The Senate on Thursday approved death penalty for dealers and importers of cocaine, heroin and other hard drugs into the country. The proposed capital punishment also applies to manufacturing, trafficking, dealing in or delivery of hard drugs by any means. The Senate arrived at the resolution on the floor of the red chamber after deliberations…
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last election, Atiku Abubakar, had urged the National Assembly to maintain its independence and not become a tool in the hands of the government. The former vice president said this during a visit to the residence of suspended Bauchi lawmaker, Senator Abdul Ningi, on Monday,…
The Senate is set to recall Senator Abdul Ningi (PDP – Bauchi Central) from his three months suspension, it has been learnt. Senate President Godswill Akpabio disclosed this while answering questions from reporters on arrival from the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. Akpabio said the Senate will soon review the three months suspension…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Senate has passed the Student Loan, Access to Higher Education, Act 2024. The senate’s resolution followed its consideration of the report of the senate committee on tertiary institutions and TETFUND. The chairman of the committee, Senator Muntari Dandutse presented the report during plenary. Last week, President Bola Tinubu transmitted the…
Ali Ndume, chief whip of the senate, says each senator was allocated N200 million for constituency projects in the 2024 budget. Speaking in an interview on Channels Television on Wednesday, Ndume said 10 senators, who are leaders, including himself, got more than N200 million in constituency allocation. Over the past few days, controversy has ensued…
A civic organisation focused on the Nigerian budget and public data, BudgIT, has thrown its weight behind suspended Senator Abdul Ningi on a N3.7 trillion gap in the 2024 budget presented to the National Assembly. The Director and co-founder of BudgIT, Seun Onigbinde, made this known during an interview with Channels Television on Wednesday, stressing…
The senate has suspended Abdul Ningi, senator representing Bauchi central, for alleging that the 2024 budget was padded by N3trn. The matter was debated in line with the standing order of the senate during plenary on Tuesday. Senator Jimoh Ibrahim from Ondo state has moved a motion for Senator Abdul Ningi from Bauchi state to…
