The appointment was contained in a letter forwarded to the Senate President, Senator Ahmad Lawan, by President Muhammadu Buhari, dated October 18, 2019
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Both Ndume and Bago are members of the All Progressives Congress
This is even as no fewer than 35 APC senators-elect have declared their support for Senator Mohammed Ndume as Senate president
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the volunteers, drawn from the 186 local government areas in the zone, were inaugurated by Senate Leader, Ahmad Lawan
Saraki raised the alarm at plenary on Thursday after information filtered in that four suspected cultists arrested in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, were being moved to Abuja instead of trying them in the state where they were arrested
The chairman of the Panel, Senator Ibn’Bala Na’Allah, made this announcement at the ongoing investigation over the invasion of the Senate’s wing by the hoodlums
Idris, absent for the third time, was summoned over the saga of Senator Dino Melaye and the spate of killings across the country
Lawan made the shocking revelation at a time when the Federal Government placed a ban on the usage of codeine syrup
President Buhari had mandated Tinubu to reconcile all aggrieved members of the party
The lawmakers, who kicked against the court judgement restraining the National Assembly from taking further action on the matter, resolved to inform the CJN on the issue of separation of powers in the Constitution
This was just as some bandits and members of dreaded group, Yankasai, willingly surrendered over 3,000 weapons, including AK47 riffles, SMG, Pump action, G3, Long den guns, locally made guns and cache of arms to the reconciliatory committee in the state
The Senate Leader, Ahmad Lawan, moved the motion for the adjournment of plenary on Tuesday
The Summit will provide an all inclusive platform for heads of security and defence agencies, Governors, traditional rulers, socio-cultural groups, civil society organizations and others, with a view to finding solutions to acute and long term security challenges in the country
The Senate decision was sequel to a Point of Order raised by the Senate Leader, Senator Ahmad Lawan, who is also the Chairman of the Senate ad-hoc committee of the current security infrastructures in Nigeria
The Permanent Secretary, Yobe State Emergency Management Agency, Alhaji Musa Jidawa, who supervised the distribution of the assistance, said the gesture was meant to avoid creating a gap in the livelihood of the victims
This will be the second time the Senate will postpone the passage of the MTEF/FSP
During the debate on the budget proposal on the floor of the Senate on Tuesday, it was observed that senators criticized the budget proposal across party lines
The EFCC had on Tuesday attempted to arrest former Ita and Oke in the Abuja residences, moves which their security details resisted
This was made known on Wednesday at plenary by the Senators
The Senate on Wednesday waded into the controversial extension of the tenure of the Board of the Niger Delta Development…