Author: Emmanuel Leke

But this came with a complaint by the Senate Committee on Appropriation about the omission of‎ some agencies from the budget

The laying of the report by‎ the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriation, Senator Danjuma Goje, brought to an end speculation on the presentation of 2016 Budget report to the Senate for consideration by the whole house

The House of Representatives had last week taken over the Kogi State House of Assembly and directed the Inspector General of Police to seal it

While urging the lawmakers to pass the bill, Olujimi said discrimination amongst women in education, employment and against any person and any ground whatsoever should be eliminated

This revelations were contained in a report by the Federal Government to the National Assembly

Ameachi, on radio programme monitored in Port Harcourt, Rivers State and tweeted by Rivers Watch on its Twitter handle, said former President Goodluck Jonathan hated Rivers State people so much that he could not release $1 billion to clean ogoniland

The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, made this known when the Civil Liberties Organisation and the traditional ruler of Mene Bua-Yeghe community in Ogoniland, Chief Barinaada Gbaranee, appeared before the Committee to defend their separate petitions against the Nigerian Army over the issue

Senate backs Kachikwu’s reorganisation of NNPC
Emmanuel Leke

This will be pending the time the political crisis rocking the House will be settled

The Senate’s decision was sequel to a motion‎ sponsored by Senator Biodun Olujimi (PDP-Ekiti), who described the action of the DSS as barbaric

He equally recalled how Nigerian civil servants paid “Mandela Tax”, which was deducted directly from their salary, adding that this is the time for Nigeria to get the right policies towards economic diversification to enable her take a leap from being a consumer nation

However, the Attorney General of Federation and Minister of Justice, Malami Abubakar, and the Nigerian Law Reform kicked against the bill, saying the objectives of the bill is against public interest

This was made known during an interactive session organised by the Joint National Assembly Committee on Appropriation with government officials

Mark was sworn in at exactly 11am on Wednesday in the hallowed chamber by the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, after taking the traditional oath of office and allegiance

This was revealed in a motion sponsored by Senator Gbenga Ashafa (APC Lagos East) and supported by 21 others who revealed that Harm Reduction International, a United Kingdom-based NGO, said 33 countries impose the death penalty for drug-related offences

peaking while receiving a team, led by Prof. Olu Akinkugbe and constituted by the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library to develop an agenda for the health sector in the country, President Buhari recalled that the Petroleum Trust Fund, which he headed in the 1990s, had developed what it called “institutional strengthening,” in which PTF supported pharmaceutical companies with resources to encourage local production of drugs.

The Senate Leader wondered what the price of dollars have to do with garri, maize and tomatoes that are produced locally in Nigeria, with the prices skyrocketing when foreign exchange rose

The Auditor General in the report submitted to the Senate Committee on Public Account revealed that N70.4 billion were collected as mobilization payments by 1,723 contractors without going to site

The plaza accommodates the Institute of Human Virology, Zenith Bank, Skye Bank and various other offices

While presenting the report of the Education Committee, the Vice Chairman of the Committee on Education, Senator Rose Oko, informed the senators that only N6.8 billion was proposed for meal subsidy in Unity Schools instead of the N11.2 billion needed