Tag: Senate
Senate confirms nomination of Yemi Cardoso as CBN governor
By Chibuike Nwabuko
Abuja (Sundiata Post) - The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the nomination of Dr Olayemi Cardoso as the Governor of the Central...
Senate screens CBN Governor, Deputy nominees Tuesday
ABUJA- The Senate will on Tuesday screen former Chairman of the Board of Citi Bank Nigeria, Dr Olayemi Cardoso for the position of the...
How Nigeria’s courts became ‘The lost hope of the common man’,...
When Ogbonnaya Ukeje died in Lagos two days after Christmas Day in 1981, Bode Rhodes-Vivour was a 30-year-old lawyer making his way up...
Senate denies alleged disbursement of N100m to lawmakers
ABUJA- The Senate has denied alleged disbursement of N100 million to lawmakers.Sen.Yemi Adaramodu, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Publicity, said this a...
We Have No Expenses To Cut Down, Senate Insists
KWARA- The Senate has foreclosed the possibility of the National Assembly cutting down on expenses despite the economic hardship occasioned by the removal of...
Nigeria and the Nigerien coup: Allegory of the hunch-backed cripple (3),...
In part 2 of this seminar dissertation, we dealt with the principle and forms of intervention; and the many reasons why Nigeria should not...
Now that Muhammed Pate is Nigeria’s health minister, so what?
•Photo: Prof Muhammed Ali Pate, Nigeria’s new Minister of Health and Co-ordinating Minister of Health & Social Welfare
By HENRY ANIBE AGBONIKA
Finally, Professor...
Challenging the new ministers, By Dakuku Peterside
Three recent developments are the focus of people with a keen interest in the political affairs of Nigeria at the moment. The first is...
Ministers miscellaneous, By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
One hundred and sixty-one days after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) picked a winner in...
Africa’s toll on Atlas’s shoulders, By Osmund Agbo
In the rich tapestry of Greek mythology, one resolute Titan shines with celestial brilliance—the formidable figure of Atlas. His name resonates through the ages,...
El-Rufai’s betrayal and Akpabio’s buffoonery, By Farooq Kperogi
•Photo: Nasir el-Rufai
Former Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai’s rumored withdrawal from consideration as a minister in President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s government because high-tensile...
Niger Republic coup: What we told Tinubu – Senator Ningi
ABDUL - The Nigerian Senate told President Bola Tinubu to rule out war as part of moves to restore democracy in the Niger Republic,...
El-Rufai jets out of Nigeria after failed ministerial bid
Caption: •Nasir El-Rufai
Nasir el-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna State, who failed in his bid to be a minister in the Bola Tinubu administration, has...
El-Rufai withdraws from ministerial race, nominates Jafaru Sani as replacement
•Photo: Nasir el-Rufai
ABUJA - Malam Nasir el-Rufai, the former Governor of Kaduna State, has opted to step back from his intention to join President...
Whistleblowing: Tasking new ministers on democratic accountability, By Godwin Onyeacholem
By the time this piece gets to the public, other things being equal, all 48 nominees that had undergone screening for confirmation as cabinet...
Full list of 45 ministerial nominees cleared by Senate
Caption: •Floor of the Senate
ABUJA - The Senate has completed screening 45 of President Bola Tinubu’s 48 nominations for ministerial positions.
The Senate confirmed 45...
Senate confirms 45 nominees, rejects El-Rufai, Danladi, Okotete
By Chibuike Nwabuko
Abuja (Sundiata Post) - Senate has rejected the nomination of former governor of Kaduna state, Nasir El-Rufai (Kaduna), Abubakar Danladi...
Keyamo apologises to Senate, takes a bow as ministerial screening ends
ABUJA - Mr. Festu Keyamo, SAN, on Monday evening apologised to the Senate over his failure to honour invitations by the relevant legislative committee...
Proxy wars: Why does America need Nigeria to fight Niger Republic?...
The story is told that a new journalist at an American newspaper asked his Editor, “How does our paper spell IRAN? Is it ending...
Tinubu’s lost war in Niger Republic as Sigidi, By Festus Adedayo
Yoruba have a way with the Sigidi, whose closest modern translation is the robot. So when the Sigidi – a moulded clay effigy –...