Tag: Senators
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56 U.S. Senators vote to proceed with impeachment trial of Donald Trump
The US Senate voted on Tuesday to proceed with the impeachment trial of former president Donald Trump, rejecting defense arguments that it was unconstitutional. Defense lawyers had argued that Trump should not face a trial in the Senate for inciting insurrection because he was no longer president. But the Senate voted 56-44 to proceed with…
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Insecurity: Senators urge new service chiefs to commence work immediately
Senators have urged the new Service Chiefs to commence work immediately by addressing security challenges facing the country. A cross section of senators interviewed by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Tuesday lauded the appointment of the new service chiefs by President Muhammadu Buhari. Sen. Enyinnaya Abaribe (PDP-Abia), said the appointment had…
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BREAKING: Senate tackles Buhari, demands sack of service chiefs over worsening insecurity
Worried about the spate of insecurity in Nigeria, senators on Tuesday demanded the sacking of the nation’s service chiefs. The request is coming days after the gruesome killings by Boko Haram terrorists of 43 rice farmers in Zabarmari village in Jere Local Government Area of Borno State on Saturday. The lawmakers are also asking President…
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Lawan kicks against scrapping of Senate, says Nigerians free to vote out dormant senators in 2023
Senate President, Ahmad Lawan on Thursday said Nigerians are free to kick out lawmakers who they deemed under-performing in the Ninth National Assembly jointed headed by him (Lawan) and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila. Lawan also faulted the argument of those clamouring for the upper legislative chamber to be scrapped because of…
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Water Resources Bill won’t scale through Senate – Senators vow
Senators Tuesday vowed to reject a proposed Water Resources Bill when it is presented to the Senate. The Bill which has already scaled first reading in the House of Representatives has continued to generate controversy. There are however indications that the Bill would likely be presented to the Senate on resumption from their current break…
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By-elections: Nigerians seeking to be senators on APC platform to pay N7m for forms
Senatorial aspirants jostling for the All Progressives Congress (APC) tickets in the forthcoming legislative by-elections are to pay N7 million for the party’s expression of interest and nomination forms. Houses of Assembly aspirants are to buy the forms for N850,000 each, while female aspirants and physically challenged aspirants are to pay 50 per cent of…
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Banditry: Rescue Nigerians now from Nigerien army in Sokoto, Senators tell Buhari
….as over 5,000 people already migrated to Niger …Senate demands mmediate rescue operation in the area …300 Nigerians killed within one week The Senate was alarmed Tuesday by Senator Ibrahim Gobir ( APC Sokoto East), while presenting a report that people of his constituency are now at the mercy of Nigerien soldiers for protection against…
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COVID-19: Nigerian senators agree to donate 50% of salaries till pandemic is over
Nigerian senators on Monday agreed to contribute 50 percent of their salaries to support the efforts being made to contain the spread and treatment of Coronavirus (COVID-19) victims in Nigeria. Senator Godiya Akwashiki, the acting spokesman of the Senate, confirmed in a statement released in Abuja. Akwashiki said the monthly donation would be “sustained” until…
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Senators lock horns over lopsided sharing of N100bn constituency cash
The alleged lopsided sharing of N100 billion constituency projects fund is causing division among lawmakers in the Senate. The fund is meant for projects in senators’ constituencies. Some senators said some of their colleagues were “unduly favoured” in the distribution of the fund. According to them, while some were allocated up to N500 million, others…
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Kidnappings: Soldiers should travel by road not rail – Senate
By Emman Ovuakporie, Abuja … insist they should travel by road …raise alarm over kidnappers issuing notice to residents Disturbed by the spate of kidnappings in the country, the Senate wants soldiers to stop travelling by rail to Kaduna from Abuja since Kidnappers don’t attack them. It said kidnappers and bandits have taken over major…