Category: JUDICIARY
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Civil Society Group Urges Senate to Reinstate Senator Abdul Ningi Amid Budget Padding Allegations
By Milcah Tanimu The Kebbi State Association for Peace and Good Governance, a civil society organization, has called on the Senate to promptly reinstate Senator Abdul Ningi of Bauchi State, former chairman of the Northern Senators Forum. The organization’s General Secretary, Comrade Usman Muhammed Anache, criticized the senator’s suspension over allegations of budget padding amounting…
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Tinubu Calls for Restraint in Oversight Functions, Emphasizes Harmony Between Legislature and Executive
By Milcah Tanimu President Bola Tinubu has advocated for more restraint in the exercise of legislative oversight functions over the executive arm of government. He emphasized that such restraint would foster efficiency, effective service delivery, and promote good governance and accountability. Speaking during the breaking of Ramadan fast with Speaker of the House of Representatives,…
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Senate Passes Student Loan Act 2024
By Milcah Tanimu The Senate has approved the Student Loans Access to Higher Education Act (Repeal and Re-Enactment) Bill, 2024, following deliberations on a report from the Committee on Tertiary Institutions and Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND), presented by Sen. Mohammed Muntari of Katsina South. This development comes after the bill successfully passed its second…
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LP Criticizes NLC’s Protest at National Secretariat in Abuja
By Milcah Tanimu The Labour Party (LP) has strongly criticized the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) for its recent protest at the LP’s National Headquarters in Abuja, where demands were made for the removal of National Chairman, Julius Abure. In a demonstration led by members of the NLC Political Commission, protesters gathered at the LP’s national…
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Tinubu’s Support Group Decries Neglect, Warns Ahead of Presidential Election
By Milcah Tanimu The Farmers Movement for Jagaban 2023, a political support group instrumental in Bola Tinubu’s presidential bid, has expressed frustration over perceived neglect and abandonment following the election victory. In a statement by the group’s National Coordinator, Rilwan Ahmed, on Tuesday, accusations were leveled against President Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima for…
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Wike Administers Oaths to Permanent Secretaries, Chief of Staff, and Other Officials
By Milcah Tanimu On Monday, March 18, 2024, Chief of Staff to the FCT Minister, alongside the Chairman and members of the FCT Civil Service Commission, Coordinators of the Abuja Infrastructure Investment Center and Abuja Metropolitan Management Council, as well as the FCTA Head of Service and 10 Permanent Secretaries, were sworn into their respective…
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Senate , Rep set to relocate to main Chambers next month… as reconstruction work finishes
By Lateef Taiwo After about one and half years of holding plenaries at temporary chambers , the Senate and the House of Representatives , are set to relocate to their main Hallowed Chambers next month . Indications to this effect , emerged from the near completion stages the upgraded and reconfigured hallowed chambers are presently,…
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Tribunal Sets Date for Final Arguments in Bayelsa Governorship Election Petition
By Milcah Tanimu The Bayelsa State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, situated in Abuja, has slated April 22nd for the adoption of final written addresses in the case contesting the outcome of the recent gubernatorial election in the state. This development indicates that both parties involved – the incumbent Governor Douye Diri and his opponent, Timipre…
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CSOs Slam Akpabio Criticism, Warn of Threat to Tinubu’s Administration
A coalition of civil society organisations have described the criticism of the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio as an affront on the administration on the credibility rating of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu saying the decision to suspend Senator Abdul Ahmed Ningi was in good faith to restore public order and discipline in the Senate. Rising-Up for…
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Akpabio cannot resign, call morally reprehensible….. Senate spokesman
From Lateef Spokesman to the Senate, Senator Yemi Adaramodu has berated the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for calling for the resignation of Senator Akpabio over the unfounded claim of N3.7trn budget padding allegations by the suspended Senator representing Bauchi Central, Abdul Ningi. Adaramodu in his reaction Thursday, as Chairman Senate Committee on Media and Public…