There are strong indications that the All Progressives Congress senators and their Peoples Democratic Party counterparts are heading for a showdown as the National Assembly reconvenes on Tuesday. Saturday PUNCH reliably gathered on Friday that the bone of contention bordered…
National Assembly: Food vendors make brisk business (Punch)
Food vendors on Tuesday took advantage of the barricade of the National Assembly entrance by security operatives to make brisk business. Newsmen, the assembly workers and other Nigerians, who were barred from entering the assembly complex, resorted to the vendors…
Over 45 senators sign against attempt to impeach Saraki, Ekweremadu
About 48 PDP senators of the federal republic of Nigeria have appended their signatures against the attempt to impeach Bukola Saraki, the Senate President, and Ike Ekweremadu, his deputy Senator, Vanguard reports. This followed the siege at the National Assembly…
Akpabio resigns as senate minority leader (Guardian)
Former Akwa Ibom State governor Senator Godswill Akpabio has resigned as Nigerian senate’s minority leader. Akpabio’s resignation came days after he left the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). “Senator Akpabio thanked the Senate leadership,…
Presidency begs Saraki to reconvene national assembly on urgency
Ita Enang, the senior special adviser (SSA) to president Muhammadu Buhari on national assembly matters, has appealed to the lawmakers to reconvene so as to attend to urgent pending matters before it, which may affect the running of Nigeria, and…
Elections reordering: Appeal court nullifies judgment stopping National Assembly (Punch)
The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Wednesday nullified April 25, 2018, judgment of the Federal High Court which had struck down the National Assembly’s election re-ordering provision of the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill 2018. Although the controversial section of…
Buhari wishes decamped APC members well
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his total commitment to the values of democracy, freedom of choice as well as total willingness to work with all members of the National Assembly, irrespective of their political party, for the benefit of the…
Senate 2019: Kogi East lines up behind Victor Adoji
The people of Kogi East Senatorial District are in for a brighter future in 2019 and beyond as Dr. Victor Alewo Adoji, renowned technocrat throws the hat in the ring for the 2019 senatorial elections. Dr. Adoji is gearing up…
Unusual police presence at National Assembly (Vanguard)
There is currently an unusual police presence at the National Assembly. Similarly, a crowd of youths is gathering at the main gate of the Assembly. Security operatives involving the police and National Assembly security personnel are at alert inside the building,…
R-APC National Assembly members plot mass defection July 31 (Punch)
Members of the All Progressives Congress in the Senate and House of Representatives may defect en mass to the Peoples Democratic Party shortly before July 31, Sunday Punch has gathered. Investigations on Saturday showed that the Reformed All Progressives Congress split from…
