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...

The House of Representatives Committee on Constitution Review is set to engage key stakeholders, like the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Nigeria Guild of Editors, Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures, chairmen of the 18 political parties, and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in the ongoing process to amend the 1999 Constitution. Hon. Benjamin Kalu, the Deputy Speaker and Chairman of the committee, stated this on Tuesday during the committee’s meeting in Abuja. According to him, the committee...

Farouk Lawan, a former member of the House of Representatives, has been released from the Kuje Custodial Centre in Abuja. His release was announced in a statement he signed on Tuesday, 22 October  2024. In the statement, Lawan expressed his gratitude, saying, “Alhamdulillah Alhamdulillah Alhamdulillah. Today marks the beginning of a new chapter in my life as I step out of Kuje Custodial Centre, with a heart full of gratitude to Allah SWT for seeing...

…Reaffirms His Commitment To Their Welfare Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo of Kogi State on Tuesday, visited the Adankolo Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp to identify with people displaced by the flood ravaging the state. Ododo who was accompanied by his Deputy, Comrade Joel Oyibo Salifu and other top Government officials also used the occasion to distribute relief materials procured by the State Government to the victims of flood, assuring them of his commitment to see to...