Day: April 6, 2022

National Security: Senate Moves to Establish Commission on Religious Harmony

The Senate, on Wednesday, considered a bill to establish the National Religious Harmony Commission. The National Religious Harmony Commission (Establishment) Bill 2022, sponsored by Senator Sadiq Suleiman Umar (Kwara North), scaled second reading during plenary. Leading debate on the general principles of the bill, Umar the piece of legislation seeks to establish the NRHC to…

Queen of Drug Cartel Arrested In Taraba

A notorious queen of drug cartel supplying psychoactive substances to traffickers in Taraba state, Lami Mai Rigima has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA months after being on their wanted list. Spokesman of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi said in a statement on Wednesday that the 40-year-old queen of the…

House of Rep. Probes Outrageous Rise In Diesel, Cooking Gas Prices

The House of Representatives has mandated its Committees on Petroleum Resources (Downstream) and Gas Resources to investigate the outrageous rise in the prices of diesel and cooking gas in the country. The committees were given a time frame of six weeks by the House to conclude the assignment. The motion, which led to the resolution,…