LAGOS MARCH 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Sitting Presidents will no longer enjoy immunity in criminal matters if the alteration being proposed to the 1999 Constitution by the Senate sails through, The Nation learnt on Thursday. Also to lose immunity is the Vice President, Governors and their deputies in the impending alteration. This followed the second reading of a…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A fresh crisis looms in the country as stakeholders yesterday rejected a move by the Senate to establish an agency to make life comfortable for ‘repentant’ Boko Haram terrorists irrespective of their wanton destruction of lives and property. Specifically, ignoring persistent public outcry against the release of the suspected insurgents, the Senate…
LAGOS OCTOBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Anger and suspicion are brewing in the Senate. These have been provoked by some members of the upper legislative chamber using their official positions to allegedly get job slots from government agencies.Already, the Senate committee charged with ensuring employment complies with the federal character principle yesterday vowed to expose such lawmakers involved…
LAGOS APIL 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian senators on Wednesday rejected a bill aiming to phase out petrol vehicles and introduce electric cars in the country in 2035. The bill, first read on April 10, was not considered for a second reading by the lawmakers. In his lead debate, sponsor of the bill, Ben Murray-Bruce, said the move…
LAGOS MARCH 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate on Tuesday, March 19, observed a minute silence in honour of Nigerian-born Prof. Pius Adesanmi and Amb. Abiodun Bashua, who both died in the ill-fated Ethiopian Airline plane that crashed two weeks ago. Prof. Adesamni and Amb. Bashua, as well as other passengers, died on March 10 when the Boeing…