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WHY 2018 BUDGET HAS NOT BEEN PASSED - SENATE Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi of Niger state who is the spokesperson of the Senate has said that no date has been fixed for the passage of the 2018 budget. President Muhammadu Buhari had…

EX-LAWMAKER asks FOR ANOTHER 30 DAYS BEFORE GOING TO PRISON JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Former Florida congresswoman Corrine Brown is asking a federal judge to extend by 30 days the date she must report to prison for her fraud conviction.…

SENATE AD-HOC COMMITTEE GRILLED OFFICIALS of NNPC OVER $137M FRAUD The Senate has resolved to investigate alleged cases of financial corruption in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) put at $137 million. The resolution of…

EX-LAWMAKER asks FOR ANOTHER 30 DAYS BEFORE GOING TO PRISON JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Former Florida congresswoman Corrine Brown is asking a federal judge to extend by 30 days the date she must report to prison for her fraud conviction.…

WHY 2018 BUDGET HAS NOT BEEN PASSED - SENATE Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi of Niger state who is the spokesperson of the Senate has said that no date has been fixed for the passage of the 2018 budget. President Muhammadu Buhari had…

NNPC, OTHERS OPERATE SECRET $137M JV ACCOUNT — SENATOR MELAYE RAISES ALARM Lawmaker representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Senator Dino Melaye, has raised the alarm over alleged operation of a secret account by the Nigerian National…

DOGARA CALLS FOR COMPLETION OF 2ND NIGER BRIDGE, LAGOS-IBADAN EXPRESSWAY The Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on Tuesday called for the completion of Second Niger Bridge and Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, saying that they were…

SENATE BEGINS SCREENING, IGNORES COURT ORDER The Nigerian Senate has commenced screening of the 10 members of the Code of Conduct Bureau, appointed by the then acting president, Yemi Osinbajo, despite a court order. The order had tasked…

SENATE COMMITTEE DECLARES, NO SCREENING YET FOR Buhari’s NOMINEE Chairman, Senate Committee on Banking and other Financial Institutions, Senator Rafiu Ibrahim, said on Monday that his committee has been unable to screen the nominees for…

HERDSMEN ATTACK SHOULD NOT BE POLITICISED, LAWMAKERS WARNED SENATORS LAWYERS yesterday hailed the Senate’s decision to hold a security summit on insecurity and herdsmen crisis. They, however, disagreed with the Red Chambers’ calls that…