Following drug allegations against the Senate’s deputy leader, Senator Oyelola Yisa Ashiru (APC Kwara South), the Senate has constituted a six-member ad hoc committee headed by Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe to investigate the matter. The constitution of the committee followed a ‘personal explanation’ by Ashiru under Order 42, of the Senate rules, in which the lawmaker said his privileges were breached by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Senate President Godswill Akpabio charged the ad...

A spate of killings and kidnappings by One Chance operators and other criminal elements in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have become worrisome. The House of Representatives has summoned FCT Minister Nyesom Wike, the FCT Police Commissioner, and the Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS) to appear before its Committee on Federal Capital Territory (FCT), National Security and Intelligence and Police Affairs. The action of members of the lower chamber followed the...

The Federal Government has banned the export of cooking gas produced in Nigeria due to a hike in the price of the Liquefied Petroleum Gas. Ekperikpe Ekpo, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas) who announced the ban during a meeting with key stakeholders in the LPG value chain to address the escalating prices and the hardship they impose on Nigerians. Ekpo explained that the measures were aimed at boosting availability, ensuring affordability, and protecting...

Taraba state governor Agbu Kefas has threatened to depose any traditional ruler who allows communal crises in his domain. The Governor gave the threat during a peace meeting between the Fulani and Gommu communities in the Karim-Lamido local government area of the state. Represented by his Deputy, Alhaji Aminu Abdullahi Alkali during the meeting, said his principal was not happy that he claimed several lives over the recent communal crisis in the area. He said:...

To boost patronage of made-in-Nigeria goods, the House of Representatives has passed a bill for second reading seeking to make it mandatory for Ministries, Departments to procure goods and services from local manufacturers and indigenous companies. The bill titled “Local Industry Patronage Bill, 2024,” seeks to allow for local goods and services to be mandatorily given priority. The bill aims to give priority to local manufacturers and indigenous companies, and to prohibit the exclusion of...