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    Politics Senate adjourns plenary to visit Dino Melaye – Nigeria News today

    Nigerian Senate on Wednesday, April 25, ended its plenary early to enable lawmakers ascertain the whereabouts of a colleague, Dino Melaye. Read more via Nigeria News today & Breaking news – https://ift.tt/2HqKU55 -- Get More Nigeria Political News
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    Politics Stolen Mace: Sen Shehu Sani Reacts, Removes His Belt To Serve As Mace After It Was Stolen

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    Politics Senate summons Emiefele, Adeosun, Dan-Ali over alleged illegal withdrawal of $462m - Premium Times

    The Senate on Tuesday summoned the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emiefele; the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun; and the Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali to give reasons for withdrawing $462 million from the Federation Account without the approval of the Senate. The...
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    Politics Arms Procurement: There’ll Be Trouble If Buhari Approves $1bn Without NASS - Rep - Vanguard News

    The House of Representatives said, yesterday, that there would be trouble if President Muhammadu Buhari approves any money for arms procurement without approval by the National Assembly. Chairman, House Committee on Army, Rimande Shawulu, who stated this yesterday, said the President lacks the...
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    Politics Hidden Assets: Ohaneze Ndigbo Vows To Defend Ekweremadu - Premium Times

    Ohaneze Ndigbo, the Pan-Igbo socio-cultural group, said it would resist any attempt to discredit Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu. Mr. Ekweremadu faces the prospects of losing some of his assets following legal moves by the federal government. The government accuses him of owning...
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    Politics Senate Set For Showdown With Buhari's Govt, Warns Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun– Daily Post Nigeria

    The Senate on Wednesday told the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government to allow the 2017 Budget run till May 31 instead of March 31. The resolution followed the adoption of a Point-of-Order raised by Sen. Atai Aidoko. Read more via Daily Post Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2GxidCz -- Get...
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    Politics Dino Melaye Gives Police IG 48 Hours To Produce Escapee Suspects - Premium Times

    A senator, Dino Melaye (APC, Kogi West), has given the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, a 48-hour ultimatum to produce two suspects involved in his case who reportedly escaped from police detention in Kogi State. He also threatened to sue Mr. Idris, for “mental assault” should he...
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    Politics Electoral Amendment Bill: Senate Initiates Process To Override Veto - Thisdaylive

    The Senate yesterday formally put into motion the process of overriding President Muhammadu Buhari’s veto of the Electoral Act Amendment bill 2018, by re-introducing the bill at plenary. The bill was passed through first reading without any incidence as bills are not debated at this stage. This...
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    Politics Governors Back National Assembly On Electoral Amendment Bill - Thisdaylive

    Governors on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and some All Progressives Congress (APC) governors have quietly thrown their weight behind the move by the National Assembly to override President Muhammadu Buhari’s veto on the Electoral (Amendment) Bill, 2018, which is proposing...
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    Politics Dino Melaye Flees Nigeria, Warns Saraki To Fight For Him Or Risk Being Exposed - Sahara Reporters

    Dino Melaye, the Kogi State senator facing the humbling possibility of recall by his constituents, SaharaReporters learned, has fled Nigeria and vowed not to return until there is a new government at the federal level as well as a new one in his home state of Kogi. He also left a stern warning...
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    Politics Order of Elections: Bribe Claims Rock National Assembly - The Nation

    Lawmakers may have dumped their agreement with party chiefs to pull the brakes on their plan to override the President’s veto of the Electoral Amendment Bill reversing the order of elections, The Nation learnt yesterday. Unless the National Caucus meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC)...
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    Politics Worries As Governors Turn Senate Into ‘Retirement Home’ - Punch Newspaper

    Some governors have indicated interest in the 2019 senatorial election after their tenure. Currently, there are 15 ex-governors in the Senate, and political pundits are of the opinion that some of the governors only go to the upper legislative chamber to “rest,” describing it as a situation...
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    Politics NASS members ‘harassing’ us for bribes to pass budgets — heads, federal agencies - Premium Times

    Some Nigerian federal lawmakers are demanding bribes as conditions for passing the 2018 budgets of federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), some heads of these agencies have told PREMIUM TIMES. The officials say the unceasing demand for gratification is responsible for the...
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    Politics National Assembly Announces Date For 2018 Budget Passage - Premium Times

    The National Assembly has announced that the 2018 budget will be laid before both chambers on April 19 and subsequently passed on April 24. This was contained in an announcement made by speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on Wednesday. Mr. Dogara said the harmonised date...
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    Politics Senator Wakili’s Wife Found Him Slumped On The Floor – Bauchi Rep - Punch Newspapers

    A member of House of Representatives, Mr. Mohammed Sani-Abdu, on Tuesday gave the first vivid account of how the late Senator Ali Wakili died. Wakili, who died on Saturday morning at the age of 58 in his Abuja residence, represented Bauchi-South Senatorial District of Bauchi State READ...
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    Politics How Saraki Is Commanding Loyalty, Maintaining Vice-hold Grip On Senate - Premium Times

    While his emergence as senate president proved a mastery of political manoeuvrings and cunningness, his manner of control of Nigeria’s upper legislative chamber appears clearly Machiavellian, one that broods no opposition. As Nigeria’s Senate President, Bukola Saraki has ensured that neither...
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    Politics 46 Senators Sign Up To Back President Buhari In Election Order Battle - The Nation

    Some Senators are planning to resist the National Assembly’s plot to override President Muhammadu Buhari’s veto on amendments to the Electoral Act, The Nation has learnt. Their major concern is to ensure that the President’s veto survives, especially the rejection of the new Order of Elections...
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    Politics Polls Reordering: Pro-Buhari Senators, Saraki’s Loyalists In Power Tussle - Punch Newspapers

    The power tussle between Senators, loyal to President Muhammadu Buhari, and those who are pushing for the reordering of elections heightened on Saturday with the President’s supporters promising to publish signatures of their members. READ MORE HERE
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    Politics Nigerian Senator, Ali Wakil, Is Dead - Premium Times

    The senator representing Bauchi Central at the Senate, Ali Wakil, is dead. He died after a brief illness on Saturday, a source close to the family told PREMIUM TIMES. Efforts to speak to the Senate spokesperson, Sabi Abdullahi, did not yield any result as he neither picked his calls nor...
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    Politics Senate To Write CJN Over Court Judgment Stopping Electoral Act Amendment - Punch Newspapers

    The Senate has resolved to write the Chief Justice of the Federation, Justice Walter Onnoghen, to expressed their reservations about the judgment by a Federal High Court stopping the National Assembly from overriding President Muhammadu Buhari’s veto on the amended Electoral Act. READ MORE...
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