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MINISTER THREATENS TO SUE INEC OVER SENATE RE-RUN POLL Labour and Employment Minister, Chris Ngige, may head to court over the inclusion of his name on the list of the candidates for yesterday’s rerun election in the Anambra Central…

I WAS OFFERED A VESSEL AS BRIBE TO KILL PROBE – SENATE CHAIR The Chairman, Senate Committee on Local Content, Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola, on Tuesday revealed that he was offered a vessel as bribe to kill investigations on…

SENATE PANEL STORMS BENUE, TO MEET ORTOM OVER KILLINGS The Senate ad hoc committee on security is currently in Benue State on a fact-finding mission over the killings and destruction by herdsmen in the state. A member of the committee,…

SENATE DIRECTS CONTENT BOARD TO STOP BUSINESS WITH GLOBESTAR OVER BREACHES The Senate Committee on Local Content had directed the Nigerian Content Monitoring and Development Board, NCMDB, to stop any dealing with Globestar Nigeria Limited,…

BENUE KILLINGS: SARAKI ORDERS SENATE PANEL TO SUSPEND RECESS, EXPEDITE ACTION In response to the recent killings in Benue and Rivers States, President of the Senate,Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has directed members of the Senate Adhoc…

PRESIDENCY URGES SENATE TO LIFT EMBARGO ON CONFIRMATION OF NOMINEE The Presidency has urged the Senate to lift the embargo on confirmation of nominees sent to it by President Muhammadu Buhari. It would be recalled that Senate on July 4,…

COURT REFUSED APPLICATION TO STOP SENATE PROBE ON MAINA A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has refused an ex-parte application brought by the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami (SAN) to stop…

SENATE ORDERS TOTAL NIGERIA LTD COMPLETION OF 5 YEARS TENDERING FOR SHIPPERS The Senate Committee on Local Content has directed that the tendering process for indigenous shippers to participate in Total Nigeria Limited oil and gas business…

MAINA'S CASE: WHAT'RE YOU AFRAID OF?, SENATE ASK AGF The Senate has asked the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN, to explain to Nigerians why he has been running around the courts seeking to stop the probe…

IPMAN DRAMA IN SENATE: HOW I BECAME IPMAN's NATIONAL PRESIDENT - OKORONKWO An official of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Mr. Chinedu Okoronkwo, have given reasons to justify his claim as National…