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2024 Budget allegation damaged integrity of Senate totally, says Akpabio
The allegation that the 2024 Budget was padded with an additional N3.7 trillion has damaged the integrity of the Senate Chamber, Senate President, Godswill Akpabio has said. He stated this during plenary on Tuesday while reacting to the allegations made against the House by the lawmaker representing Bauchi Central, Abdul Ahmed Ningi. Senator Akpabio said Senator Ningi’s false allegations have…
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BREAKING: Some lawmakers got N500m from 2024 budget- Sen. Jarigbe alleges
Innocent Raphael The Red Chamber is currently in a heated session over allegations that the 2024 budget was padded to the tone of N3 trillion, with Senator representing Cross River North, Jarigbe Jarigbe alleging that some older Senators got half a billion Naira from the budget. Recall that the whole drama started after Abdul Ningi, senator representing Bauchi central, alleged…
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BREAKING: Senate issues Ningi three months suspension over claims on 2024 budget
Kunle Sanni The Nigerian senate has issued a three months suspension to a senator representing Bauchi Central, Abdul Ningi over his claims that the 2024 national budget was padded by members of the hollow chambers. The suspension was read out before members of the 10th assembly on Tuesday by the senate President Godswill Akpabio. Westernpost reported exclusively on Monday that…
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Akpabio asks Ningi to apologise over budget padding allegation
Innocent Raphael The Senate on Tuesday witnessed a rowdy session over the budget padding allegation levelled against it by Bauchi Central Senator, Abdul Ningi. Ningi, who is the Chairman of Northern Senators’ Forum, had alleged that the National Assembly debated and passed N25 trillion as 2024 budget and not the N28.7 trillion that is being implemented by the Federal Government.…
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NIMASA: How Jamoh’s moves to extend tenure was aborted
The four-year tenure of the Director-General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh ended on Sunday 10th March 2024. Before the end of his tenure, Jamoh who took over from Dakuku Peterside on March 10th 2020, made moves to retain the position beyond this year. It was gathered that some stakeholders in the Maritime industry who…
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Gumi advises FG to negotiate with bandits
Innocent Raphael Controversial Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has called on the Federal Government to negotiate with bandits, expressing willingness to facilitate comprehensive discussions between the both parties, in a bid to secure the release of abducted Nigerians. The Islamic cleric also urged the present administration not to repeat what he termed “the mistake made by former President Muhammadu Buhari,”…
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NURTW: Court sacks Agbede-led Caretaker Committee
…..validates Baruwa Presidency A National Industrial Court sitting in Abuja, has sacked the Tajudeen Agbede-led Caretaker Committee of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW). The Court in it ruling also affirmed Tajudeen Baruwa as the re-elected president of the National Union of Road Transport Workers. While delivering her judgment on the leadership crisis rocking the union, Justice O.…
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Charge Senator Ningi for criminal misinformation, Jimoh Ibrahim tells FG
A member of the Appropriation Committee in the Senate, Senator Jimoh Ibrahim, has called on the Federal Government to bring criminal charges against Senator Abdul Ningi for what he claims to be “criminal misinformation and conduct likely to breach the peace” regarding the 2024 Appropriation Acts. Speaking to Senate correspondents on Monday, Senator Ibrahim vehemently refuted the assertions made by his colleague,…
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Nigeria must feed its people, says Tinubu
Kunle Sanni President Bola Tinubu on Monday flagged off the Food Security and Agricultural Mechanization Programme in Niger State, emphasizing that his administration remains committed to ensuring food sufficiency and protecting local industries for sustainable economic growth. The project, an initiative of the Niger State government, is for the deployment of cutting-edge agricultural machinery and technology for large-scale agro-value chain…
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Northern senators disowns Ningi, says no wrongdoings in 2024 budget
Senators representing the northern region of the country says it is disassociating itself from the allegation made by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Population, Abdul Ningi (PDP), Bauchi Central, that N3.7trillion was padded in the 2024 budget. According to a statement jointly issued by seven senators across its three northern geopolitical zones, the view expressed by Ningi was his personal…
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