Barking at Buhari The Senate Committee on Federal Character and Intergovernmental Affairs, on November 5, barked at the presidency when it counseled the State House Permanent...
Checkmate The Committee on Information, National Orientation, Ethics and Values in the House of Representatives, on October 27, warned the Federal Government against any attempt to...
That bizarre defence Senator Ali Ndume, on October 23 sternly dismissed growing calls to slash National Assembly members’ pay. In detailing that the National Assembly only...
Gbaja’s recipe The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, on October 11, called for punishment to be served on operatives of the disbanded Special...
#EndSARS realities On October 7, the President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, argued that banning the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) would not bring a solution to...
Blowing hot! The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, on September 29 vowed that the House would take action against Ministries, Departments and Agencies...
Kparapo as defense tactics On September 15, the Chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Hon. Benjamin Kalu, made a statement that raised several eyebrows....
Suspicious signals On September 11, the Acting Clerk to the National Assembly, Arc. Olatunde Ojo, dished an unexpected announcement. In a statement, released on behalf of...
The unsettled fight On September 1, Nigerian Senators distanced themselves from an allegation heaped on them by the Director of Projects in the Niger Delta Development...
Omo-Agege’s kick On August 23, the Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege, expressed disapproval over Federal Government’s alleged move to scrap the 11-year-old Presidential Amnesty...
That hurried vacation On August 19, the Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Alhassan Ado-Doguwa, made public the suspension of all investigative and committee hearings...
Gbaja’s irritation On August 13, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, voiced concerns of the lower house over alleged financial misconduct of revenue...
That N156billion waste On August 8, Nigerians were again greeted with shock following disclosure by the Chairman, House Committee on Power in the House of Representatives,...
Unnecessary brouhaha? The House of Representatives, on July 28, opened a can of worms on a $400 million commercial loan agreement signed, on September 5, 2018,...
Go! Please, go!! Senators, on July 21, bared their minds on the continued stay of Nigeria’s service chiefs in the face of the deteriorating security situation...
Remi Tinubu’s script The Senate, on July 14, took an important step at stemming the tide of kidnapping in Nigeria. It passed a bill, sponsored by...
The return of Adamu The House of Representatives, on July 10, expressed its displeasure over the cancellation of this year’s West African Examination Council (WAEC) exams...
Let them shout! On June 30, there was a heated argument between the Minister of State for Employment, Labour and Productivity, Festus Keyamo and the National...
Guilty as charged! Poor Nigerians got a rare mention at the National Assembly recently. The Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Ali Ndume, on June 21, shared...
Ndume’s tales Eyebrows were raised, last Tuesday, when media reports went viral claiming that the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Army, Senator Ali Ndume, had...
Lawan’s rigmarole It was a classic Ahmed Lawan beating about the bush last week. While making a remark on the incessant Boko Haram killings in Borno...
Borrowing without end Nigeria appears to be in a chokehold, and struggling for breath, as President Muhammadu Buhari leads a borrowing spree with the National Assembly...
Ekweremadu’s uppercut Senator Ike Ekweremadu is a man known for pulling punches often but last week he did the uncommon when he hit Femi Gbajabiamila below the belt....
A Minister and his ways Members of Nigeria’s lower house looked to be in a no-nonsense mood last week. And, many wished that they could...
Scenes around the National Assembly are never short of being boisterous. Last week, evidence of a people in a hurry to get something done showed in...
Seated in his four-year term compartment, which is in opposite direction to about 360 members, arrayed in a traditional overflowing blue attire with striped cap, the...