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SENATE TACKLES DRUG ABUSE 7 Things Saraki Said About Ending:#DrugAbuse in Nigeria. Today, members of the Nigerian Senate were in Kano where they hosted a Roundtable on the Drug Use Crisis in Nigeria (#SenateTacklesDrugAbuse). These are…

MAGU, DAURA, DAUDA APPEAR BEFORE SENATE COMMITTEE Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr Ibrahim Magu, yesterday, appeared before the Senate Ad- hoc Committee that is investigating the November 21, 2017…

YOUR BIOGRAPHY IS A BUNDLE OF LIES – JIBRIN REPLIES DOGARA Although not yet released, the biography of Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara is already causing ripples among the powers that be. The book written in…

SARAKI, THE SENATE STABILIZER AT 55 Today, the Senate will resume plenary sitting. The gathering inside the red chamber has been suspended in the past two weeks to enable members attend committee hearings on the defence of the 2018 budget…

DTHA VOTES AUTONOMY FOR HOUSES OF ASSEMBLY Going by the requirements of the ongoing constitution amendment by the nation’s upper legislative arm, the Delta State House of Assembly, has adopted 12 of the 15 alterations transmitted to it by…

ASSEMBLIES UNDER PRESSURE ON CONSTITUTION REVIEW Governors are mounting pressure on House speakers over the planned review of the constitution, The Nation has learnt. Some of the speakers have been threatened with removal, should they…

EFCC ASKED MARK TO ACCOUNT FOR N5.4B Former Senate President David Mark is to account for over N5.4billion slush cash and campaign funds traced to him, The Nation learnt yesterday. Part of the money is N550 million, which is part of the…

WE WILL DEFEND LAGOS-IBADAN EXPRESSWAY IN 2018 BUDGET —SENATOR Following widespread condemnations from individuals and groups particularly from the South-West, a lawmaker, representing Lagos West Senatorial District, Senator Olamilekan…

SOUTHERN SENATORS BLAST NORTHERN COUNTERPARTS OVER CALL ON PRESIDENT TO JETTISON REPORT Recently the northern Senators calls President Muhammadu Buhari to ignore the 2014 Confab report by the Northern Senators Forum, NSF, was yesterday…

APPEAL COURT DECLARES KOGI EAST SENATE SEAT VACANT The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Monday declared the seat for the Kogi East senatorial district vacant. The judgement was delivered by Justice Abdul Aboki on a pre-election matter…