Reports emerging ahead of next Tuesday’s inauguration of the 10th National Assembly claimed that some lawmakers had revoked their support for Godswill Apkabio and queued behind Abdulaziz Yari for the 10th Senate Presidency race after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu last week. Truetells Nigeria reports that senators elected in the 10th National Assembly on…
The Russian government said on Friday that it has barred 500 Americans from entering the country, including former President Barack Obama. This was mentioned by the country’s foreign ministry as a reaction to the anti-Russian sanctions imposed by the current Biden-led US government. “In response to the anti-Russian sanctions regularly imposed by the Biden…
A performance appraisal of the Nigeria’s 9th National Assembly, which was sponsored by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), a copy of which was sighted by DAILY POST showed that senators from Anambra State topped the list of lawmakers with the most stagnated bills since the inauguration of the 9th National Assembly on June 11, 2019. Lawmakers…
As the ninth National Assembly gradually winds down, it has been confirmed that some current Senators will not be returning to the hallowed chambers after the 2023 elections. It is understood by Truetells Nigeria that some of them lost their party’s primary election, some chose to call it quits, while others decided to contest for…
Three Senators have dumped the All Progressives Congress for Peoples Democratic Party and New Nigeria Peoples Party. The lawmakers are Senators Ahmad Babba Kaita (Katsina North), Lawal Yahaya Gumau (Bauchi South), and Francis Alimikhena (Edo North). While Babba Kaita and Alimikhena defected to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, Gumau defected to the New Nigeria Peoples Party. …
Kuje Prison officials stopped Senators from seeing detained Ali Ndume. TruetellsNigeria reports that Prison Officials at Kuje Prisons in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, denied some senators access to their colleague, Ali Ndume a day after he was remanded on Tuesday, November 25, for failing to produce the former chairman of the Presidential Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, whom…
The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday urged all Service Chiefs in the country to step down to allow for the restructuring security architecture. Senator Francis Fadahunsi representing Osun East Senatorial District in an amended resolution in a motion earlier moved by Senator Ali Ndume representing Borno South Senatorial district, said: “Mr President, distinguished colleagues, I hereby…
