Twenty Democratic lawmakers in the United States have called on President Joe Biden to halt the transfer of offensive weapons to Israel. They pointed out that the Israeli government has failed to comply with America’s demands for more aid to enter Gaza. This was contained in a letter addressed to the US Secretary of State,…
By Felix Light TBILISI (Reuters) -Georgian lawmakers elected Mikheil Kavelashvili, a hardline critic of the West, as president on Saturday, setting him up to replace a pro-Western incumbent amid major protests against the government over a halt to the country’s European Union accession talks last month. The ruling Georgian Dream party’s move to freeze the…
Hon Martin Chike Amaewhule-led pro-Wike lawmakers in Rivers State have secretly withdrawn part of an affidavit they sworn to at the Federal High Court in Abuja, confirming their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC), SaharaReporters has learnt. The lawmakers’ defection followed a rift between Nyesom Wike, the immediate…
Kawu Sumaila, Kano South Senator of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), has accused his colleagues of consuming hard drugs in their homes and offices, including supporting drug dealers in its trading. Senator Sumaila made the allegation during a plenary session on Tuesday while contributing to the Bill to establish the National Institute for Drug…
Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu and eight other members of the House of Representatives have proposed a bill seeking to establish a university in the name of President Bola Tinubu. The Bill passed its first reading on Thursday and was sponsored by Kalu, who said it would promote learning of Nigerian languages, hence the proposed establishment…
Hon. Bello El-Rufai, a member of the Nigerian House of Representatives, has been exposed for receiving a luxury vehicle from the National Assembly, despite initially denying it. In a previous media interview, El-Rufai claimed to have declined one of the Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs) distributed to lawmakers at the start of the 10th Assembly,…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abia State has asked the Speaker of the Abia House of Assembly, Emmanuel Emeruwa, to release all entitlements owed to Aaron Uzodike, the newly inaugurated lawmaker. Delayed inauguration PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that Mr Uzodike, a member of the PDP, was sworn in on Tuesday after several months during…
….warns investigative committee against being partial ABUJA – Fifty members of the House of Representatives on Thursday, rallied in support of Mele Kyari, Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPC), and Farouk Ahmed, Chief Executive of the Nigeria Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA). The lawmakers criticized the calls…
…call for implementation of Livestock Management and Grazing Law The State Legislature has condemned the recent destruction of farms in Ukpada village in Bekwara Local Government Area by Fulani cattle resulting in huge losses for farmers. The Lawmakers consequently called on the State Government to take steps towards the systematic evacuation of the Fulani herders…
The President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, on Saturday said products refined at the Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals, the world’s largest single train refinery, are of superior quality compared to imported equivalents and meet international standards. A statement by the Dangote Group on Sunday said the billionaire businessman made the remark after the leadership…
