Onnoghen: APC senators distance self from suit at Supreme Court by Senate

Onnoghen: APC senators distance self from suit at Supreme Court by Senate

Posted on January 29, 2019 Authornewsheadline247

The APC caucus in the Senate has distanced itself from the decision of the Senate to approach the Supreme Court over the interpretation of the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen. 

Recall that the Senate on Monday cancelled its planned emergency plenary which was supposed to hold on Tuesday

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EFCC Board: Buhari’s nominees splits Senate over exclusion of South-South, South-East from list

EFCC Board: Buhari’s nominees splits Senate over exclusion of South-South, South-East from list

Posted on December 12, 2018 Authornewsheadline247

There was uproar in the Senate on Tuesday over the exclusion of South-South and South-East in the list of nominees submitted for the board of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) by President Muhammadu Buhari. The senators were divided as the lawmakers from the South-East and the South-South protested the exclusion of the two

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CBN declares $3.12bn, 22 withdrawals from NLNG dividends in 3 years

CBN declares $3.12bn, 22 withdrawals from NLNG dividends in 3 years

Posted on November 22, 2018 Authornewsheadline247

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced a total sum of 3.12 billion dollars from the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) dividends account domiciled in the CBN was withdrawn in 22 withdrawals in three years This was detailed in documents submitted to the Senate Committee on Gas Resources by the CBN in Abuja on

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Report – Senate digs out fresh $1.151b illegal withdrawals from NLNG

Report – Senate digs out fresh $1.151b illegal withdrawals from NLNG

Posted on November 15, 2018 Authornewsheadline247

The Senate on Wednesday declared it uncovered fresh illegal multiple withdrawals of $1.151 billion from the dividends accounts of the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) by the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). This is apart from the $1.05 billion NNPC Group Managing Director Maikanti Baru earlier admitted to. According to the Guardian NG, the investigative

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Akpabio to Saraki: Resign honourably just like I did

Akpabio to Saraki: Resign honourably just like I did

Posted on October 18, 2018 Authornewsheadline247

A senator representing Akwa Ibom North-West senatorial district, Godswill Akpabio has asked Senate President Bukokla Saraki to resign his position. Akpabio made the declaration following a disagreement with the Senate president over sitting arrangement in the Senate chamber. Albert Akpan, a senator representing Akwa Ibom north-east, had accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in

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Senate set to probe $3.5b subsidy recovery fund

Senate set to probe $3.5b subsidy recovery fund

Posted on October 17, 2018 Authornewsheadline247

The Senate has set up an ad hoc committee to probe a $3.5 billion “subsidy recovery fund”. Newsheadline247 understands that the recovery fund is managed by two individuals – Maikanti Baru, group managing director (GMD) of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), and the corporation’s finance director. The decision of the Senate was a sequel

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Aidoko not elected in Kogi East Primary – PDP

Aidoko not elected in Kogi East Primary – PDP

Posted on October 3, 2018 Authornewsheadline247

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has denied the purported election of Senator Attai Aidoko for the Kogi Eastern Senatorial District. A statement in Lokoja on Wednesday, signed by the Returning Officer, Sam Abenemi, the State Secretary of PDP, Faruk Yahaya, and the State Publicity Secretary, Bode Ogunmola, said no primary was held to return a Senatorial

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2019: Oyo governor Ajimobi declares to run for Senate

2019: Oyo governor Ajimobi declares to run for Senate

Posted on September 21, 2018 Authornewsheadline247

Oyo State outgoing Governor Abiola Ajimobi, Friday, declared intentions to run for Oyo South senatorial seat in the forthcoming 2019 election on the platform All Progressives Congress. Ajimobi made his intention known at the maiden General Abdulsalami Abubakar Foundation Peace Lecture held at the Trenchard Hall of the University of Ibadan. “You know I am

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Saraki boasts – APC can’t remove me as Senate President

Saraki boasts – APC can’t remove me as Senate President

Posted on September 17, 2018 Authornewsheadline247

Senate President Bukola Saraki has said that the All Progressives Congress (APC) could not remove him as Senate president. The Kwara state former governor insisted he would not step down as Senate President until his term runs out. Saraki while speaking in Minna, the capital of Niger State, during a visit to former military President

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Pro-Saraki Senators berate APC, says stop looking for scapegoats for your failure to fulfill election promises

Pro-Saraki Senators berate APC, says stop looking for scapegoats for your failure to fulfill election promises

Posted on August 20, 2018 Authornewsheadline247

Senators loyal to Senate President Bukola Saraki have asked the All Progressives Congress (APC) to stop looking for scapegoats for their failure to fulfill its campaign promises and stop the blame game. The Saraki’s camp in the Senate also accused the ruling party of abandoning its mandate of bringing positive change while chasing shadows. Senator

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Rancor in APC over impeachment plot against Senate President Saraki

Rancor in APC over impeachment plot against Senate President Saraki

Posted on August 19, 2018 Authornewsheadline247

The national leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is reportedly in disarray over its plot to impeach Senate President Bukola Saraki. According to The Guardian NG, the impeachment plans may have suffered a set back due to suspicion and distrust among the party leadership and the lawmakers. Newsheadline247 understands one the factors that

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Senator Attai Aidoko sir, legal quests or legislation?

Senator Attai Aidoko sir, legal quests or legislation?

Posted on August 15, 2018 Authornewsheadline247

Recently, I embarked on a journey to Ugbamaka lgah, the ancestral home of Senator Attai Aidoko representing Kogi East in the Senate. Whirling the community without a glance at potential payoff for producing a Senator of the Federal Republic, I resorted for interrogation and a retired police officer has this to say; “This is not

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Constitution Requires 73 Senators to remove Saraki – Ozekhome

Constitution Requires 73 Senators to remove Saraki – Ozekhome

Posted on August 14, 2018 Authornewsheadline247

The leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has insistently demand Senate President Bukola Saraki resign or be impeached following his defection from the party to the opposition, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) The Senate leadership tussle which has consistently headlines the media space as the APC intensifies its intention to impeach the Senate

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PDP again alerts plot to arrest Saraki, Ekweremadu

PDP again alerts plot to arrest Saraki, Ekweremadu

Posted on August 13, 2018 Authornewsheadline247

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has again raised alarm over alleged plots to arrest the Senate President and deputy, Bukola Saraki and Ike Ekweremadu respectively to pave way for their impeachment. PDP had earlier alleged the All Progressives Congress (APC) was planning to use the federal might to impeach and silent the current leadership of

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