Tag Archives: Senate

Senate, Reps postpone resumption date as leadership crises persist

  The Senate and the House of Representatives have extended the date for resumption plenary sessions, which was earlier scheduled for Tuesday, July 21. Members are now expected to resume July 28. This was made known by the the Clerk of the House of Representatives, M. A. Sani-Omolori, who released an official notice of the postponement. […]

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Senate rejects calls to impeach Jonathan

CALLS for the impeachment of President Goodluck Jonathan suffered a serious setback Tuesday as the Senate expressed its opposition to them. Rising from a session behind closed-doors which lasted over an hour, the upper legislative chamber which is constitutionally empowered to play a leading role in the impeachment of the president or vice president, declared […]

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Associated Plane Crash: Senate Says NO To Oduah’s Explanation

The Senate on Tuesday rejected the explanation of the Minister of Aviation, Ms. Stella Oduah, on the ill-fated crash involving a 23-year-old Propeller aeroplane on the fleet of the Associated Airlines on October 3. Ms. Oduah was also urged to re-submit a detailed presentation on the incident. The minister appeared before the Senate in company […]

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Stella Oduah to appear before Senate committee Dec. 5

The Senate Committee on Aviation on Wednesday formally  invited the embattled Minister of Aviation, Ms. Stella Oduah, to appear before it on Thursday, December 5, by noon. A letter of invitation signed by the Clerk of the committee,  Mr. Victor Aborisade, and obtained by our correspondent explained that Oduah and the chief executive officers of […]

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Underage Marriage: “My question to the proponent of this law is would 9-year old boys be allowed to also get married?” – Dr. Dimeji Kareem asks

Child marriage is a cruel hazard to the lives and future of young girls, whose are just growing into womanhood. It is a global problem that cuts across countries, cultures, religions and ethnicities, which Nigeria is one of them. The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has expressed worry over the inability of the Senate to […]

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