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The Senate has mandated the Committee on Solid Minerals to investigate the cause of a rockslide in Farin Doki community, Shiroro Local Government of Niger. The rockslide buried 30 informal miners alive at a gold mining site. This followed the adoption of a motion at plenary on Thursday in Abuja on an “urgent need to…
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Eight local government areas of Zamfara are predicted to be affected by moderate-flooding in the 2024 rainy season, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has disclosed. The Director-General of the agency, Hajiya Zubaida Umar, disclosed this in Gusau on Thursday at the sensitisation programme for the 2024 down-scaling of flood early warning strategies for early…
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The Senate, at plenary on Thursday, approved the Anti-Doping Bill, transmitted by President Bola Tinubu in May. The legislation, which aims to regulate the use of performance-enhancing substances in sports within Nigeria, provides a legal framework for the establishment of the National Anti-Doping Organisation, an organisation that regulates sporting competitions. The executive legislation with the…
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Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has called on the National Assembly to investigate allegations of covert petrol subsidy payments by President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Atiku, in a statement issued by his spokesperson, Paul Ibe, on Thursday, challenged the presidency to demonstrate bravery in taking ownership of its policies and their consequences by being accountable to…
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A bill to create an additional state known as Orlu State in the Southeast region passed its first reading in the House of Representatives on Thursday. The bill was sponsored by the lawmaker representing Ideato North South Federal Constituency of Imo State, Hon. Ikeagwuonu Ugochinyere, along with other co-sponsoring lawmakers. The piece of legislation which…
