LEGISLATURE

Detained governorship aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State, Farah Dagogo yesterday spent his 50th night behind bars. Dagogo, who is also the member representing Degema/Bonny Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, was arrested on April…

Senator representing Kogi West in the Senate, Smart Adeyemi, has said that the recent party primaries have unearthed irregularities in the Electoral Act 2022 Senator Adeyemi stated this while briefing newsmen at the National Assembly complex in Abuja on how he lost the…

The lawmaker representing Yagba East/West/Mopamuro constituency at the House of Representatives, Hon Leke Abejide on Thursday had a screenshot of his monthly salary displayed on a Channels Television live program. According to the screenshot, which was broadcast on Sunrise Daily, Abejide earns about…

The Senate yesterday directed the Federal Ministry of Justice to prosecute any official of the Correctional Service found complicit in the unlawful incarceration of minors in the country. It also directed its Committees on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters and Interior…

The House of representatives has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to extend the voters registration deadline by an extra 60 (sixty) days from June 30, 2022, to enable Nigerians register. The House also mandated its Committee on Electoral Matters to…

The House of Representatives on Wednesday called on the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPC) to as a matter of urgency put out the inferno at the premises of Caritas University, Amorji Nike in Enugu State. The House also called on NNPC and…

The National Assembly workers on Tuesday called off their one-week strike over the non-payment of outstanding national minimum wage and implementation of revised conditions of service. Addressing the workers during the congress held at the main entrance leading to the National Assembly…

Rep Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker, House of Representatives, has rued the delegate system used in conducting political parties’ primary elections to elect candidates to fly the flag of their respective parties. Gbajabiamila said this at the resumption of plenary on Tuesday in Abuja. He…

The Senate has resolved to honour Ejiro Otarigho, the brave tanker driver, who drove a burning tanker from a danger zone to avert a tragic fire incident in Agbarho, Delta State. It also recommended Ejiro to President Muhammadu Buhari for National Honours. This followed…

The Senate on Tuesday, resumed plenary after five-week recess. The Senate had on May 11, embarked on recess to enable lawmakers participate in the political parties primaries for 2023 poll. In his welcome address, President of the Senate Ahmad Lawan, consoled himself and…