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W elcome to a new Legislative Day in the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu took the official Prayer and led the Chambers into today’s proceedings. EXECUTIVE SESSION The Senate moved into an Executive Session at 10:48am, at 11:06am the Senate resumed from its Executive Session. Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu reported that at the executive session The Senate deliberated on issues bordering on the workings of the Senate and the National Assembly in general. Senator Aliyu Sabi moved for the approval of votes and proceedings of Tuesday, 17th of October 2017, Senator Monsurat Sunmonu seconded. ANNOUNCEMENT Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu welcomes people who are present in the gallery to observe plenary. PETITIONS 1. Senator Sonni Ogbuoji raised two (2) Petitions from two (2) members of his constituency stating displacement from a. National Drug Law Enforcement Agency b. Federal Polythecni

1. T he attention of Headquarters 6 Division Nigerian Army has been drawn to some rumours making the rounds that some Nigerian Army Personnel are going round schools in Rivers State dressed in Military Camouflage uniforms with the intention of forcefully vaccinating students with an unknown substance. The callous and unpatriotic rumours spread by these enemies of State are, to say the least, despicable, deplorable and highly condemnable by all well meaning Nigerians as they are intended to cause pandemonium among the general public. 2. The authorities of 6 Division Nigerian Army wishes to inform the general public that while the Nigerian Army plans to undertake such gestures like free medical outreaches, sanitation exercises in host communities and distribution of educational materials as part of our community relations activities during the ongoing Operation CROCODILE SMILE II, these activities are yet to be conducted and will eventually be conducted with the consent of re

N igerian Actress and On-Air-Personality, Omotunde Adebowale, popularly known as Lolo1, has compared songs by new generation artistes with that of Nigerian music legends, Fela Anikulapo Kuti and Sunny Ade. According to her, 97 percent of songs released today are meaningless. She said this while speaking to HipTV, adding that most of the songs do not pass a message and they are not children-friendly. She said, “If you are looking at the content of music , what will you say you are buying? ’ninety seven percent of it have no meaning. “You hear ’Bagaladan’ ‘skurubababa’ ‘wo’ they do not have any meaning.” ‘’It is not like the of the yesteryears where you listen and obey.” “Even though we have few people doing conscious music, Fela, king Sunny Ade and others did a lot of impactful music but in this generation, I am not sure.” Watch video…

C ontroversial On Air Personality, OAP, Daddy Freeze, has called out Pastor Paul Adefarasin of the House on the Rock Church for allegedly mentioning him in his sermon last Sunday. In a message he shared on Instagram on Tuesday morning, the OAP noted that churches are now event centers instead of where the gospel of Christ is shared. According to him, “Dear Pastor Paul, I heard you snuck me into your sermon last Sunday, saying certain things about me, I sincerely hope this is untrue. “In my quest to teach the truth about Christianity and salvation, I have never for once, out of the abundance of my respect for you, spoken ill about you before my congregation. “This is not to say that I agree entirely with your teaching, but it’s borne out of reverence for the first Christian teacher, unto whom the custody of my tutorship was handed. “Like I mentioned to you the last time we spoke at length a few weeks ago, there is a rot in the body of Christ, from within th