The latest episode in the dramatic sessions of the federal legislative houses, the Senate in particular, involves two needless issues that leave the Senate open to suspicion. Whether it is…
Members of the Upper Chamber have bared their fangs against the Presidency yesterday. They suspended the screening and confirmation of 27 Resident Electoral Commissioners (REC) nominees. The Senate declared its…
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If you have stood close to Hameed Ali, you will see two things that collide. The air of an aristocrat and the mien of an army officer. In between, you…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission( EFCC) has frozen 15 accounts of some individuals and companies for the alleged diversion of N19billion from the London-Paris loan refund. Besides, about $183,000…
The Senate ad hoc committee investigating alleged misuse, under remittance, and other fraudulent activities in the collection, remittance and expenditure of internally generated revenue by MDAs has invited the Attorney…
The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday adopted the exchange rate of N305 for a US dollar, as proposed by the executive arm of government, for the 2017 fiscal year. This is…
The Nigerian Senate has launched an investigation into an alleged non-payment of federal judges for four months, a development the upper chamber described as a ‘disturbing signal’. A member of…
The Managing Director of the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC), Yusuf Matashi, has faulted the figures quoted as revenue derived by the company from crude oil sales. Earlier reports by…
Three civil society groups have called on the Senate to make public the security report it depended upon to reject the appointment of Ibrahim Magu to head the Economic and…
The Senate is investigating allegations that the state-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. NNPC failed to remit $5.4 billion of oil revenue to the government since 2013. The amount includes $3.5 billion…