Politics

The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday said it had arrested one Moses Adukwu, 33, and Iorlumun Reuben, 27, for currency counterfeiting and fraud in Benue.
Its Zonal Head, Public Affairs Department, Mrs Nwanyinma Okeanu, told newsmen in Makurdi that

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari is to swear in his ministers-designate on Wednesday, August 21, 2019.
This was contained in a statement issued by Babatunde Lawal, Permanent Secretary, Cabinet Affairs Office in the
Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation.
The statement said before the inauguration, the ministers-designate

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the Deputy Senate President, Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege, on the occasion of his 56th birthday.
 
The President, in a statement by his spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, on Saturday in Abuja, congratulated the National Assembly, Omo-Agege’s family, his friends and political associates on the auspicious occasion.
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President Muhammadu Buhari says the rising level of violence and insecurity in Nigeria will reduce if peace is restored in Libya.
Receiving letters of credence from the Ambassador of Libya, Ayad Musbah Faraj Attayary, at the State House, Abuja, Buhari said the early restoration of peace and stability in the

The President of the Nigerian House of Senate, Sen. Ahmed Lawan, has pledged the National Assembly would give its full support to the Nigerian Military in its ongoing fight against insurgency in the North East and other security challenges in other parts of the country.
Lawan, who was represented by

The Senate on Tuesday announced the composition of its standing committees as it adjourned plenary to Sept 24 th .
Below are the names of the Chairpersons to each committe;
1. Agriculture – Abdullahi Adamu, Bima Enagi.
2. Airforce – Bala Ibn Na’Allah, Michael Nnachi.
3. Anti-corruption and Financial Crimes