Senate To Bar FIRS, Customs, NBC, 57 Others From Getting Federal Allocations 1
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Senate To Bar FIRS, Customs, NBC, 57 Others From Getting Federal Allocations

The Senate is prepared to propose to the Federal Ministry of Finance , Budget and National Planning to exempt 60 federal agencies from receiving allocation from the national budget , which will start from next year . It was gathered that the move was due to the conviction that the agencies generate enough revenue to

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Licensed Agents Petition Nigerian Senate Over Alleged Corruption In Customs Service 2
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Licensed Agents Petition Nigerian Senate Over Alleged Corruption In Customs Service

A group of licensed agents has petitioned the Nigerian Senate over what they termed different atrocities allegedly committed by Nigeria Customs Service officials. In the five-page petition signed by over 50 members of Concerned Licensed Customs Agents, the group accused customs officials of acts of corruption and sabotage of the country’s economy. They said that

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UNILAG: Workers, Senate Reject Ogundipe’s removal 3
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UNILAG: Workers, Senate Reject Ogundipe’s removal

All staff unions in the University of Lagos on Thursday expressed their displeasure with the removal of the institution’s Vice Chancellor, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, by the Governing Council of the school. The workers, under the aegis of the Joint Staff Union, JSU, made this known at a Congress they held to state their position on

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Senate summons Finance Minister, Accountant General over variations in cost of contracts 4
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Senate summons Finance Minister, Accountant General over variations in cost of contracts

The Nigerian Senate summoned the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, and the Federation’s Accountant General, Ahmed Idris, along with the Managing Director of the NSIA, Uche Orji, and the contractors handling the projects to appear before him and Explain the variations in the cost of major federal highways that are run

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COVID-19 scandal: Senate uncovers how police, NDDC staff shared N1.5bn 5
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COVID-19 scandal: Senate uncovers how police, NDDC staff shared N1.5bn

When ordinary Nigerians in the Niger Delta regions were being locked down without any palliative from the Niger Delta Commission, the staffers and the police were busy sharing about One billion, Five Hundred Million Naira as palliatives . Nigeria upper legislative House, the Senate o Thursday July 9 , uncovered how the Interim Management Committee

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COVID-19: Address The Nation Now, Senate Tells Buhari
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COVID-19: Address The Nation Now, Senate Tells Buhari

The Nigerian Senate, on Wednesday, urged President Muhammadu Buhari, to “immediately” address the nation on the situation of the Coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria. The red chamber said if the president addressed Nigerians, citizens and government agencies would be more serious in adhering to the preventive measures. It also asked the Federal Government to take more

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BREAKING: Nigerian Lawmaker, Senator Longjan Dies at 75 7
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BREAKING: Nigerian Lawmaker, Senator Longjan Dies at 75

A Nigerian lawmaker Senator Ignatius Longjan has died aged 75. Longjan represented Plateau South Senatorial District of Plateau State in the Nigeria Senate. “It is true, our father and distinguished Senator representing Plateau South is death, baba died after battling with illness for a long time in Turkey,” his former chief of staff John Dafa’an

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Coronavirus: Nigeria Lacks Mechanism to Tackle Outbreak – Senate 8
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Coronavirus: Nigeria Lacks Mechanism to Tackle Outbreak – Senate

Senator Chukwuka Utazi has lamented that Nigeria lacks “adequate response mechanism” to handle disease outbreaks. Utazi who is the Chairman, Senate Committee on Primary Healthcare and Communicable Diseases, spoke during an oversight visit of the Senate Committee on Health to the Port Health Services at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport and the Apapa Seaport in

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BREAKING: Senate, IGP Meet to Legalise Community Policing 9
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BREAKING: Senate, IGP Meet to Legalise Community Policing

In Nigeria, the Senate and the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, met on Thursday to harmonise positions on the implementation of a community policing policy that would involve governors, traditional institutions and groups in the provision of security. The Police IG in an interview with journalists after the meeting confirmed that the police was convinced

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Speaker Pelosi Blasts Trump And Republican Senate. 10
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Speaker Pelosi Blasts Trump And Republican Senate.

Sequel to President Donald Trump’s acquittal on the two articles of impeachment yesterday, by the Senate with the Republicans dominating, Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi fires from all cylinders. The first article had 52 votes against 48 in favour of Trump and the second article also led to his acquittal. Pelosi who had earlier

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Declare State of Emergency on National Security Now – Senate Tells Buhari 12
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Declare State of Emergency on National Security Now – Senate Tells Buhari

The Nigerian Senate has asked President Muhammadu Buhari, to as a matter of urgency declare a National Security Emergency to address the escalating challenges of insecurity faced by the country. The call was made moments before the upper chamber adjourned plenary on Wednesday, and after an exhaustive debate on a motion on the urgent need

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