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Senate President Ahmad Lawan on Wednesday said that the Senate would consult with the House of Representatives on how to respond to President Muhammadu Buhari’s letter on the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill. Lawan made this known after the upper chamber rose from a closed session to deliberate on the President’s decision to withhold assent to the electoral act bill passed by the National Assembly. According to the Senate President, the provisions of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) does not permit the upper chamber to exclusively take any action on such matters in the absence of the House of Representatives, since…

By Femi Onakanre The year is 2021. Specifically, the day is 21st, December, 2021. Time, 5:36am. I was going about my usual morning ritual; reflections on the day before, lessons learnt and mistakes made, mental sorting of the new day’s activities, catch up with global developments in business, politics and sports etc. all in the serenaded ambience of light classical music (The Marriage of Figaro by Mozart). The mind swirls in the joy of rediscovered peace, purpose and passive perambulations. However, I found that I was somewhat unconsciously reluctant to dwell on the major news media channels. The doom and…

The federal government said it would spend over half a trillion naira to complete the section I-V of the East-West road, which spans across five states of Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ibom and Cross River. Permanent secretary, Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, Dr Babayo Ardo, disclosed this on Tuesday in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital, in a keynote address at the stakeholders’ validation workshop on “Access Management and Mitigation Action Plan.” In a statement by the director of press and public relations of the ministry, Deworitshe Patricia, Ardo stated that the dual carriage way which is designed to function as…

…adjourns plenary till January 18, 2022 The Senate on Wednesday passed an aggregate expenditure of N17,126,873,917,692 trillion naira as budget for the 2022 fiscal year. The passage followed the consideration of a report by the Appropriations Committee on the 2022 Appropriations Bill. Chairman of the Committee, Senator Barau Jibrin, said the revenue projection for the 2022 budget was predicated on the Medium Term Expenditure Framework/Fiscal Strategy Paper approved by the National Assembly. Barau recalled that the National Assembly had approved 1.88mbpd Daily Oil Production and US$62 as against $US57 proposed by the executive arm of government. He explained that the…

The Nigerian Government has declared Monday 27th, Tuesday 28th December 2021 and Monday, 3rd January 2022 as public holidays to mark Christmas, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day celebrations respectively. Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, felicitated with Christians and all Nigerians at home and in the Diaspora on this year’s Christmas and New Year celebrations. Ogbeni Aregbesola enjoined Christians to practice the doctrines of Christ, which include but not limited to these – faith, hope and love, a statement by Dr Shuaib M.L. Belgore, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior said.…

The General Manager of LASTMA, Mr. Bolaji Oreagba has reiterated that traffic personnel are fully on ground to professionally and adequately manage traffic before, during and after the festive period. The  season is usually characterized by high volume of human and vehicular movements and as such extra effort would be required to contain it. In a statement by Olumide Filade, Assistant Director, Public Affairs LASTMA, the LASTAM boss gave this assertion when strategising with the Comptrollers and Zonal Heads at LASTMA headquarters on Monday, 20th December, 2021. “All motorists are urged to maintain speed limits as they embark on their…

The Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters have buried not less than 77 members who were neutralized by the Nigerian Military in Marter, Borno State, multiple reports have said. Over 100 insurgents were neutralized after successful aerial bombardments by the Super Tucanos launched on December 19 on three ISWAP camps; Arinna Sorro, Arinna Ciki and Arinna Maimasalaci in Marte, Borno State. It was gathered that over a dozen guntrucks and several motorbikes were destroyed during the offensive onslaught. The operation was conducted after Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions, targeted hundreds of ISWAP fighters who escaped from a previous…

Eddie Nketiah continued his prolific form in the Carabao Cup with a clinical hat-trick as Arsenal saw off League One Sunderland to book their spot in the semi-finals. The forward turned in from close range to open the scoring after Rob Holding’s header was palmed into his path and Nicolas Pepe soon doubled the hosts’ lead. That looked to have put the Gunners in control only for Sunderland to hit back when Nathan Broadhead coolly clipped over the onrushing Bernd Leno from Elliot Embleton’s superbly-weighted pass. But Nketiah cleverly turned in a low Nuno Tavares cross straight after the break…

“GingerAid! The ‘Ginger Power’ Coloring & Mindset Transformation Book”, an engaging interactive, inspiring and aspirational colouring and activity book for girls of minority classification, will hold a Lagos premiere at a private gathering on Wednesday, December 22, from 12 – 3 pm. According to the co-author of the book, Naimah Gbajabiamila, which she wrote with her daughter, Nimah, “it will be an honour to enjoy the pleasure of your company at the gathering”. She noted further that the debut mother-daughter literacy art product is ready for preorder at this link. The link is also to reserve a seat at the…

Nigeria’s First Lady, Aisha Buhari on Tuesday told her staff to proceed on leave as part of the Christmas and New Year celebrations. In a statement communicated by Dr Mohammed Kamal, SSA to the President on Health and Development Partners office of the First Lady Federal Republic of Nigeria, work will continue virtually. “This serves to inform all staff that the office of the First lady will be closed for the upcoming festive period of Christmas and New year,” the statement read. “To this end, all staff are requested to proceed on leave, until further notice. “Please note that official…