Timi Frank, the immediate past Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives (APC) has revealed that current administration was planning to freeze accounts of major opposition leaders ahead of the 2019 general elections to render the opposition party incapacitated.…
Argentina’s Senate rejects historic bill to legalize Abortion (Time)
Argentina’s Senate on Thursday rejected a bill to legalize elective abortion in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy, an issue that has divided the homeland of Pope Francis. Lawmakers debated for more than 15 hours and voted 38-31 against the…
Defections: APC, PDP shift supremacy battle to Senate chamber (Punch)
Senators of the ruling All Progressives Congress and their counterparts in the opposition Peoples Democratic Party have vowed to resume hostilities over which party controls the majority in the upper chamber when the Senate resumes plenary on September 25. Controversy…
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…
Understanding APC and the crisis of defections – Reuben Abati
Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, the “factional” leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has reportedly asked Senate President Abubakar Bukola Saraki to resign his position as Senate President. What exactly does the Comrade want Saraki to resign from- the Senate…
Unease in INEC over Senate, Reps recess (Nation)
There is palpable anxiety among officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over the possible effects of the shutdown of the National Assembly on the Commission’s N242,445,322,600 2019 poll budget. Amid ripples of defections, the National Assembly on Tuesday…
Police siege: Senate suspends CBN deputy gov, AMCON chair’s confirmation (Punch)
The Senate on Tuesday proceeded on an eight-week annual recess, suspending the confirmation of Mr Folasodun Adebisi Shonubi as Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria. Also listed on the Order Paper of Tuesday was the confirmation of the…
Kwankwaso, Melaye, 13 other senators dump APC for PDP (Punch)
President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has read a letter from 13 members of the All Progressives’ senators declaring their defection from the ruling All Progressives Congress to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party. The lawmakers include Rabi’u Kwankwaso (Kano-Central), Dino…
Rowdy session at Senate over Buhari’s lopsided appointments (Vanguard)
There was uproar in the Senate, Thursday following complaints against alleged lopsided appointments into the federal boards and parastatals by President Muhammadu Buhari. Soon after the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki read a letter from President Buhari on the appointed of…
Senate receives Bill on State Police (SUN)
The Senate is set to receive for first reading, a Bill to alter the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and create state police. According to the order paper of the upper legislative chambers for Thursday, the bill is…