Senator Umeh urged for adequate funding of the rail system beginning from the 2024 budget. The Senate has called on the Federal Government to suspend the purported planned rehabilitation of the outdated narrow gauge rail from Port Harcourt to Maiduguri and make arrangements for proper funding of the construction of the rail line. It also urged the Committee on Land Transport to ensure that all four Geopolitical Zones within the eastern rail line corridor, benefit...
Oshiomole urged the Senate to condemn the act of brutality against protesters, including the President of the NLC. Senator Adams Oshiomhole (APC, Edo North) has decried the manner in which the Nigeria police manage protests and called for urgent action to address the issue. Oshiomole, who is a former NLC chairman, made the call while contributing to a motion of urgent public importance on the need for the NLC and TUC to reconsider its current...
Senator Akobundu is a former Minister of State for Defence and a former Organising Secretary of the PDP. The Senate has sworn in Augustine Akobundu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as Senator representing Abia Central senatorial District in the 10th National Assembly. Akobundu was sworn in on Wednesday during plenary to replace Senator Darlington Nwokocha of Labor Party. Recall that the Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, over a week ago, sacked the Senate Minority...
Rep. Nzurigbo lamented that the NLC strike action is only making life more difficult for the masses and in no way affecting the elite. The ongoing strike action by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) saw the House of Representatives divided as activities in the country remain grounded. The lawmakers were debating a motion urging the House to intervene in the issue, sponsored by Deputy Speaker Rep. Benjamin Kalu. at Tuesday’s plenary. Recall that the NLC,...
NCC boss, Maida, has applauded the Project Train 3M on ICT skills of its supervising Minister saying it would make Nigeria an exporter of digital skills The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr. Aminu Maida has applauded the proposal by the Hon. Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani, to enlist and train three million Nigerians over four years, which will make the country an exporter of digital...
Following the naira redesign, the validity of the old notes was extended to December 2023 but with a new Governor, Yemi Cardoso, the Apex Bank says the old currency notes are now legal tenders indefinitely. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said that the old N200, N500, and N1,000 notes are to remain legal tender indefinitely. In a statement issued by CBN’s Director of Corporate Communications, Isa AbdulMumin, on Tuesday, the Apex bank said...
The lawmakers issued NIPOST a two-year deadline to develop a re-strategise or risk being fully privatized. The Senate has warned that the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) would be privatised should the agency continues to run at a deficit. The warning was issued by the Chairman of the Joint Committee on Finance, Appropriations, National Planning, and Economic Affairs, and the Committee on Local and Foreign Debts, Senator Sani Musa (APC, Niger East), on Tuesday, at...
The Public Complaints Commission is constitutionally mandated to address cases of injustice perpetrated by either government officials or authority, private organisation or between persons. The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio has been charged to reposition the Public Complaint Commission (PCC) to ensure service delivery. The National Coordinator of the Network for People’s Congress (NPC), Malam Ladan Mohammed, who made the call on Tuesday while speaking to journalists at the National Assembly, argued that the...
The Speaker said the Legislative agenda is rooted in the fundamental belief that the primary role of lawmakers is to serve the best interests of their constituents. Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas has reiterated the House’s willingness to join hands with President Bola Tinubu to proffer long-lasting solutions to set Nigeria on the path of development. The Speaker stated this while unveiling the Legislative Agenda of the 10th House of Representatives with...
Nigeria has the largest gas reserves in Africa and 9th largest in the world. The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), has expressed optimism that gas will play a major role in Nigeria’s transition to cleaner energy sources. This is even as it stressed the need for technology, innovation, exploration, production, and commercialization of gas to enable the country to meet the net zero target set for the year 2060. The Executive Secretary of NEITI,...
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