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Escape of Binance CEO utterly embarrassing – Reps

Leah TwakiMay 8, 20242 min

The House of Representatives has directed the Director of the Department of State Services to take over the investigation and prosecution of personnel found complicit in the escape of Binance executives. The House of Representatives expressed grave concern during plenary on Wednesday over the escape of Binance Executive, Nadeem Anjarwalla from the National Security Adviser’s custody, describing it as “Disappointing, embarrassing, and disturbing.” Lawmakers questioned why someone who had committed heinous acts against Nigeria was...

Senate

Senate moves to increase ICAN council members to 36

Sharon EboesomiMay 8, 20243 min

Adeola said the change in ICAN will improve it’s cooperation with both national and international regulatory agencies and other professional associations. The Senate has passed to second reading, a bill seeking an increase of council members of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN). This followed the adoption of a bill titled, “A bill for an act to amend the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria Act, CAP 15, 1965 and for Related Matters,...

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Akpabio declares open investigative hearing to review mining activities in Nigeria

Sharon EboesomiMay 8, 20244 min

Akpabio announced the hearing’s opening on Tuesday and implored all the stakeholders present at the event to actively engage in the deliberations of the hearing. An investigative hearing of mining activities in Nigeria with the goal of diversifying the nation’s economy has been declared open by the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio. The three-day investigative hearing on “The need to comprehensively review the input and output values of the Nigeria mining industry in the...

House of Representatives

Afforestation: 45.3 million tree seedlings planted – NAGGW

Elizabeth AtimeMay 8, 20243 min

Assorted tree seedlings have been planted to tackle afforestation in the country and are being distributed to farmers to be planted as trees on farms. Dr Yusuf Bukar, the Director-General of the National Agency for the Great Green Wall (NAGGW) says a total of 45,251,179 assorted tree seedlings had been planted to tackle afforestation in the country. He made this known at an interactive session with the House of Representatives Committee on Ecological Fund in...

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Senate set to probe non-completion of lingering Abuja Centenary City project

Sharon EboesomiMay 8, 20245 min

The Abuja Centenary project commenced in 2014 through a public-private partnership to develop a modern city to commemorate 100 years of Nigeria’s amalgamation. The Senate has set up a 7-member ad-hoc committee to investigate the factors impeding the completion of the $ 18.5 billion Abuja Centenary Economic City project 10 years after commencement. This is as it also tasked the committee to specifically review the original public-private partnership agreement and recommend amendments if necessary, to...

House of Representatives

Investigate killings in Kaduna, Enugu – Reps task IGP, DSS

Elizabeth AtimeMay 8, 20243 min

Killings were reported in Ambe, a settlement in the Arak chiefdom, Kaduna, on Sunday when gunmen invaded the community, shooting sporadically at innocent citizens. The House of Representatives has called on the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, the Department of State Services (DSS) and heads of other security agencies to immediately commence a probe into the recent killings of innocent Nigerians in Ambe in the Sanga Local Government Area of Kaduna State. OrderPaper recalls...

House of Representatives

Dangote, Bua shun cement price hike probe

Leah TwakiMay 7, 20243 min

Dangote and Bua are prominent cement manufacturers who failed to appear before the House of Representatives Committee investigating the recent hike in the price of their product. They have 14 days to show up or possibly face sanctions. The House of Representatives Joint Committee investigating the recent increase in the price of cement in Nigeria has given producers of the product 14 days to show up and justify their decision to increase prices. The...

Senate

Breaking: Senate bars over 10 TV stations, photojournalists from covering plenary proceedings

Sharon EboesomiMay 7, 20242 min

A similar action was taken in 2017 under the Bukola Saraki Senate Presidency when the number of cameramen and photojournalists covering the Senate was reduced from approximately 40 to 13. The Senate has barred at least 10 television stations in the country from covering its plenary proceedings in the chamber, reducing the number of accredited TV stations to 7. The number of authorised TV stations has dropped to seven after the Senate forbade at least...

House of Representatives

Despite N42bn spent, Reps groan under heat in renovated chamber

Elizabeth AtimeMay 7, 20243 min

Lawmakers raise concerns over heat and the non-functionality of electronic gadgets in the renovated chamber of the House of Representatives After two years of construction work and an expediture of N42 billion on the renovation of the Senate and House of Representatives chambers, lawmakers in the House were forced to conduct plenary session on Tuesday under heat as the airconditioning system did not work. The representatives also raised concerns over their inability to make use...

Senate

“This is not a Chamber, this looks like a conference hall” – Ndume laments poor condition of Senate chamber

Sharon EboesomiMay 7, 20243 min

Senator Ndume lamented over the tight sitting position, poor sound system and unavailability of a clock in the chamber. The Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Ali Ndume (APC, Borno South) has rejected the arrangements of the Senate Chamber. Ndume during Tuesday’s plenary lamented over the poor condition of the Chamber which according to him is not a chamber but similar to a conference hall. He called for an urgent need to address the poor...

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