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The Senate has proposed 12 nominees for the National Assembly Service Commission, NASC, with Senator Joy Emordi as its chairman. The nominations were announced in a statement by Mr. Yusuph Olaniyonu, special adviser on media to the Senate President, Monday. The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, according to the statement, has approved the appointment of 11 other members of the commission to include Nuhu Musa (Jigawa), Bilyaminu Shinkafi (Kebbi), Femi Agge (Edo), Uthman Taofeek (Lagos), Prince Adenekan Olateru-Olagbegi (Ondo) and Amb. Abdulazeez Usman (Kwara). Other nominees are Awalu Aliyu Ohindese (Kogi), Henry Odey Adagba (Ebonyi), Dr. Rufus Omeire (Imo), Bilyamini…

An Italian judge, Monday, found oil groups- Eni, ENI.MI and Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L)- were fully aware that their 2011 purchase of a Nigerian oilfield would result in corrupt payments to Nigerian politicians and officials. Eni is said to analyze Italian judge’s comments in Nigeria case. Italy’s Eni and Shell bought the OPL 245 offshore field for about $1.3 billion in a deal that spawned one of the industry’s largest corruption scandals. It is alleged that about $1.1 billion of the total was siphoned to agents and middlemen. The Milan judge made the comment in handing down her reasons for…

The leadership of Medical and Health Workers’ Union of Nigeria, MHWUN, weekend, sought President Muhammadu Buhari’s permission to meet and discuss directly with him the lingering issues threatening the stability of the health sector. The National President of MHWUN, Mr Josiah Biobelemoye, made the appeal in Abuja at the 40th anniversary lecture of the union, on the theme: ‘Industrial Relations in Nigeria Today: Challenges and Prospects.’ Biobelemoye, who alleged bias against the union by some powerful people in the Federal Ministry of Health, said: “My request today is that the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces should grant us…

A member of House of Representatives in the country has called for adoption of a more manageable, realistic and pragmatic system that can proffer some solutions to the country’s problems. Kingsley Chinda representing Obio/Akpor Federal Constituency (PDP Rivers State) is the arrowhead of the 71 legislators, opting for the reversion from Presidential system to parliamentary governance in Nigeria. Recall that 71 lawmakers in the House of Representatives had jointly promoted the Bill which passed first reading last Thursday. He listed “The issues of decentralisation; fantastic corruption; weak institutions; lack of synergy between the arms of government; excessive powers at the…

Workers of National Assembly have commenced the four-day warning industrial action with a threat to put off power supply. The workers are protesting non implementation of the Consolidated legislative Salary Structure (CONLESS) that was approved in 2010 among other demands, The Nation reports. The Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) said the industrial action is not a picket as no one would be stopped from accessing the National Assembly but members of the union would not be allowed to carry out their duties. The workers also said President Muhammadu Buhari would not be stopped from presenting the 2019 Appropriation Bill…

For the third time in the 31-year-old Akwa Ibom State in Nigeria, courts in the state have come under dire straits as a result of lawyers embarking on an indefinite boycott over cumbrous process in filing matters in the courts. During the era of Col. Yakubu Bako (retd), the then military administrator and Obong Victor Attah, the second democratically elected governor of the state, Nigerian Bar Association called out its members on an indefinite boycott of courts over some irreconciliable differences. This time, the lawyers from the four branches of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) started the boycott of the 26…

President Muhammadu Buhari, weekend, met behind closed doors with Kabir Marafa, Chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum, Downstream, on measure taken to avert fuel scarcity during the festive season, following the threat by the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG. The meeting took place at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Briefing State House correspondents after the meeting, Senator Marafa who is representing Zamfara Central senatorial district said that though there were some technical issues threatening the free flow of the products, there were adequate quantities of the petroleum products in the country that will last six months. He said…

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, has ordered the Independent Corrupt Practices and Commission, ICPC, to unfreeze the account of Pinnacle Communications Ltd, a firm the Federal Government engaged to implement the transition from analogue to digital terrestrial television broadcasting in Nigeria. The ICPC had alleged that Pinnacle which is the only private licenced signal distributor involved in the transition process, was fraudulently recommended to the Minister of Information and Culture It consequently placed a post-no-debit restriction on a bank account the firm operated with Zenith Bank Plc. Dissatisfied with the action of the ICPC, the firm approached the…

The Federal Government has commissioned the first-ever Mobile Radio Frequency Monitory Equipment, National Spectrum Management System, Denial of Service, DOS, Equipment and a National Control Centre in Abuja. Commissioning the centre, Mr. Adebayo Shittu, the Minister of Communication, described the event as historic and necessary, considering the fact that the Ministry is the Secretariat of the National Frequency Management Council, NFMC. Shittu who expressed joy on the successful delivery of the equipment and explained that it was a pioneer project of the current administration and being first of its kind after several attempts and efforts by past administrations to get…

Ahead of the Christmas and New Year celebrations and the 2019 general election, Mr Ibrahim Idris, the Inspector General of Police, has ordered Commissioners of Police and Assistant Inspectors-General of Police to beef up security nationwide. Idris also ordered AIGs and Command Police Commissioners to ensure they remain non partisan and unbiased towards any of the contesting political parties in the discharge of their constitutional duties during the elections in 2019. AIGs and CPs are also directed to re-gird crime prevention and detection strategies, and measures to ensure adequate security throughout the period of Christmas and New Year Celebrations. A…