LAGOS MAY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, on Wednesday again rebuffed the invitation of the Senate. Idris, absent for the third time, was summoned over the saga of Senator Dino Melaye and the spate of killings across the country. The absence of Idris led to the senators calling for a closed door…
LAGOS MAY 2ND(NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has again shunned the invitation of the Senate. The Senate had last week invited Idris over the saga involving the representative of Kogi West Senatorial District, Senator Dino Melaye. However, the IGP did not honour the invitation, sending the Deputy Inspector General of Police (Operations), Joseph…
a LAGOS MAY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-National Assembly Wednesday is currently being invaded by some fierce-looking masked security men manning strategic locations within and outside the massive complex. The reason for the scaring development has not yet been explained. But there are restricted movement and irregular interceptions everywhere. Meanwhile, political watchers have said that the development may…
LAGOS MAY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters is expected to present its report on Wednesday (today) on President Muhammadu Buhari’s approval of the payment of $496m out of the Excess Crude Account for the purchase of military aircraft. The 12 Super Tucano aircraft ordered from the United States will…
LAGOS MAY 2ND(NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, is expected to appear before the Senate on Wednesday (today). He will be grilled by the lawmakers on the arrest, detention and hospitalisation of Senator Dino Melaye. The appearance will be broadcast live on Nigerian Television Authority. The upper chamber of the National Assembly had last Wednesday…
LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate on Wednesday stopped plenary to visit Sen. Dino Melaye (APC-Kogi) at National Hospital, Abuja, to ascertain his health condition. This followed a point of order by Sen. Sam Anyanwu (PDP-Imo) at plenary. Melaye, who sustained injury during his arrest by security operatives on Tuesday, was earlier taken to Zankli Hospital,…
LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday nullified the National Assembly Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, 2018, which ought to provide the order in which Independent National Electoral Commission must conduct the 2019 general elections. Delivering judgment in a suit filed by Accord Party to challenge the bill, Justice Ahmed Mohammed held…
LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The festering crisis of confidence between the Presidency and the National Assembly may have deepened. There were signs yesterday that the Senate may have resolved to dump all Executive communications sent to it for action. The resolution to “keep all Executive communications in view” was one of the high points of about…