The Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions has cleared President Muhammadu Buhari’s Nominees for appointment as members of Code of Conduct Bureau. Leading five other members of the Committee during the screening exercise, Senator Ayo Akinyelure, representing Ondo Central and Senate Committee Chairman on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions read President Muhammadu Buhari’s [...]
.By Sanni Onogu, Abuja The Senate has lauded the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) and its General Overseer, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, for rehabilitating the Ife-Ifewara Road, at a cost of N188million. This is even as the Senate directed Messrs. Cartil Construction Nigeria Limited, that had abandoned the project after collecting mobilisation fee, to refund [...]
The Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions has commended the Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, SAN, for the maturity he displayed with the handling of the petition against his ministry by the Redeemed Christian Church of God. The RCCG, according to a statement by Special Adviser on Communication to the [...]
Sunday Aborisade The Senate is currently probing the Federal Ministry of Works for paying N145m to a construction firm as reimbursement for a road project executed by the Redeemed Christian Church of God as part of its corporate social responsibility. A senior official of the RCCG, Pastor Niyi Adebanjo, had in a petition submitted to [...]
The Senate on Tuesday mandated its Committee on Foreign Affairs to begin screening of John U. Usanga (Akwa Ibom); and Air Commodore Peter Ndabake Gana (Rtd.) (Niger) as Non-Career Ambassadors. The Committee is tasked to submit the screening report to the Senate, within two weeks. Also, the Senate referred the nomination of Professor Umar Danbatta [...]
Chairman, Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petition, Senator Ayo Akinyelure By Deji Elumoye The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions, Senator Ayo Akinyelure, has said the upper legislative chamber is not out to blackmail the Chairman of the United Bank for Africa (UBA), Mr. Tony Elumelu, over its [...]
ABUJA – The Senate, on Wednesday, received a petition over the alleged killing of a journalist assigned to cover a protest in Abuja by men of the Nigeria Police Force. The petition, which was brought to the floor during the start of plenary by Senator Abba Moro (PDP – Benue South), was referred by the Senate [...]
The Senate has appealed to the board and management of the Petroleum Product Pricing Regulatory Agency to rescind its decision to sack 31 graduates who worked as temporary staff in the agency. The affected workers had through their lawyer, Uche Ayogu, petitioned the Senate to protest against their forceful disengagement from the PPPRA. The [...]
Members of the Senate Committee on Privileges and Public Petitions have over the weekend, arrived Anambra State for an oversight function. The visit was led by its Chairman, Senator Ayo Akinyelure, Senator Sam Egwu, Senator Hezekiah Dimka, among others. Tribune Online gathered that they were in the state in response to a petition against a [...]
The Senate on Tuesday mediated in the dispute between the Rite Foods Limited, makers of Bigi soft drinks and the Seven-Up Bottling Company Plc in Abuja. The management of the Rites Food Limited had petitioned the Senate over alleged threat to the security and existence of Rites Foods Ltd, Ososa, Ogun State by the Seven-Up [...]
