Developing signals have started emerging on the struggle for the leadership of the 9th National Assembly billed for inauguration in June. Sunday Punch learnt that more lawmakers were expressing their interests by the day to preside over the chambers and…
Senate passes bill for establishment of South East development commission (Guardian)
The Senate has passed the South East Development Commission (Establishment) Bill 2018. The proposed body is to tackle the infrastructure deficit and ecological challenges besetting the region. It also seeks to act as a catalyst for the development of the…
Senate approves six new tertiary institutions (Punch)
December 6, 2018 The Senate on Wednesday passed six bills seeking to establish federal tertiary institutions in different parts of the country. The bills were passed following the consideration of the reports by the Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND,…
Workers shut National Assembly over unpaid salaries (Guardian)
Legislative activities at the National Assembly were grounded on Tuesday. It was a day of agitations and protests as the entire members of staff of the National Assembly practically prevented the Senate and the House of Representatives as well as…
BREAKING: Lack of quorum forces Senate to adjourn after 10 minutes (Punch)
The Senate on Tuesday adjourned for a week following the inability of the red chamber to form a quorum. The chamber needs at least 38 senators to carry out legislative activities at plenary but our correspondent observed that 20 members…
Democrats retake US House, Republicans keep Senate (Punch)
Democrats seized control of the lower house of Congress in midterm elections Tuesday, dealing a stern rebuke to Donald Trump almost two years into his polarizing, rollercoaster presidency. Fox and NBC television networks called the result in the US House…
Brett Kavanaugh confirmed to US supreme court (Guardian)
The US Senate has voted to confirm judge Brett Kavanaugh to the supreme court, handing Donald Trump a major victory and America a bench expected to tilt to the right for the next generation. The vote was almost a foregone…
Is Oshiomhole’s call for Saraki’s resignation justified? (Punch)
What is supreme is the constitution? The question we should ask is; where exactly in the constitution does it state that for you to lead the National Assembly particularly the Senate, you must come from the ruling or the majority…
Saraki vs Oshiomhole: 14 reasons why Saraki is winning the battle
The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has lashed out at the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) stating that Mr Oshiomhole’s effort to remove him from office will fail. The APC chairman had accused Mr Saraki of not acting…
Saraki may declare Akpabio, other PDP defectors’ seats vacant (Punch)
The nation may witness yet another showdown in the Senate as the senators cut short their vacation to discuss President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2019 polls budget request. Apart from the fact that constant fierce arguments between members of the All Progressives…