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The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has lamented the high rate of turnover of legislators in the National Assembly. This, he attributed to reasons including godfatherism and the clamour for rotational representation at the expense of quality legislation and the high cost of training invested in members, once elected. The speaker expressed […]
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has met with the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Babachir Lawal, barely an hour after the announcement of Mr. Lawal’s suspension from office. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the closed-door meeting is connected with the work of the Presidential Committee set up to investigate allegations of misconduct […]
Shehu Sani, the senator heading the committee that blew the lid of the contract frauds at the Presidential Initiative for the North East, PINE, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for suspending the official at the centre of the scandal, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal. Mr. Buhari announced the suspension of […]
The Nigeria Cassava Growers Association, NCGA, has appealed to the federal government to review the repayment plan of cassava bread development funds given to farmers. Segun Adewumi, the National President of the Association, made the appeal while speaking with News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Wednesday. He said that although part of the money […]
A former president, Goodluck Jonathan, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele; and anti-corruption chief, Ibrahim Magu are amongst some high-profile personalities that are expected to be questioned by a presidential panel investigating the mysteries surrounding the over N13 billion recovered from an apartment in Lagos last Wednesday, PREMIUM TIMES has learnt. The […]