LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate on Thursday directed the Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike, to immediately halt all ongoing property demolitions in Abuja. This resolution followed concerns over alleged irregularities and hardships caused by the demolitions. In addition, the Senate summoned the minister to appear before an ad hoc committee formed to investigate the…
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRNAGERS)-A bill to repeal the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) Act 2007 has passed the second reading in the Senate. The bill provides for the establishment of a National Identity Database, and the NIMC is charged with the responsibilities for the maintenance of the national database, the registration of individuals, and the…
LAGOS MAY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some legal practitioners have expressed different opinions on the debate over the bill recently passed into law by the Senate. While some of them urged called on President Bola Tinubu not to assent to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act (Amendment Bill) 2024 passed by the Senate, others expressed the need…
LAGOS AUGUST 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The former Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba has caused a stir on social media after posters indicating his interest in the Yobe Senatorial district primaries emerged on social media. Naija News understands that Usman Baba may be seeking to contest in the Yobe South senatorial district election under the platform of the…
LAGOS APRIL 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate on Tuesday frowned on the continuous stay in the mortuary of the remains of a former Senate President, Joseph Wayas, 14 months after he died in a London hospital. Wayas, who was a senator in the Second Republic, died on November 20, 2021 after hospitalisation at the London hospital and…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate experienced a rowdy session over the collation of the results of the presidential and National Assembly 2023 election. The Senator representing the Kwara Central, Ibrahim Oloriegbe, citing Orders 41 and 51 presented a motion on the need to call for calm and appeal to political parties, stakeholders and Nigerians to…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Labour Party (LP) in Lagos State on Thursday condemned INEC for omitting party’s logo in the Senatorial and House of Representatives’ ballot papers ahead of the Saturday’s General Elections. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that INEC on Wednesday took delivery of sensitive materials for the Presidential and National…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Following the report of the Medium Term Expenditure Framework Fiscal Strategy Paper (MTEF/FSP,) the Senate has approved the removal of Government-Owned Enterprises (GOEs) from the 2023 national budget. The affected agencies are; Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA)…
