President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday evening host all senators and senatorial candidates of the All Progressives Congress to a dinner ahead of the emergency plenary session summoned by the Senate leadership over the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen.
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The All Progressives Congress in Kwara has accused Senate President Bukola Saraki and Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of crippling the local government system in the state as well as impoverishing the people.
The Senate has summoned an emergency plenary session over the “unconstitutional” suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, over alleged false declaration of assets by President Muhammadu Buhari.
The Senate on Thursday adjourned plenary till February 19, without considering the 2019 Budget.
The National Minimum Wage Bill (2019) on Thursday scaled both first and second reading in the Senate, after which it was committed to a Special Adhoc Committee for further legislative work.
The Senate on Wednesday confirmed the appointment of Modibbo Tukur as pioneer Director of the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit.
The Senate Committee on Federal Roads Maintenance Agency on Wednesday screened nominees for the FERMA Board, three months after their nominations.
The Senate on Wednesday approved the appointment of President Muhammadu Buhari’s nominee, Modibbo Hamman Tukur, as the director of the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit.
The Eagle Online observed that only eight Senators, including the Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, appeared in the chamber.
The National Industrial Court, Abuja, on Monday, held that its order restraining the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria from embarking on a planned strike had not been vacated.
This followed presentation of report by the Chairman Senate Committee on Independent National Electoral Commission, Senator Suleiman Nazif, at the plenary.
This followed a Point of Order by Senator Oluremi Tinubu at plenary on Thursday.
This followed a motion by Senator Ibrahim Danbaba and co-sponsored by eight others.
Presenting the motion, Danbaba said late Shagari who was sworn in as President on October1, 1979 on the platform of National Party of Nigeria promoted national unity.
The Senate on Thursday referred nomination of 11 persons into the North East Development Commission Governing Board, to its Committee on Special Duties for screening.
This was made known by Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, while responding to a point of order raised by Senator Oluremi Tinubu over the recent theft in her National Assembly office.
Saraki, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu on Tuesday in Abuja, described the killings as worrisome and disheartening.
Ekweremadu, who made this known in a statement by his Media Adviser, Uche Anichukwu on Monday, described the reports as “fake news, cheap blackmail, smear campaign and extreme propaganda”.
Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the 2019 general elections will kick off with the Presidential and National Assembly elections on Saturday, 16th February 2019. As it stands in Delta South Senatorial District, the All Progressives Congress, APC,
The Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has advised the Federal Government to ensure that its plans to put on trial the nation’s chief judicial officer, Hon. Justice Walter Onnoghen, does not cause chaos in the judicial system and that the due process is not compromised.
The President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Friday raised concern over his safety and those of his political supporters in his state, Kwara.