The Senate, on Thursday, tackled one of its members, Senator Sumaila Kawu, over his claim of receiving N21m monthly in salary and allowances. The Senate spokesperson, Yemi Adaramodu, said Kawu’s claim was not true. The controversy around the alleged humongous pay of the National Assembly members came to the fore once again after President Olusegun Obasanjo at the weekend said the lawmakers fixed their own pay. While the National Assembly refuted the claim by Obasanjo, Kawu, a nothern senator, in an interview with British Broadcasting Corporation Hausa Service on Wednesday, revealed that he gets N21m monthly pay. However, he also…
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President Bola Tinubu has implored African leaders to make more strategic and deliberate efforts in addressing the exodus of skills and talent from Africa. These efforts, he said, include stemming tribalism, rewarding performance and reforming archaic judicial systems. Speaking at a dinner held in his honour at the People’s Palace in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, on Wednesday night, President Tinubu said leaders must encourage research and development with the provision of appropriate rewards. Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, revealed this in a statement he signed on Thursday titled ‘President Tinubu: We can stop skill exodus by enhancing…
Hon. Bello El-Rufai, a member of the Nigerian House of Representatives, has been exposed for receiving a luxury vehicle from the National Assembly, despite initially denying it. In a previous media interview, El-Rufai claimed to have declined one of the Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs) distributed to lawmakers at the start of the 10th Assembly, portraying himself as a public servant with the people’s interests at heart. Bello also alleged that some of his colleagues had similarly rejected the vehicles. However, evidence has now revealed that El-Rufai did, in fact, receive one of the posh vehicles, contradicting his earlier…
The internal crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress in Benue State has deepened with Governor Hyacinth Alia allegedly sealing the secretariat of the party’s faction loyal to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume. In a statement on Thursday by his Chief Press Secretary, Kula Tersoo, Alia halted a scheduled State Executive Committee meeting convened by the Akume faction, led by Austin Agada. Alia and Akume have been in a running show of force over the control of the Benue APC, with Agada leading the Akume’s faction while Benjamin Omakolo is the acting chairman of the Alia…
The Northern States Governors’ Forum has reiterated its commitment to come up with a comprehensive strategy to tackle the high rate of out-of-school children and the Almajiri menace in the region through an enhanced partnership with the Islamic Development Bank. According to a press statement signed and released on Thursday by the Director General of Press Affairs to the NSGF Chairman, Ismaila Misilli, the resolution was disclosed during a meeting held between Governor Muhammadu Yahaya, and a delegation from the IsDB, led by the Bank’s Country Representative, Dr Hasanul Kibria. Yahaya, who is also the Governor of Gombe State, emphasised…
The Senate has refuted claims that lawmakers in the Red Chamber receive N21m in salaries and allowances. The Senate spokesperson, Yemi Adaramodu (Ekiti South), made this clarification on Thursday in response to statements by Senator Sumaila Kawu. In an interview with British Broadcasting Corporation Hausa Service on Wednesday, Kawu claimed that he earns a cumulative N21m monthly in salary and allowances. He also stated that his “monthly salary is less than N1 million. After deductions, the figure comes down to a little over N600,000.” He further explained, “Given the increase effected in the Senate, each Senator gets N21 million monthly…
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Thursday, said the location of the proposed N73bn Zonal Office and Training School of the Nigeria Customs Service at the Gateway Agro-Cargo International Airport would serve as an avenue to improve the status of the state as the industrial hub of the nation. The project, Abiodun said would also help the proposed Kajola Inland Dry Port and the Olokola Seaport, which he said would soon come on stream. He stated this when he and the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Mr Adewale Adeniyi, visited the site of the Nigeria Customs Service’s proposed…
The Police Service Commission Chairman, DIG Hashimu Argungu (retd), has urged security operatives to ensure the protection of the electorate, electoral officers and others before, during and after the Edo and Ondo States governorship elections. The PSC chairman also urged security operatives who would be deployed for duties during the elections to maintain a high level of professionalism. A statement by the PSC’s Head of Press and Public Relations, Ikechukwu Ani, said Argungu disclosed this at the Election Security Management Symposium in Abuja on Thursday. He said, “As the nation counts down on the Edo and Ondo states Governorship elections,…
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has called on international media organisations to move away from what he described as negative in their coverage of Nigeria. The minister, while meeting with a delegation from the British Broadcasting Corporation in Abuja on Thursday, challenged the global media to adopt a more accurate, balanced, and fair approach to reporting on the country. “There are not only bad things coming out of Nigeria,” he said in a statement signed by his media aide, Rabiu Ibrahim, while stressing that the country was on a path to prosperity. He called on the…
The House of Representatives Committee on Steel Development says it will review all audit reports on the Ajaokuta Steel Company to ensure a comprehensive legislative process for its revival. The committee’s Chairman, Zainab Gimba, emphasised the importance of examining past evaluations, including those from former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration, to guide the revitalisation efforts. Gimba spoke on Thursday when she led members of the committee on an oversight visit to the Ministry of Steel Development, The Nations reports. Meanwhile, Minister of Steel Development, Mohammed Audu, reassured the lawmakers that while independent assessments have been conducted, the government’s procurement process remains…