•Barau Jibrin The Deputy Senate President, Jibrin Barau, has warned that politicisation and weaponisation of legislative oversight undermine public trust and weaken democratic institutions. Barau gave the warning yesterday while delivering a lecture at the 2026 convocation ceremony of Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, Kwara State, in a lecture tit...
•Deputy Senate President Barau Jibrin and Governor Abba Yusuf The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau I. Jibrin, has urged Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State to refrain from politicising the challenges of insecurity and instead focus on addressing the numerous problems bedevilling the state under his watch. Responding to the all...
•Late Nelda Mohammed, Hajia Laila Barau and Unoma Akpabio Wives of Nigerian senators, have commiserated with one of their members Hajia Laila Barau, over the death of her mother, Mrs Nelda Mohammed, describing it as an “irreplaceable loss.” A condolence message signed by the President, Senators Wives Association of Nigeria (SEWAN) ...
•Barau and Ganduje The 2023 vice presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Yusuf Buhari, alongside the party’s Kano State governorship candidate, Bala Mohammed Gwagwarawa, as well as members of the Kano State Working Committee (SWC) and 38 local government chairmen and secretaries yesterday dumped the party for the All Progr...
•Deputy Senate President Jibrin Barau For northern politicians, accusations of acting against “northern interest” can be politically perilous. This is the charge the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau Jibrin, has been battling since the controversy over the tax reform bills caused an uproar in the Senate. Last Tuesday, Senator Barau...

