Protocol: 1. Distinguished colleagues, I am especially delighted to welcome you back to the hallowed Chamber of the Senate after a short recess. It is my hope that the recess afforded some of us time to rest from the dizzying activities of elections and inauguration such that we could feel the pulse of the nation again and be ready to ... Read More »
Following the nationwide outcry that greeted the announcement of the salaries and allowances of Nigeria’s legislators, Senate President, Bukola Saraki on Tuesday, June 23, 2015 announced that an ad hoc committee would be set up immediately to review the controversial N120 billion budget.Speaking after a closed-session which lasted for about an hour, Saraki said the committee will be made up ... Read More »
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described as evasive, diversionary and preemptive, the present government’s pile up of excuses for possible failure in delivering on its campaign promises to Nigerians. The PDP said it is unfortunate that President Mohammadu Buhari and the APC, who were privy to the nation’s dwindling economy occasioned by global economic downturn and fall in international ... Read More »
Below are the pictures taken during the visitation of Lagos Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) team to the Lagos State Speaker, Hon. Mudashiru Obasa. Read More »
Kola Popson President Muhammadu Buhari is presently having a crucial meeting with the thirty-six State Governors of the Federal Republic of Nigeria at the presidential villa. The failure of some state governors to pay salaries of their workers and their request for bailout from President Buhari led government purportedly necessitated the meeting. The meeting has in attendance Vice President of ... Read More »
Former North American Bureau Chief of The Guardian, Laolu Akande, has resumed as the spokesman of the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo. Pastor Akande was in the Aso Villa on Monday as President Muhammadu Buhari and his V.P officially relocated to the seat of power. As a journalist reporting for the leading Nigerian newspapers including The Guardian, Pastor Akande is ... Read More »
By Kola Popson As the Senators of the 8th National Assembly convene today at the Upper Chamber, having undergone a two-week recess, there are strong indications that principal officers will emerge before the week runs out. The principal positions to be contested for are Senate Leader, Deputy Senate Leader, Chip Whip, Deputy Chief Whip and Minority leader, Deputy Minority Leader, ... Read More »
GOVERNORS elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP yesterday rose from a meeting in Abuja, insisting that governorship and State Houses of Assembly election tribunals of Akwa Ibom, Rivers and Taraba states be relocated from Abuja to their respective states. The governors who met last night in Abuja, the second time in one week, described as illegal ... Read More »
The Ekiti State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has denied allegation by the Peoples Democratic Party that former Governor Kayode Fayemi diverted N4 billion workers’ entitlements to service it during his tenure. The APC accused Governor Ayodele Fayose of regaling in his old practice of falsehood and blackmail to divert Ekiti people’s attention from proven cases of sharp practices ... Read More »
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