The All Progressives Congress (APC) caucus in the Senate and House of Representatives, on March 16, unanimously endorsed the presidential ambition of former Lagos State Governor,...
Last week, the Senate, in what appears to be a big national surprise, rejected President Muhammadu Buhari’s bill for the amendment of the newly signed Electoral...
The Chief Whip of the Senate, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, on March 5, stated that the political future of the South-East geopolitical zone lies in the...
On February 22, the House of Representatives urged the Federal Government to honour its agreement with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), and end the...
On February 17, the House of Representatives called on government at all levels to provide body-worn cameras for security operatives, including the Nigerian Army, Nigerian Custom...
On February 9, the House of Representatives called on the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, to embark on thorough investigations into the rising cases of...
On February 4, the House of Representatives’ Committee on Basic Education called for a state of emergency in schools in the country. This call – though...
The Senator representing Imo West Senatorial District, Senator Rochas Okorocha, on January 31, publicly declared his intention to contest for the Presidency in the 2023 general...
Last week, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, called for a review of the academic qualification for presidential aspirants, and others seeking...
The President of the Senate, Dr. Ahmed Lawan, last week, expressed deep-seated worries over the raging insecurity sweeping across different parts of the country. We also...
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Senator Ali Ndume, last week, boldly demanded that the Federal Government publish the names of those sponsoring terrorism in Nigeria....
The Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, last week, harped on the need for the political class, including all Nigerians, to eschew all...
Last week, the President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, appraised President Muhammadu Buhari’s performance in office and returned a pass mark. Lawan’s glowing assessment of the...
The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Legislative Compliance, Hon. Dennis Idahosa, last week told people of his Ovia Federal Constituency in Edo State to stone...
Last week, the House of Representatives called on the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, to dismantle all illegal, and needless checkpoints set up by Police...
The Senate Committee on Federal Character, and Inter-Governmental Affairs last week raised the alarm over secret employment in the nation’s civil service. We also tracked two...
Last week, the House of Representatives Minority Caucus, led by Ndudi Elumelu, could not hide its feelings over the Lagos Judicial Panel of Inquiry report which...
The Senator representing Sokoto-East Senatorial District, Ibrahim Gobir, last week, lamented the continuous failure of security agencies to protect Sokoto communities from banditry. Gobir, sadly, noted...
The Chairman of Senate Committee on Army, Senator Ali Ndume last week charged President Muhammadu Buhari to up the ante against corruption in the country. The...
The Senate Chief Whip, Orji Uzor Kalu, last week condemned the invasion of the Abuja home of a Supreme Court Judge, Justice Mary Odili. Soldiers and...
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Ali Ndume, last week took a shocking view on the country’s security situation. He said the Federal Government was winning...
The former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, said last week that the South-East Senate Caucus was silently working behind the scene to secure the release of...
Last week, the Minority Leader of the Senate, Enyinnaya Abaribe, shocked several Nigerians when he claimed that, apart from the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and...
The National Assembly last week asked President Muhammadu Buhari to declare bandits who have made life hellish for Nigerians, especially in the North-West as terrorists. It...
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, last week, defended President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration perchance for loans from multilateral lenders. Lawan’s justification followed Buhari’s recent letter to the...
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Cooperation and Integration in Africa, Senator Chimaroke Nnamani, recently bared his mind on the Mondays sit-at-home order imposed by the proscribed...
The Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, last week, expressly defended the National Assembly (NASS), against the growing perception that it is the most expensive...
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Senator Ali Ndume, has been at the fore-front for the prosecution of so-called ‘repentant’ Boko Haram terrorists. Last week saw...
The Minority Caucus of the House of Representatives, led by Honourable Ndudi Elumelu, last week, condemned the alleged harassment of Channels Television and its presenters, Chamberlain...
The Deputy-President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, last week, took what appeared an indirect swipe at the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration. This follows his charge...
Members of the House of Representatives, last week, bared their minds on the many issues hampering Nigeria’s power sector. In their expression of concerns, the Federal...
Last week, the National Assembly (NASS), leadership was literally on its knees begging the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to call off their strike. The...
The Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, last week, reeled out reasons why the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) should consider holding 2023...
On July 15, Nigeria’s National Assembly (NASS) suspended plenary for nine weeks in order to enable federal lawmakers go on vacation. The weeks-long holiday has generated...
The National Assembly (NASS), last week, was nothing short of a theatre of commotion during the consideration of the Electoral Act (Repeal/Re-enactment) Bill, 2021. In a...
Last week, Hon. Rimamnde Kwewum introduced a bill at the House of Representatives that would yank off the constitutional immunity executives enjoy. Kwewum’s bill has since...
Last week, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, reiterated the need for Nigeria to regulate its social media space. His idea cannot...
Last week, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, gave a somewhat late reminder to his party, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC),...
The House of Representatives, last week, deliberated on a bill that would make it compulsory for any sitting President to address Nigerians on the state of...
On May 30, ruthless bandits stormed Salihu Tanko Islamiya School in Tegina, Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, and kidnapped no fewer than 136 students....
It has been interesting watching Senator Rochas Okorocha, a ranking member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), speak up on the glaring failures of the...
Last week, the leaders of the National Assembly (NASS), Ahmed Lawan, and Femi Gbajabiamila, were left with no choice but admit Nigeria’s failing state. It has...
At a plenary, last week, Senator Ezenwa Francis Onyewuchi-sponsored bill – Terrorism Prevention (Amendment) Bill, 2021 – sought to imprison for 15 years distraught Nigerians who...
The scales appeared to have fallen off Senator Rochas Okorocha’s eyes last week when he reeled out what he considered the major drivers of instability pulling...
Members of the House of Representatives, last week, suggested a solution to Nigeria’s security challenges to President Muhammadu Buhari. The suggestion is one that some have...
Last week, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, offered a piece of advice to President Muhammadu Buhari concerning...
Last week, a member of the House of Representatives, Obinna Ogba, harped on the need for the South-East region to produce the next President that will...
For years, armed herdsmen have allegedly wreaked havoc – killing, raping, and burning houses – in different communities. Only last week, Senators spent time expressing their...
While the strike embarked upon by the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) was raging last week, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Health, Senator Ibrahim Oloriegbe,...
