LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate has confirmed the immediate past service chiefs as non-career ambassadors, ignoring two petitions against the nominees and the complaints by some senators. Those confirmed are the former Chief of Defence Staff, Gabriel Olonisakin; former Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai; former Chief of Air Staff, Ibok Ibas; and former Chief…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate Committee on Public petition, Ethics and Privileges has issued a warrant of arrest on the management of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Chairman of the Committee, Senator Ayo Akinyelure issued the order following the management’s failure to honour the invitation of the Senate panel to account for how the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate on Wednesday asked the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), to declare a state of emergency on security without further delay. The red chamber made the call following a point of order by Senator Sani Musa (APC, Niger East), on the abduction of students and staff of the Government Science…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Senate to confirm Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa as substantive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) In a letter to President of the Senate, Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, the President said he was acting in accordance with Paragraph 2(3) of Part1, CAP E1 of EFCC Act…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate has mandated its Committees on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions, ICT and Cybercrimes and Capital Market to invite the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele to brief it on the recent ban on cryptocurrency in the country. The Senate also invited the Director General of the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has forwarded the names of the immediate past Service Chiefs and the Chief of Defence Intelligence to the Senate as non-career ambassadors-designate. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina disclosed this in a statement he issued in Abuja on Thursday. In a letter…
LAGOS DECEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate has stepped down the confirmation of the Special Assistant to the President on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie, as a National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The chamber has reached out to the presidency to replace Onochie, whose nomination has divided senators. The Presidency is currently weighing its…
LAGOS DECEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The senate has confirmed Mahmood Yakubu as the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). President Muhammadu Buhari reappointed Yakubu in October. The academic is the first to be reappointed as the head of the electoral body in the country’s history. The upper legislative chamber confirmed Yakubu’s nomination after Ibrahim Gaya,…