#PoliticalMath: The PDP Reps have a game plan, and it involves that dreaded...
If there is any section of the political establishment that has been left blindsided by the recent defection of four governors from
View Article#G5Defection: Jonathan meets PDP N’Assembly leaders
President Goodluck Jonathan has reportedly held a secret meeting with the Peoples Democratic Party leadership in the National Assembly. According to the Punch, the
View ArticleEditorial: What kind of ‘nyama-nyama’ National Assembly do we have?
No doubt about it, if there is any one arm of government that long years of the military have damaged, it’s the legislature.
View ArticlePDP wins big as court sacks new APC lawmakers from the House of Representatives
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the House of Representatives members who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the
View ArticleThe APC nearly calls Monday’s sacking of its lawmakers an April Fools...
The response didn’t take so long. It may still be grappling with the ramifications of its recent reverses but the All Progressives
View Article#LegislativeBrief: Senate will begin voting on key constitution amendment...
The Senate will next Wednesday commence voting on the constitutional amendment bill presented to it by the Ike Ekweremadu-led Committee on Constitution
View Article#LegislativeBrief: Senate says INEC (not petitioners) should provide proof...
The Senate Thursday, passed for second reading a bill to empower the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to take responsibility of proving
View ArticleHouse of Cards: The new legislative war between the PDP and the APC will be...
The Peoples Democratic Party caucus in the House of Representatives is riding the waves of its recent court victory to put pressure
View ArticleTo all haters, David Mark says the National Assembly is working for “the...
Senate President, Senator David Mark wants all of us to cut the National Assembly some slack. For real. He has urged Nigerians
View Article#LegislativeBrief: The nation’s security chiefs have some questions to answer...
The House of Representatives, Tuesday, tasked its committee on security to call in the National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd); Minister
View ArticleSenate (finally) passes N4.6 trillion 2014 budget, the smallest in a while
The Nigerian Senate has approved President Goodluck Jonathan’s proposal to spend N4.6 trillion as the government budget in 2014. The Senate, however,
View Article#LegislativeBrief: One step closer for HIV/AIDS carriers as Senate passes...
The Senate on Thursday, passed a bill for an act to end all forms of discrimination against Persons Living with Human Immune
View Article#LegislativeBrief: Like their senior cousins, Reps okay N4.7 trillion budget...
After months of seemingly endless deliberations, the House of Representatives Thursday, passed the 2014 Appropriation Bill – a whooping N4,695,190,000,000 into law
View Article“Don’t be more politically concerned than the PDP”: Defected lawmakers seek...
The thirty-seven All Progressives Congress members of the House of Representatives, who defected from Peoples Democratic Party have described calls to declare
View Article#DefectionParty: Attorney-General sues Tambuwal and House of Reps over...
In what would be seen as an effort to compel the Speaker of the House of Representative, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal to give
View Article“As I speak, there is nothing from the minister”: The Reps are at a loss over...
In the latest update to the investigation by the House of Representatives into the alleged N10bn the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani
View Article“Boko Haram should not test the Nigerian Armed Forces”– Senate President says...
Senate President, David Mark worshipped at the St. Patrick Catholic Church, Asaba on Sunday, and he was angry. He warned Boko Haram against
View Article“We can summon Allison-Madueke 1000 times”– House of Reps react to...
Remember the #PresidentialMediaChat where President Goodluck Jonathan said that the National Assembly was conducting politicised probes and that his petroleum resources minister, Diezani
View ArticleExtend it: Mr President writes the Senate to approve extension of...
President Goodluck Jonathan has asked the Senate to approve the extension of the state of emergency in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states.
View Article#EmergencyRule: Northern senators plan political stinker in the President’s...
The Senate and the House of Representatives have invited service chiefs and the Inspector-General of Police to appear before them for a
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