In September 2022, gunmen ambushed Senator Ubah’s convoy in Enugwu-Ukwu, Anambra State, while he was travelling to Nnewi. At least five people were killed, including two police officers. Ubah had survived because the car he was travelling in was bulletproof. Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, the Senator representing Anambra South under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) died on Friday, July 26, 2024 in London. The business mogul and politician had departed Nigeria for the...
Only little information was received about his death but it was learned that Ubah died in a hotel in London, the United Kingdom. He had left for London two days ago. The Senator representing Anambra South under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, is dead. Before joining politics, the late legislator was a wealthy businessman and the owner of Capital Oil. At the time of filing this report, only little...
This week’s Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) tracker highlights three pivotal initiatives on elderly care, youth welfare and fistula treatment introduced in the House of Representatives, while Sen. Natasha gets an apology from Akpabio over his derogatory nightclub comment Commission coming for the elderly A bill for the establishment of a national commission for elderly persons was brought to the House of Representatives this week. According to Country meters, approximately 3.1% of Nigeria’s population...
The Senate warned that any bank that withholds its tax would be liable to pay 10% in addition to what they ought to have paid. The Senate has passed the Finance Act (Amendment) Bill, 2024 and increased the windfall levy on banks’ foreign exchange revaluation gains from 50% as proposed by President Bola Tinubu to 70%. This followed the consideration and adoption of the report of the senate committee on finance presented by its Chairman,...
Members of the committee vowed to unravel the rot in the petroleum sector and declared that it will no longer be business as usual. The Senate through its ad-hoc committee mandated to investigate alleged economic sabotage in the Nigerian petroleum industry, has summoned various stakeholders in the sector for interrogation. The 15-memeber committee led by the leader of the Senate, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele (APC, Ekiti Central), confirmed this while speaking to journalists on Thursday at...
INEC Chairman claimed that giving INEC control over local government election would strengthen democratic practices in Nigeria. Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, has announced the electoral commission’s capability of successfully conducting local government elections if saddled with the responsibility by law. He made this announcement on Thursday during his appearance before the National Assembly joint committee on electoral matters, which is chaired by Senator Sharafadeen Abiodun Alli (APC, Oyo South)...
With Senator Onyewuchi’s defection, the number of APC senators has risen to 61, leaving the LP with 6 members, PDP 37, NNPP and SDP 2 members each and APGA 1. Senator Ezenwa Onyewuchi (LP, Imo East) has dumped the Labour Party and defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The defection of the lawmaker was announced by the Leader of the Senate, Opeyemi Bamidele (APC, Ekiti Central) during Tuesday’s plenary. Following this announcement, a letter...
Akpabio’s apology to Natasha over his “nightclub” gaffe, minimum wage approval and a senator’s defection from LP to APC are major happenings on the floor of the Senate today. Senate passes minimum wage bill The Senate has passed the national minimum wage bill. The bill which was presented in the floor of the Senate at today’s plenary, immediately passed second and third reading. In his lead debate on the executive bill, leader of the...
Akpabio also debunked social media claims that he has “numerous girlfriends.” The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has apologised to Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (PDP, Kogi Central), over his derogatory nightclub comment. Akpabio made this apology during Tuesday’s plenary while addressing reports on social over his comment. Orderpaper recalls that last Thursday Akpabio shunned Natasha while she attempted to speak without being invited to during his speech saying, “Senator Natasha, you cannot speak without being...
If this request is considered and implemented, this would mean that domestic staff will be paid 70k minimum wage monthly. A call has been made for the inclusion of domestic servants as beneficiaries in the N70,000 newly announced national minimum wage. This call was made by Senator Osita Izunaso (APC, Imo West), on Monday during a public hearing on a bill seeking to document and protect domestic workers and employers in Nigeria. Other stakeholders present...
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