#OurNASS: One march, five demands, and September the 26th
Protests and visible discontent are an integral part of any democracy. On Thursday, September 26th at 10 am, Enough is Enough Nigeria, United Action for Democracy, Say No Campaign, ReclaimNaija and...
View Article#LegislativeBrief: “War songs, blackmailing the nation are unacceptable”–...
In his inaugural speech at the resumption of the Senate from a two-month recess, Senate President David Mark spoke on issues affecting the nation. He was firm, direct, and while we applaud him, what’s...
View ArticleWhen ‘elders’ fight: Tuesday’s session at the House of Reps [PICTURES]
When old men fight, all we young folks can do is sit back and weep. The House of Representatives reconvened Tuesday, from its two month long recess and things couldn’t get any worse. No sooner had...
View Article“If he dares us, his nakedness would be shown to the world”: Reps want Tukur...
It seems like the lower legislative house is not yet free from its birth pangs. Members of the House of Representatives, Wednesday, said the National Assembly was a “no go area” for the chairman of the...
View Article“Continue with the fasting and prayers, House of Reps members to be bribed...
The Abubakar Baraje led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party is raising the alarm. In a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Chukwuemeka Eze, the New PDP has warned President...
View ArticleReps are concerned about the health of the naira, so Sanusi and Okonjo-Iweala...
The House of Representatives have summoned the Central Bank governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to appear
View Article“The NCAA actually bought 54 vehicles”: #FiveThings we learnt from the...
The vehicle purchase scandal rocking the aviation minister, Stella Oduah and the folks at Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) probably got messier
View Article#MarkYourCalendar: President Jonathan will present 2014 budget bill, November 12
President Goodluck Jonathan will present the 2014 Appropriation Bill to a joint session of the National Assembly on November 12. In a
View Article469, 360, 1999, 2003: Numbers, facts and 10 things you didn’t know about the...
In Nigeria’s 53 years of independence, 29 years have been under military rule, and the remaining 24 years in a democracy, the
View Article#Followthemoney: 500billion SURE-P money has disappeared/vanished/is missing
It would appear that N500 billion realised from the subsidy programme of the Federal Government has developed wings, according to the Senate ad-hoc Committee
View Article#AcaseforSherlockHolmes: NNPC says they know nothing about the missing...
Yesterday we brought you a curious report on the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme, SURE-P, and how 500 billion naira has mysteriously disappeared
View ArticlePresidency might shun recommendations to sack Oduah, punish NCAA officials
There might be some tension in the offing between President Goodluck Jonathan and the House of Representatives over the probe into the two
View Article#LegislativeBrief: Examining the state of emergency rule + bleeding barrels...
This is your complete guide to all that the National Assembly has been up to in the last 24 hours. Emergency
View Article#LegislativeBrief: The Presidency’s latest (and complicated) clash with the...
Thursday was another busy day in the National Assembly. Here’s what happened, condensed for you by the outstanding guys at YNaija2015.
View ArticleSERAP asks ICPC to “follow the money”, and the Senate isn’t impressed that...
First we brought you a report that 500bn naira of the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme, SURE-P funds was missing, had vanished into
View Article#LegislativeBrief: Rapists to face harsher punishment
Just when we thought our women had been left vulnerable to the rising cases of rape in the country, there seems to
View Article#PoliticalMath: Crunch the numbers and voila! The G5 may have given the APC...
The storm is slowly passing away, and the Peoples Democratic Party is left with the thankless task of counting the cost of
View ArticleYNaija2015 explains: Why the Senate is the new retirement home for governors
In 2007, our nascent democracy graduated its first set of governors who had exhausted their constitutional limits of two terms in office.
View ArticleCrisis mode: G5 defection induces emergency PDP House of Reps meeting
Still reeling from the developments within the ruling Peoples Democratic Party which saw five serving governors switch over to the All Progressives
View Article#LegislativeBrief: The Senate sees nothing wrong with the Apo 8 operation
Remember the Apo 8? [READ: Today’s Daily Brief: The Apo killings reach the top, “SURE PIT?,” warming for a presidential chat and other
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