Delta 2023: Okowa, Ibori, Omo-Agege’s Men Scramble For National Assembly Tickets
LAGOS MAY 14TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Apart from governorship, the senatorial primaries, in about two weeks, for tickets of the different political parties in Delta South, Delta North and Delta Central Senatorial districts More...
Urhobo Monoarch Urges NASS To Urgently Veto Buhari To Inaugurate Screened NDDC Board
LAGOS NOVEMBER 29TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Amidst growing controversies over the non inauguration in of already screened and confirmed board of the Niger Development Commission (NDDC), a first class traditional ruler More...
PANDEF Knocks NASS Over Newly Passed PIB Bill, Frown At NDDC Interim Management
LAGOS JULY 4TH (URHOBOTODAY)-PAN-Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, weekend, knocked the National Assembly over the newly passed Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, saying it did not meet the yearnings of the Niger-Delta people. The More...
Urhobo Leaders Storm National Assembly To Express Support For Omo-Agege
LAGOS JANUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Kings, elders and religious leaders from Urhobo Kingdom in Delta State stormed the National Assembly at the weekend to express solidarity with the Deputy President of the Senate, More...
Forgery & Perjury: Coalitions Storms DSS Hqtrs, Demands Probe of Omo-Agege
LAGOS JANUARY 20TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A coalition of civil society groups on Friday stormed the headquarters of the Department of State Security (DSS), where it demanded the probe of the Deputy Senate President Ovie More...
Onuesoke Urges NASS To Suspend Buhari’s Visa On Arrival Policy For African Countries
LAGOS DECEMBER 22ND (URHOBOTODAY)-Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chieftain, Chief Sunny Onuesoke has appealed to National Assembly to suspend visa on arrival policy for African countries recently pronounced More...
CJN Denies Transferring Delta Poll Petition Between Nicholas Mutu And Collins Eselomo
LAGOS OCTOBER 15TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, on Monday, warned that rumor-mongers “would be made to face the full weight of the law to serve as deterrent to the several More...
We Are Yet To Conclude Investigation Into Incident Of NASS Mace Snatchers-Police
LAGOS JUNE 24TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Fifteen months after two suspected thugs allegedly led by Senator Ovie Omo-Agege invaded the Senate chamber and snatched the mace, the police have yet to conclude their investigation More...
Angry Nigerian Slams Senators For Electing Omo Agege Alleged Mace Snatcher
LAGOS JUNE 12TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A Nigerian man, Power Osiweghor, has taken Nigerian government to the cleaners, saying rather than punish people who disgrace the country, the leaders of the nation reward them for More...
Stolen Mace: One Year After, National Assembly Moves Against Omo-Agege, Others
LAGOS APRIL 27TH (URHOBOTODAY)-One year after the Senate plenary was disrupted following the invasion of the hallowed chamber by suspected thugs, with the mace taken away, the Upper Chamber and the House of Representatives More...
Onuesoke Advises NASS To Facilitate State Police Bill
Onuesoke LAGOS JULY 24TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former Delta State governorship aspirant has appealed to members of the National Assembly to facilitate the passage of state More...
Stolen Mace: National Assembly Panel Invites Ndume, Omo-Agege
LAGOS MAY 15th (URHOBOTODAY)- The joint Senate and House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating the invasion of the Senate’s chamber and the snatching of its mace has invited senators Ovie Omo-Agege More...
JUST IN: Police Arrest Omo-Agege Over Stolen Mace
LAGOS APRIL 18TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The police on Wednesday arrested Senator Ovie Omo-Agege. The senator was arrested in the Senate Wing of the National Assembly at 1:57pm. This was after hoodlums he allegedly led into More...
2019: Ned Nwoko Declares Intention To Re-Position Delta North In Senate
Ned Nwoko LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (URHOBOTOAY)- As the 2019 general election is fast approaching, one time member of the National Assembly, Prince Chinedu Mumir Nwoko, popularly known as “Ned Nwoko”, has declared More...
Legislative Aide to Deputy Speaker of House of Rep Dies in National Assembly
LAGOS NOVEMBER 29TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A Senior Legislative Assistant with the National Assembly, Mr Abubakar Doki on Monday collapsed and died in the National Assembly premises. The deceased who was said to be in his More...
Buhari May Sign 2016 Budget Today as National Assembly Returns Budget to Presidency
Buhari LAGOS MAY 4TH (URHOBOTODAY)-There are strong indications that President Muhammadu Buhari may assent to the 2016 Appropriation Bill on Wednesday (today)? if his Ministers are able to conclude work on the adjusted More...
Saraki, Other Senators Avoid Main NASS Gate As #OccupyNASS Protests Continue
LAGOS APRIL 28TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Report has it that the Senate President Bukola Saraki, for fear of being mobbed by angry protesters outside the main gate of the National Assembly, abandoned his plans to enter More...
Report of National Assembly Interactive Session with Civil Society on 2016 Budget
LAGOS FEBRUARY 11TH (URHOBOTODAY)-It was indeed a great session, first of its kind, and a great demonstration of inclusivity and participatory governance in Nigeria by the National Assembly. It is truism that the More...
Despite Cash Crunch, Nigerian Senate Illegally Buying N4.7bn Exotic Cars for Saraki, Other
LAGOS DECEMBER 13TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Nigerian Senate is currently on the verge of illegally buying various brands of exotic vehicles for use by its President, Bukola Saraki, and the 108 other senators, PREMIUM More...
Cash Crunch Hits Nigerian Senators, Reps
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 17TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Nigerian Senators and Members of House of Representatives have been hit by biting liquidity crisis as legislative business comes to a stand still, Elombah.com investigations have More...
Federal Auditor-General Decries NDDC Delay in Response to N183.7bn indictment
LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Office of Auditor General of the Federation has condemned Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) delay in responding to its alleged mismanagement of N183.. A statement released More...
N184bn Missing in NDDC Account Within Four Years
LAGOS AUGUST 13TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Auditor-General of the Federation, Mr Samuel Ukura, has said N183.7 billion could not be accounted for by auditors who conducted a special check on the Niger Delta Development More...
APC Board of Trustees Chair: Adamawa Think Tank Prefers Atiku to Tinubu
Atiku Abubakar LAGOS JULY 12TH (URHOBOTODAY)-As the governing All Progressives Congress gets set to appoint a chairman for its Board of Trustees, a group with ties to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has called More...
Central Bank of Nigeria, a Monster House of Corruption
By Femi Ayeni LAGOS JUNE 30TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Central Bank of Nigeria [CBN] under the leadership of Godwin Emefiele last week disclosed that it spent over 290billion Naira for its over heads, salaries, traveling, More...
Constitution Amendment: Senate Suspends Move to Override Jonathan
LAGOS MAY 13TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The senate on Tuesday rose from about two-hour executive session on Wednesday and announced the suspension of its planned process to override President Goodluck Jonathan’s veto on More...