The red chamber also mandated relevant security agencies to restore law and order in the troubled communities.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Mar 10, 2021
The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday, asked the Nigerian Government to bring back the people of Yewa in Ogun State who fled their communities to the Republic of Benin following incessant herdsmen attacks.
It asked the Nigerian government to direct officials of the National Emergency Management Agency and Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs to see to the repatriation of the villagers.
The resolution followed a point of order raised by the Senator representing Ogun West, Tolu Odebiyi.
The red chamber also mandated relevant security agencies to restore law and order in the troubled communities.
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The Nigerian Senate on February 24 confirmed President Muhammadu Buhari’s appointment of Abdulrasheed Bawa as the new chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes (EFCC), marking the beginning of a new era for an organisation that has gone through nearly five years of leadership uncertainties and months of a probe that smeared its integrity.
President Muhammadu Buhari receives new EFCC Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa [PHOTO CREDIT: @BashirAhmaad]Mr Bawa, a pioneer EFCC cadet officer from Course One of 2005, rose through the ranks to head the Ibadan, Port Harcourt and Lagos zonal offices of the commission at various times.
Nigerian Senate on Wednesday called for the construction of Badagary/Sokoto Expressway to promote economic growth in the country.
Senator Sadiq Umar and seven other Senators made a case for the project during the Senate plenary session.
Senate president Ahmad Lawan mandated the Committees on Works, Finance, and National Planning & Economic Development to jointly inter-face with the Ministry of Works, Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA), and other relevant authorities to determine why the Badagry-Sokoto Expressway has been abandoned for such a long time. x
Lawan asked the committees to provide a permanent and sustainable solution plan and report to the Senate within 2 weeks.
Senate Bars Sex Offenders From Working With Children, Imposes N2million Fine On Persons Discriminating Against Elderly Persons
This followed the presentation of a report by the Chairman of the Committee on Women Affairs, Betty Apiafi, on the Child’s Rights Act amendment.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Mar 02, 2021
The Nigerian Senate on Monday passed an amendment to the Child’s Rights Act 2003, barring persons convicted of sexual offences from working with children.
This followed the presentation of a report by the Chairman of the Committee on Women Affairs, Betty Apiafi, on the Child’s Rights Act amendment.
The lawmakers said the amendment will further give protection to the Nigerian child from sexual violence and abuse suffered in the hands of caregivers and similar persons responsible for their well-being.
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The times are becoming precarious, tempers are rising and the stakes are getting higher as political actors are consistently getting on the edge ahead of the 2023 general elections.
With still about 2 years to go, political actors, especially those with eyes on one office or the other, either directly or by proxy, have become very visible, especially in the media, acting and speaking out.
DAILY POST presents some of the latest outbursts of leading political leaders in the country.
Fani-Kayode’s ‘Stinking’ Letter to Tinubu
In a diatribe that many Nigerians found too assertive and utterly predictive, Fani-Kayode pointedly told the National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu, that he cannot be president, in apparent reference to the rumoured presidential ambition of the former Lagos State Governor.