Tag: senate
Jonathan to reshuffle cabinet, only 4 current ministers may remain
by ‘Jola Sotubo The impending cabinet reshuffle by President Goodluck Jonathan, a continuation of what was started last year, will ...
Mass defection: 27 out of 30 PDP lawmakers decamp to APC in Sokoto
by Oke Efagene A majority of members of the Sokoto State House of Assembly, have defected to the All Progressives ...
The Princess Diaries: How Stella Oduah got away with everything (YNaija Long Read)
by Wole Olabanji The crowd in the terminal is as thick as toothbrush bristles, total strangers packed so tightly that ...
Resign now or face humiliation – Sheikh Gumi warns Jonathan
by Akintomiwa Agbaje Sheik Ahmad Abubakar Gumi, an influential Islamic scholar, has warned President Goodluck Jonathan to honourably resign his duty ...
Senate fails to quiz Oduah on N255 million car scandal
by Akintomiwa Agbaje Stella Oduah’s explanation on the ill-fated crash on October 3 involving a 23-year-old aircraft belonging to the Associated ...
‘It was meant to curb scammers’ – Senate withdraws bill to imprison social media critics
by Adeola Balogun A controversial bill, which provided a 7-year-jail term to punish “social media critics”, has been withdrawn by ...
Mark Amaza: Why the #SocialMediaBill is worrisome
by Mark Amaza Early this morning, news broke that a public hearing had been held by the Senate on a ...
Senate quizzes FCT Minister over N640 million NYSC camp renovation
by Akintomiwa Agbaje The probe on the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory by the Senate Ad-hoc Committee on the ...
Unholy ministration: Pastor docked for engaging in ‘homosexual acts’ with church member
by Adeola Balogun A man said to be a pastor in Edo has been docked after allegations were made that ...
2 boys arraigned for having gay sex in church
by ‘Jola Sotubo Two men who allegedly had sexual intercourse inside a church building will be arraigned today in Osun. ...
Stella Oduah is a lucky woman: Senate makes u-turn, cancels meeting with her [DETAILS]
The Senate Thursday made a U-turn from its initial resolution on the Aviation Minister, Princess Stella Oduah to appear before ...
Opinion: Ngige has received money to build mosque in Awka, convert Anambrarians
by Okike Ozoemena Senator Chris Ngige, APC candidate in the coming gubernatorial election in Anambra State has allegedly received a ...
Done deal: Senate approves extension of emergency rule
by ‘Jola Sotubo The request made by President Goodluck Jonathan to the Nigerian Senate to enable the extension of the ...
Duro Onabule: Stella Oduah is not worse than Obasanjo
by Duro Onabule The proof was the Senate probe of the Petroleum Training Development Fund (PTDF) during the Obasanjo administration. ...
ASUU ‘wants N1.5 trillion’ to end strike – Senate reveals
The Senate on Wednesday said that the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) wants N1.5 trillion to ...
Opinion: Letter to the Senate on Internet monitoring
by Adeolu Ademoyo So there is something intensely immoral in the Nigerian presidency’s publicly stated position on the country’s security, ...
Supporters of arrested kidnap kingpin go haywire, attack monarchs and PDP chieftain in Delta
by ‘Jola Sotubo Despite the heavy security presence in the area, a new wave of violence yesterday swept over the ...
Alkasim Abdulkadir: #OurNASS – Who will pay the hardship allowance of 112 million poor Nigerians? (Y! FrontPage)
by Alkasim Abdulkadir The protest is not just about the National Assembly it is a metaphor for the sky rocketing ...
UK visa bond: Senate drops motion to condemn proposed policy
by Oge Okonkwo The Senate yesterday reportedly rejected the motion to condemn the proposed introduction of £3,000 visa bond by Britain ...
Mina Ogbanga: Facing the crux of the matter – Who are we up against? (Y! FrontPage)
by Mina Ogbanga Then let’s start by facing the crux of the matter and also remember that “Those whose ...
Salihu Tanko Yakasai: Local government autonomy – Let’s scrap the Senate (Y! Politico)
by Salihu Tanko Yakasai The Governors and their collaborators in the senate hide behind “corruption” to not grant these local ...
Ochereome Nnanna: Why we need an entirely new Constitution
by Ochereome Nnanna We are in this constitutional mess because the military bequeathed a document that is simply unviable, inchoate ...
Enyinnaya Abaribe: The Senate did not vote on marriage age
by Enyinnaya Abaribe At no time was marriage as a section of the constitution discussed or voted for. The Senate ...
“There is a lack of ownership of the 1999 Constitution” – Oby Ezekwesili addresses the #ChildNotBride debate (TWEETS)
by Isi Esene Former World Bank Vice President, Oby Ezekwesili has lent her voice to the growing number of Nigerians ...
Opinion: Meet Sani Yerima, the libidinous senator
by Bayo Oluwasanmi What type of people do we elect to run the affairs of our country? What do you ...
Opinion: A brief legal perusal of the child marriage campaign
by Oluwatosin Falaiye I believe a large part of the raging debate lies is who exactly the law would construe ...
Opinion: The Child-Not-Bride campaign – A representation of our collective ignorance
by Habeeb Kolade The Child-Not-Bride campaign was uncalled for and insightfully a representation of our collective ignorance of the law ...
YNaija Ombudsman: Why we align ourselves with the #ChildNotBride campaign
by Editorial Board After the initial burst of emotions and passion following the Senate’s constitutional amendments last week, a counter-movement ...
Naomi Lucas: What’s all this noise about the girl child?
by Naomi Lucas Last week Nigeria’s Senate Constitution Review Committee proposed the deletion of Section 29, Subsection 4b of our ...
Cheta Nwanze: I am sick and tired of ignorant people with BlackBerrys (Y! FrontPage)
by Cheta Nwanze Changing that discussion requires actually going to the National Assembly and putting the issue on the table. Until we ...
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