Ali Ndume
17 Sep
The Peoples Democratic Party Party (PDP), yesterday, said with the alarming N35 trillion debt and 97.7 service-to-revenue ratio, President Muhammadu Buhari had allegedly mortgaged the future of Nigeria.
17 Sep
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Ali Ndume, has endorsed the ongoing onslaught against bandits, including kidnappers, in the North West geopolitical zone of the country.
5 Sep
Senator Ali Ndume has said that repentant members of the Boko Haram group should not be wholly set free but properly profiled, interrogated and those with blood hands should be appropriately made to face consequences as prescribed by international law.
19 Jul
Sen. Ali Ndume (APC-Borno) has prayed a Federal High Court, Abuja for an order releasing his building’s Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) used as bail bond in the release of Abdulrasheed Maina from Kuje Prison, following his rearrest after he jumped bail in September 2020. Ndume’s Lawyer, Marcel Oru, urged Justice Okon Abang, on…
12 Jun
The Senate has confirmed receipt of N895 billion Supplementary Budget Bill from President Muhammadu Buhari.
22 May
Sen. Ali Ndume, Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, has expressed regret that the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, died at a time when his leadership was most needed ...
6 May
Sir: Nigeria is currently bleeding, according to the Minister of Defence, Major-Gen. Bashir Magashi (rtd). One cannot agree any less. The state governors are wailing, with some relocating to Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, in search of the safety they can no longer guarantee their helpless citizens. In fact, to Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers…
30 Apr
Disturbed by the rising insecurity in Nigeria, the Senate Committee on Army, yesterday, summoned the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, Director General of Budget Office, Ben Akabueze and Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen.Ibrahim Attahiru,....
16 Apr
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, and Senate Committee chairman on the army, Ali Ndume, yesterday, clashed over the worsening insecurity in the country.
28 Jan
President Muhammadu Buhari has met with the new service chiefs in Abuja.
1 Dec 2020
Security agents have arrested the former Chairman of the defunct Pension Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, who fled Nigeria. Maina was arrested by operatives of Niger Republic intelligence service in a collaboration with Nigerian anti-corruption agency on Monday evening. Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is prosecuting Maina for alleged money laundering to the tune…
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Ogun State High Court has convicted and fined an official of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Mr. Idowu Olumuyiwa Olamide, for certificate forgery. The convict was charged before Justice A. A. Akinyemi, by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) for using a forged National Diploma Certificate to secure…
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Some landlords in Igbogbo-Baiyeku area in Ikorodu, Lagos State, have again appealed to the state government to urgently pay them compensation, four years after their houses were demolished for road project. Mr Ashela Adeboye, a representative of house owners affected by the demolition, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday that they were…
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