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President of the Senate, Ahmad‎ Lawan, on Tuesday said that the Senate is ready to work after it returned from a two-month recess. In his welcome address, Lawan told his Distinguished colleagues in the upper chamber that “this resumption is a time for action.” “It is time to proceed on key issues of governance. Our committees shall be our engine rooms. We will do all that is possible to improve their operational efficiency,” Lawan said. Lawan urges senators to remain united with a view to succeed despite their political differences. “We have been able to show through our achievements so…

Boris Johnson’s decision to suspend Parliament was unlawful, the Supreme Court has ruled. Mr Johnson suspended – or prorogued – Parliament for five weeks earlier this month, but judges said it was wrong to stop MPs carrying out duties in the run-up to Brexit on 31 October. Supreme Court president Lady Hale said “the effect on the fundamentals of democracy was extreme.” The PM says he “strongly disagrees” with the ruling but will “respect” it. A raft of MPs have now called for the prime minister to resign. Mr Johnson argued he wanted to carry out the prorogation ahead of…

Says those against VP not protecting Northern Agenda The Coalitions of Progressive Northern Movements have raised alarm over some unscrupulous elements set out to destabilize the country in the guise of ‘fighting’ the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. The group Coordinator Alhaji Abdulmalik Umar Usman in a press statement issued in Abuja warns that those fighting the Vice President are not protecting the interest of Northern region. This is coming as the groups also alerted Nigerians on plans by some powerful northern elements to cash out of the frenzy by sowing seed of discord in the Presidency over the alleged crack…

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has welcomed decision by Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja ordering the immediate release of the convener of #RevolutionNow protest, Mr. Omoyele Sowore, from the custody of the Department of State Service as “a victory for the rule of law, human rights and judicial independence.” In a statement, SERAP deputy director Kolawole Oluwadare said: “It’s a huge relief that Sowore will be freed and can finally return to his family and journalism work. He should never have been detained in the first place. The Nigerian authorities should now withdraw all…

The ninth Senate will on Wednesday inaugurate its standing committees at plenary as it awaits the 2020 Appropriation Bill. President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan disclosed this after a closed-door session on Tuesday. The Senate had on resumption from its annual recess immediately went into an executive session. Lawan said that the Senate resolved during the executive session to inaugurate all its Standing Committees at plenary on Wednesday. READ: Court dismisses DSS application to detain Sowore He said the Senate also resolved to await the presentation of the Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper as well as…

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday struck out the application by the Department of Social Security (DSS) to further detain the publisher of SaharaReporters and convener of RevolutionNow, Omoyele Sowore. This follows the withdrawal of the application by the state counsel. Sowore’s lawyer, Femi Falana, persuaded the court to order immediate release of his client as the prosecution is no longer interested to detain him further Counsel to the DSS, however, challenged the oral application for release saying that a formal suit has been filed whereSowore is being accused of treasonable felony which is a capital offence.…

Two doctors with Federal Medical Centre, Asaba, have appeared before the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria Tribunal, to answer charges of gross professional negligence. The doctors, Iyiola Adewale and Adigba Onodjohwoyovwe, are accused of gross professional negligence which led to the death of a patient in their care. The prosecuting counsel, Mr Nasiru Aliyu, told the tribunal on Monday in Asaba that the defendants while on duty on March 7, 2017, negligently handled one of their patients, a pregnant woman, Mrs Rita Uchebuego, now late. According to the prosecutor, they allegedly failed to attend to her as appropriate for…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says the transaction charges on deposit and withdrawal in furtherance of implementation of its cashless policy is on the amount in excess of the set limits. The Director, Corporate Communication Department, Mr Isaac Okorafor, made the clarification in an interview with NAN in Abuja on Monday. NAN reports that CBN on Sept 17 issued a circular to deposit banks to commence the implementation of the cashless policy in six pilot states across the country. The CBN explained that transactions would attract three per cent processing fees for withdrawal and two per cent processing fees…

Prince Tony Momoh, a former Minister of Information and one of the national leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in an interview with Daily Independent recently, speaks on the alleged plot to remove Vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo by a powerful cabal in the Presidency. As one of the national leaders of the APC, what is your take on the news making rounds of an attempt by some power brokers to remove Vice President Yemi Osinbajo? The Vice President is busy doing his job and nobody is planning to remove him. How can anybody say they are planning…

The Department of State Services (DSS) on Monday said it did  not own, use or operate any official twitter handles and therefore, urged Nigerians to disregard twitter messages linked to the service. The Public Relations Officer of the service, Dr Peter Afunanya, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja. He said the attention of the service had been drawn to messages on social media, claimed to  have emanated from the official twitter handles of of the service. “The Service, therefore, disowns the ones, notably DSS 255 and DSS_NG_, currently in circulation. “These twitter handles which also bear the Service’s symbols are not only…