Barinada Mpigi, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Works has died. It was gathered, Senator Mpigi, 64 died on Thursday. The senator was born on June 23, 1961. Mpigi represented the South-East senatorial district of Rivers until his death. A source confirmed the lawmaker’s demise to on Thursday morning. The late lawmaker was first elected…
Queen Zaynab, the former wife of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, has sparked conversations online following her recent marriage to Senator George Akume, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF). Many social media users, most especially women, have been asking past questions from Queen Zaynab, who has been previously married…
The ranks of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Senate have risen to 73, following the defection of Senator Kelvin Chukwu of the Labour Party. The Senate formally announced Chukwu’s defection during plenary, marking another shift in the composition of the 10th National Assembly. The lawmaker, who represents Enugu East Senatorial District, said his…
A former Nigerian Senator Ibrahim Musa Kontagora is dead. According to People’s Gazette, the Senator died in an Abuja hospital after he was denied a critical surgery over $15,000 bill. The hospital was said to have confirmed a $30,000 bill for Kontagora, who represented Niger North Senatorial District from 2011 to 2015, but he was…
The High Court of Justice in the United Kingdom has ordered the forfeiture of a luxury property occupied by the Lord Mayor of Leeds, Abigail Katung. Justice Jay of the King’s Bench Division ruled on June 6 that the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) should take possession of the property under the UK’s Proceeds of…
Senator Uribe Turbay A Colombian presidential candidate is in a critical condition after he was shot three times – reportedly twice in the head – at a campaign event in the capital, Bogotá. Miguel Uribe Turbay, a 39-year-old senator, was attacked while addressing supporters in a park on Saturday. Police arrested a 15-year-old suspect at…
The Senator representing Taraba South in the National Assembly, David Jimkuta, has lamented that the aircraft conveying 18 Senators, including Senate Majority Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, who were billed to grace the unveiling of his empowerment programme in his senatorial district in Taraba State, was denied landing at Kashimbila Airport by the State’s authorities. Jimkuta said…
