A Federal High Court in Abuja has rejected a prayer by five senators opposed to the emergence of Bukola Saraki as the Senate President to stop the upper legislative chamber from constituting it’s standing and ad hoc committees. The five plaintiffs in the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/651/2015 – Senators Abu Ibrahim, Kabir Marafa, Ajayi Boroffice, Olugbenga Ashafa and Suleiman Hunkuni – ... Read More »
ABUJA-Honourable Femi Gbajabiamila has been announced as the leader of House of Representatives, while Rep. Alhassan Dogowa emerged as the Chief Whip. The Speaker, Yakubu Dogara who announced this at the end of plenary, also said that Rep. Baba Jibrin is the Deputy Leader and Rep. Pally Iriase as the Deputy Chief Whip. The South East was however excluded in ... Read More »
Justice Olamide Folahanmi Oloyede, the serving Judge who petitioned the parliament has failed to appear before the investigative ad-hoc committee headed by Hon. Akintunde Adegboye, she was only represented by her lawyer, Mr. Lanre Ogunlesi, Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) who could not make any headway. At the interactive session, the Committee chairman turned down the plea of Oloyede’s lawyer ... Read More »
The Kwara State government has denied claims that Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, and the crisis at the National Assembly are responsible for the delay in constituting the state executive council. In a statement by Dr Muyideen Akorede, the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Communication to the state Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, the state government described the claims as ... Read More »
Ever since Lagos PDP suffered a crushing and debilitating defeat in the just concluded national elections, the Party has been telling whoever cares to listen that it worked so hard to win Lagos but something is wrong somewhere. In their age-long tradition of crying wolf over nothing, this Party says APC manipulated the process and schemed them out. They ... Read More »
Former Akwa Ibom State Governor, who is currently Senator representing Akwa Ibom North West, Godswill Akpabio, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday, July 28, 2015 emerged as the the minority leader of the senate. Akpabio was nominated by the South South caucus of the PDP in the Upper Chamber, although his nomination was hotly contested as it was ... Read More »
“….The Senators alleging forgeries due to slight amendments effected on the 2011 Senate Standing Order used by the Seventh Senate as reflected in the 2015 standing order, were just playing politics with a strictly internal matter of the Senate, forgetting that legislative immunity on such matters, forbids the police and the court of law to meddle in it. “As far ... Read More »
Wife of the Governor of Lagos State, Mrs Bolanle Ambode, on Monday charged youths to engage in activities that will ensure meaningful and productive use of their time during the summer break. She spoke at the opening of ‘Activate Youth Camp’, a 7-day free residential camping for about 200 youths, organized by Annie’s Place, a non-governmental organisation at Reagan Memorial ... Read More »
The Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Mr Udom Emmanuel has approved the immediate construction of internal roads and renovation of dilapidated buildings at Cornelia Cornelly College, Uyo. The Commissioner For Works, Mr Ephraim Akparawa Inyang made the declaration Monday when he led key staff of the ministry of works and engineers to assess the state of the college and inspect ... Read More »
It will no longer be business as usual for corrupt Local Government officials in Lagos State, as the Committee on Reformation of the Local Government Administration has recommended a stiffer sanctions for corrupt council administrators. Obviously not amused by poor performance of the Local Government Councils across the state, the state Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode had before now constituted a ... Read More »
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