Tag Archives: Senate
Grass-Cutting Scandal: Senate Panel Indicts Suspended SGF, Recommends Prosecution
The Senate Ad Hoc Committee on Mounting Humanitarian Crisis in the North-East has indicted the suspended Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Babachir Lawal, for mismanagement. The investigative panel specifically asked relevant agencies to prosecute the suspended SGF
Nigerian Senate Rejects Magu Again As EFCC Chairman
The Nigerian Senate has again rejected Ibrahim Magu as the substantive chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Magu was rejected by a majority of the Senate membership after over an hour of grueling screening at the National Assembly
“I was Not Appointed Comptroller-General of Customs to Wear Uniform” – Hameed Ali Fires Back At Senate | WATCH
The Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), retired Col. Hameed Ali has responded to the Senate’s directive that he should appear before it on March 15th. The Senate had said that Ali must appear before it wearing his complete uniform.
President Buhari orders Probe of Magu, Lawal, & Other “top Government officials Accused of wrongdoing”
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, to commence investigation of all government officials allegedly accused of wrongdoing. Garba Shehu, the president’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, made
Senate Rejects Magu’s Appointment As EFCC Chairman
Reports reaching SocietyGists has it that Ibrahim Magu has been rejected as the Chairman of anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The Nigerian Senate, while rejecting his nomination, said they could not sanction President Muhammadu Buhari’s request to
3 Things to Learn from Saraki’s Visit to Buhari in Aso Rock
Senate President Bukola Saraki paid President Muhammadu Buhari a visit on Friday November 4, 2016. If you learned nothing else from that visit, you should take the following to the bank: 1. A frosty relationship can be smoothened The Senate
APC Set to Name Bolaji Abdullahi As Spokesman
The governing All Progressives Congress (APC) may face legal challenge because of criteria it used to appoint a former minister of sports, Bolaji Abdullahi, as its director of publicity. Sources disclosed yesterday, that the former minister, considered a loyalist of
Senate Extends Validity of JAMB Result to Three Years
The Nigerian Senate has passed the amendment to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board’s Act into law. In the amendment passed, the Senate strengthened the Board to allow the results of students in the annual examination be valid for 3
Dino Melaye Buys N180m Rolls Royce
Latest information is that Melaye, Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), representing Kogi West in the National Assembly on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has bought a classic Rolls Royce estimate at
MTN: Senate indicts Buhari’s Minister, Stanbic IBTC, Standard Chartered Bank, Citi Bank, Diamond Bank
The Senate on Tuesday directed its Committee on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions to investigate the alleged illegal repatriation of $13.9 billion by MTN through its bankers between 2006 and 2016 to its home country, South Africa. Indicted by
