawan
Senator Danjuma Goje has stepped down for Senator Ahmed Lawan in the race for Senate President of the 9th Senate. The two Senators met with President Muhammadu Buhari this morning in his office. With this development, the race is now
Breaking: Senate in Rowdy Session over Sitting Arrangement As Saraki stops Akpabio
FOR more than twenty- five minutes Wednesday, the Senate plenary was held amidst rowdiness over sitting arrangement. Trouble started when the former Senate Minority leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio, All Progressives Congress, APC, Akwa Ibom North West called for recognition to
PDP Denies Election Of Sen. Aidoko In Kogi East Primary
The Peoples Democratic Party has denied the purported election of Senator Aidoko for the Kogi Eastern Senatorial District. A statement in Lokoja on Wednesday, signed by the Returning Officer, Sam Abenemi, the State Secretary of PDP, Faruk Yahaya, and the
