Voice for the voiceless
The Senate Committee on South West Regional Development has screened and confirmed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s nominees for the governing board of the newly established South West Development Commission (SWDC). Chaired by Senator Yunus Akintunde (Oyo Central), the committee charged the incoming board to set the pace for regional transformation by drawing inspiration from the…
The Senate has resolved to investigate the N10trn Anchor Borrowers’ Programme and the accountability in the Ways and Means loans by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). This move is aimed at plugging loopholes in future development finance activities of the CBN. The Senate plans to set up an ad hoc committee to investigate various…
Amid the unfolding political crisis in Rivers State, the Labour Party’s 2023 Governorship Candidate, Beatrice Itubo, is presently in talks with Governor Siminalayi Fubara of the Peoples Democratic Party. “I met with the Governor and discussion is still in progress,” Itubo told our correspondent. She, however, did not stretch details if she was discarding the…
The senate on Wednesday observed a minute silence to mourn 47 persons killed in Benue state by suspected killer herdsmen on April six 2023.
