The Nigeria Senate announced on thursday that it has adjourned plenary till Sepember 15, so says the President of the Nigeria Senate, Ahmed Lawan. He also stated that the various comittee of the Senate will be working during the recess period.
He ensure those Senators in the petroleum and gas sector to expedite action on the Petroleum Industry Bill. The Senate plans to romance with the Senate to ensure the bill is no more rejected by the Executive.
Michael Cohen was released after being jailed for about three years for matters including TRump's campaign financial violation.
Cohen sued the United State Attorney General William Barr and the Prison,s burea Director over the "Gag Order".
The 53-year-old is scheduled to be released home this afternoon, local time, from the Otisville federal prison following a Covid-19 test.
"Today's
important ruling recognises that individuals retain their right to
speak even when they are incarcerated," said ACLU attorney Vera
Eidelman.
Michael Cohen has been jailed a year of his three-year sentence.
The
former fixer admitted to lying to Congress about a Trump Tower project
in Moscow, and to campaign finance violations for his role in making
hush money payments to women alleging affairs with Mr Trump. He also
admitted to other tax and bank fraud charges unrelated to the president.
Mr Jegede is a former attorney general of Ondo State. He polled 888 votes, while the deputy governor of the state, Mr Agboola Ajayi,
polled 657 votes; and the PDP National Vice Chairman, Dr Eddy Olafeso,
came third with 175 votes. Other results include; Dr Bode Ayorinde scored 95 votes, Mr Banji Okunomo polled 90, Senator
Boluwaji Kunlere got 33, Sola Ebiseni scored 29 and Godday Erewa polled
13 votes.
2,122 delegates from the 18 local government area of the state voted in
the election. Accreditation of voters started by 10 a.m while voting
commenced from 2pm. The exercised followed strict Covid-19 protocols,
with officials of INEC monitoring the eexercise.
The Ministry of Labour has informed the Nigeria Senate that Festus Keyamo will be in charge of the recruitment of 1000 youths per local government. The ministry’s Deputy Director, Press and Public Relations, Mr Charles
Akpan, in an interview with one of our correspondents in Abuja, said
“nothing has changed.”
said that the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) will report directly to the Minister.
The Nigeria senate and the Minister of State of Labour, Barrister Festus Keyamo has been at longer head over the employment of the Federal Government job to assist the poor Nigeria youths.
Keyamo last week had been invited to Senate to state the Federal Government intention in employing the large amount of Nigeria youths, he was the interrogated by the Senate and the Senate later announced to the media that they will be proceeding into a closed door session which the Minister opening disagreed before the media.
The federal government of Nigeria in his transparency drive, releases photos of the progress made so far in the use of the 162.5 billion naira SUKUK fund.
The sum of N162bn was recently approved to be disbursed across the six geopolitical zones for roads construction. “This N162bn completes cash settlement for all capital road expenditures in 2020 budget. North Central: 8 roads, North East: 8 roads, North West: 7 roads, South East: 5 roads, South South: 10 roads, South West: 6 roads.’’
The acting managing director of the Niger-deltan Development Commission, Daniel Pondei, was interrogated by the Nigerian House of Representative committee on Niger-delta. This is the fourth hearing of the committee on financial misappropriation in the comission.
Daniel Pondei fainted in his chair while he was interrogated for over an hour, those present at the hearing tried to resuscitate him. After he regained composure, the hearing was terminated and commitee members vowed not to call him up for interrogation again.
After he appeared to regain and lose composure intermittently, he was moved out of the session.
said that the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) will report directly to the Minister.
