By Joe Udo ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – The Senate is urging Nigeria’s Armed Forces to, with immediate effect, recruit at least 100,000 personnel to tackle insecurity in parts of the country. It is also to set up an ad hoc committee to look into the funding, expenditure and outcome of the safe school programme. These and…
By Joe Udo ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – The Nigerian Senate has ordered the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to refund ₦210 trillion in unaccounted funds to the Federation Account after rejecting the company’s explanations over the missing sum. According to SaharaReporters, the directive followed the failure of NNPCL Group Chief Executive Officer, Bayo Ojulari, to…
By Aderogba George ABUJA (NAN, CONVERSEER) – The All Indigenous Contractors Association of Nigeria (AICAN) on Thursday announced the suspension of its ongoing protest following the intervention of the Senate, led by its spokesperson, Sen. Adeyemi Adaramodu. The suspension notice, released to newsmen in Abuja, was jointly signed by the association’s President, Mr Jackson Nwosu,…
By Joe Udo ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – There was tension on the floor of the Nigerian Senate on Tuesday following a heated disagreement between Senate President Godswill Akpabio and his deputy, Senator Barau Jibrin, over how the National Assembly should respond to United States President Donald Trump’s recent military threat against Nigeria. The drama began when…
By Joe Udo ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – The Nigeria Immigration Service officials have seized the international passport of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, senator representing Kogi Central, preventing her from travelling abroad. According to SaharaReporters, Akpoti-Uduaghan was seen in a viral video questioning immigration officials at the airport over the alleged confiscation of her passport. She alleged that…
ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen is leading a high-level delegation of the House to the 8th China International Import Expo. A statement signed by Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Speaker, Musa Krishi, indicates that the visit followed an invitation extended to the Speaker by the Chinese…
ABUJA (NTA, CONVERSEER) – The Federal House of Representatives has launched an investigation into excessive deduction of taxes and sundry charges from the earnings of civil and public servants. The House Ad-hoc Committee set up for the probe will also investigate multiple bank charges imposed on customers’ accounts across the country. READ ALSO: Trump designates Nigeria…
By Joe Udo ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – A proposal by the National Assembly to shift Nigeria’s next general elections to November 2026 has sparked widespread debate among political parties, civil society groups, and analysts, with the African Democratic Congress (ADC) leading the opposition against the move. The lawmakers, in a draft amendment to the 2022 Electoral…
By Zagazola Makama ZARIA (CONVERSEER) – A youth leader, Alhaji Halliru Adamu Aliyu, popularly known as Wali, has been arrested in Zaria after leading a peaceful protest to the family residence of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajuddeen Abbas over alleged neglect of youths in his constituency. Wali, who led several young people…
By Joe Udo ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – The Senate on Thursday confirmed the appointment of Professor Joash Amupitan as the new Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) after a rigorous screening session that lasted about three hours and featured probing questions from lawmakers across party lines. Amupitan, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and…
