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Minority Leadership: HoR ETHICS COMMITTEE INVITE CHINDA, THREE OTHERS FOR PARADING AS MINORITY CAUCUS LEADERS

The Nigeria House of Representatives has decided to put a stop to the impunity of some of its members who it noted derives joy in breaching its rules and standing orders. Consequently, the House through its Committee on ethics and privileges has singled out four members of the House of Representatives alleged to have breached order six, rule 1 and 2 of the standing rules … Continue reading Minority Leadership: HoR ETHICS COMMITTEE INVITE CHINDA, THREE OTHERS FOR PARADING AS MINORITY CAUCUS LEADERS

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Atiku-Buhari: S/COURT JUDGMENT’LL NOT DAUNT OPPOSITION – Reps Minority Caucus

The Minority Caucus of the House of Representatives has assured that the judgment of the Supreme Court on the petition by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, on the February 23 presidential election, will not deter the opposition in its constitutional role of ensuring checks and balances in the system. House Minority Leader, Hon. Ndudi Elumelu, in a statement on … Continue reading Atiku-Buhari: S/COURT JUDGMENT’LL NOT DAUNT OPPOSITION – Reps Minority Caucus

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NDDC NEW BOARD INCHES CLOSER TO CONFIRMATION, AS PRES. BUHARI SENDS LIST OF APPROVED NOMINEES TO NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

David Diai The much discussed and eagerly awaited confirmation of a new, substantive board for the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, moved a critical step closer to actualization, when President Muhammadu Buhari transmitted the list of the already nominated Board members to the National Assembly. Senate President Ahmed Lawan, confirming the arrival of the NDDC Board members list to the National Assembly, acknowledged the receipt … Continue reading NDDC NEW BOARD INCHES CLOSER TO CONFIRMATION, AS PRES. BUHARI SENDS LIST OF APPROVED NOMINEES TO NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

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BRIBERY ALLEGATION AGAINST US BASELESS, DIVERSIONARY, SAYS ELUMELU

The Minority leader of the Federal House of Representatives, Hon. Ndudi Elumelu has dismissed the bribery allegation leveled against him and other members of the Minority Leadership of the House of Representatives by a group which calls itself the PDP Youths Congress, PDPYC. The PDPYC in a recent statement published by some media outfits, had alleged that Hon. Elumelu and his colleagues in the minority … Continue reading BRIBERY ALLEGATION AGAINST US BASELESS, DIVERSIONARY, SAYS ELUMELU

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PRESIDENT BUHARI ORDERS FORENSIC AUDIT OF NDDC ACTIVITIES

Worried by the persistent criticisms of the operations of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered a forensic audit of the operations of the organisation from 2001 to 2019. Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President (Media and Publicity), disclosed in a press statement that, receiving governors of the states that make up the Commission, led by Governor Seriake Dickson of … Continue reading PRESIDENT BUHARI ORDERS FORENSIC AUDIT OF NDDC ACTIVITIES

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FG COMMITTED TO COMMUNITY POLICING – Osinbajo

As part of the measures aimed at curbing security challenges in the country, the federal government is committed to the full implementation of community policing, Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo said in Abuja on Tuesday, October 15, 2019. Osinbajo made this pledge at the 11th National Development Summit of Traditional Rulers, NDSTR, which held at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja. Represented by the Minister … Continue reading FG COMMITTED TO COMMUNITY POLICING – Osinbajo

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AISHA BUHARI, NIGERIA’S FIRST LADY, RETURNS AFTER LONG VACATION IN UNITED KINGDOM

Nigeria’s First Lady, Mrs. Aisha Buhari returned to the country on Sunday, October 13, after a long holiday in the UK, amidst wide spread, though still unfounded speculations, that her husband and Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, may have taken a second wife. Several authoritative sources, including impeccable Presidency spokespersons, presidential excerpts and principal parties linked to the event, had come out to strongly debunk the … Continue reading AISHA BUHARI, NIGERIA’S FIRST LADY, RETURNS AFTER LONG VACATION IN UNITED KINGDOM

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