This Christmas is the last that Governor Kayode Fayemi will spend as the helmsman of Ekiti State. He happens to be term-limited and cannot seek further re-election as governor. Some of the other outgoing governors have had recourse to retire…
Orji Kalu asks APC to postpone convention again
The Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, has urged the leadership of the All Progressives Congress to postpone the party’s convention slated for February next year. The former governor of Abia State stated this in a letter…
Ken Nnamani: The man who changed history – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Standing Strong: Legislative Reforms, Third Term and Other Issues of the 5th Senate By Ken Nnamani; InterPares Media Ltd, Lagos, Nigeria; 2021; 491pp One man with a gavel changed the course of Nigerian history. Tuesday, May 16, 2006 was Nigeria’s…
Senate adopts electronic transmission of election results
The Senate on Tuesday made a U-turn on the recently-passed Electoral Amendment Bill, wherein it had earlier rejected plans by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to transmit results of elections electronically. The decision of the Senate followed the re-committal…
EFCC invites Saraki over allegation of theft, money laundering
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has invited the immediate past president of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, over allegations of theft and money laundering. The incident reportedly occurred, yesterday afternoon in Abuja, shortly after Saraki attended the wedding ceremony…
No way! Senate rejects Lauretta Onochie
The Senate has rejected the confirmation of Lauretta Onochie as a National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Chairman of the Committee, Kabiru Gaya, in his report on Tuesday, said Onochie did not satisfy the provisions of the…
*Lagos teenage factory worker killed in industrial accident on resumption day (Punch)*Police arrest ‘cultist, traffic robbers’ in Lagos (Nation)
Lagos teenage factory worker killed in industrial accident on resumption day (Punch) Seventeen-year-old Babatunde Abdulrahmon has succumbed to the injuries he sustained on the day he resumed work as a mixer at a manufacturing company, Mingyi Trading Company Limited, Satellite…
*Lagos convicts 206 persons for sexual offences (Guardian)*Police arrest ‘cultist, traffic robbers’ in Lagos (Nation)
Lagos convicts 206 persons for sexual offences (Guardian) Lagos State Government said it convicted 206 persons for sexual assault, harassment and rape in one year. The state commissioner for justice and attorney-general Moyosore Onigbanjo made the disclosure at the annual…
Rice farmers oppose return of impounded commodity to traders
Rice farmers under the umbrella of the Rice Processors Association of Nigeria (RIPAN), yesterday kicked against the directive by the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions, to the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to return the smuggled goods it…
Senate adjourns plenary in honour of late Reps members
The Senate has adjourned plenary till tomorrow Wednesday, April 14 in honour of two members of the National Assembly, who died in the last two weeks. Senate had resumed from a three-week Easter holiday on Tuesday morning but did attend…
