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Jul 28 6 tweets 3 min read
The Senate on Wednesday at plenary resolved to invite the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr Godwin Emefiele, to educate and inform senators in a closed session on the reasons forhe rapid depreciation of the value of the naira.
Senators from opposition parties have issued a six-week ultimatum to President Muhammadu Buhari to tackle the security challenges bedevilling the country.
They also threatened to commence impeachment proceedings against the President should he fail to address the insecurity
within the period given by the lawmakers.

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has described as unnecessary the threat by some legislators to commence impeachment proceedings against President Muhammadu Buhari over security challenges across the
country.

The Nigerian army says it has found two more of the female students abducted by Boko Haram militants from a secondary school more than eight years ago.
There was global outrage when Islamists seized nearly 300 girls in Nigeria's north-eastern town of Chibok in 2014.
Most of the victims have either been freed or escaped since then, but dozens remain unaccounted for.
It appears the two hostages gave birth while in captivity, as the army said they were both found with children.

French President Emmanuel Macron
has strongly criticised African leaders' response to the Ukraine war Russia's aggression in Ukraine. In March, 17 African countries abstained in a UN vote to condemn the invasion
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Jul 29
The minority caucus of the House of Representatives has joined its Senate counterpart to hand President Muhammadu Buhari a six-week ultimatum to fix insecurity or face impeachment in the National Assembly.

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