Member, NDIC Board, Adewale Adeleke; MD/CEO, Bello Hassan; Chairman House Committee on Insurance and Actuarial Matters, Hon. Darlington Nwokocha; Deputy Chairman, Hon. Ahmadu Jahar; ED/CS NDIC, Hon. Omolola Abiola Edewor and ED-OPs, Mustapha M. Ibrahim at the 2021 Retreat for House of Representatives Committee on Insurance and Actuarial Matters.
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Senate Commends NNPC Anti-Corruption Efforts, Drive Towards Profitability
The Nigerian Senate has commended the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) for its efforts towards entrenching transparency and stamping out corruption from its system.
Authority Stealing
By Kayode Akinrimisi II Authority stealing, authority stealing a song popularised by Fela Anikulapo Kuti is the root cause of the #ENDSARS project rocking Nigeria at the moment. It is a situation where education sub sector is taking N40bn in the national budget and National Assembly is taking N120bn, this is not tenable. Some […]
National Assembly Assures That The Senate Will Not Approve Death Penalty For Social Media Offenders
The Senator, representing Niger East Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Abuja, Senator Mohammed Sani Musa has assured that the controversial Social Media Bill, if passed into law, will not deny Nigerians their rights to freedom of speech, describing the bill as mere regulations, that did not mean denial of freedom of speech.
Between Hate Speech Bill And Nigerian Journalism
Senators are enraged. Honourables are furious. For real, they don’t know what hate speech is, but they actually know what its Bill will wreak when it revolves in a reality. It’s right that hate speech is brimstone and fire that decoy social media daily, fire with potentialities of razing, and speeches with power to spark […]
Hate Speech Bill Unnecessary-Group
Country Director of the National Democratic Institute (NDI), Mr. Raymond Esebagbon has said that the Hate Speech Bill currently being discussed at the National Assembly is misdirected and unnecessary. Esebagbon, a lawyer of over 25 years’ experience made his position clear at a media round table in Lagos on Validation Meeting of the Centre for […]
Senate Summons Adebayo Over N15bn In Private Firm Accounts
The Senate on Thursday summoned the Minister of Trade and Investment, Otunba Niyi Adebayo, and the Acting, Managing Director of Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority, Terhembe Nongo, over N15 billion allocated to a private company in the ministry’s budget.
Unbudgetted Spending: National Assembly Warns Minister, Revenue-Generating Agencies
The National Assembly has warned the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, and heads of all Federal Government revenue-generating agencies against engaging in unauthorised spending of revenues without the approval of the federal lawmakers as required by law.
Nigeria’s Senate Seeks Return Of Budget Cycle To Jan-Dec
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan said on Tuesday that the desire of the ninth Senate and indeed the National Assembly is to have the budget cycle return to January to December.
Senate Confirms All 43 Ministerial Nominees
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of all the 43 ministerial nominees sent to the red chamber by President Muhammdu Buhari.