•Tinubu, Akpabio and Abbas The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) has commenced a strategic retreat in Kano State, aimed at harmonising reports in the bid to review the remuneration packages for political, public, and judicial office holders across the country. Declaring the retreat open, the Chairman of RMAFC, Moham...
•Tinubu and ADC logo The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has strongly condemned the plan by the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) to increase the salaries of political office holders, including the President, Vice President, Senate President, governors, and other top officials. Rejecting the proposed salary increa...
•The Nigerian Senate The Senate today formally received four lawmakers who have defected from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), further strengthening the party’s hold on the upper chamber. The defectors include: Senator Ekong Samson (Akwa Ibom South), Senator Etim Bassey (Akwa Ibom Nor...
•Peter Obi and Monday Okpebholo The Labour Party caucus in the Senate has asked Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State to apologise to Nigerians over a remark in which he asked Peter Obi to get clearance from him before visiting the state. In a joint statement signed by Senators Victor Umeh, Ireti Kingibe, Ezea Okey, […]
Abubakar Malami, immediate past Attorney-General of the Federation; John Oyegun, former Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC); Ireti Kingibe, lawmaker representing Federal Capital Territory (FCT); Victor Umeh, senator representing Anambra Central, are among the politicians currently at the Shehu Musa YArÁdua Centre, Abuja, ven...
•Tonnie Iredia Former Director-General of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Professor Tonnie Iredia, has berated governors, senators, members of the House of Representatives, and other political office holders for defecting to new parties and yet hold on to the seats they won on the platforms of their original political parties. Iredia ...
•The Senate in session A group of legislative lawyers under the aegis of the Association of Legislative Drafting and Advocacy Practitioners has filed a suit before the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal, seeking to compel Nigerian senators to refund a significant portion of their salaries and allowances earned since 2023, cit...
•Abia State governor, Alex Otti The Labour Party has announced the indefinite suspension of six prominent members, including Abia State Governor Alex Otti, Senators Darlington Nwokocha and Ireti Kingibe, over alleged anti-party activities. Others suspended are Victor Afam Ogene, Amobi Ogah, and Seyi Sowumi, reports The PUNCH. The party’s Natio...
•FCT The traditional ruler of Karshi chiefdom in Abuja, His Royal Highness Alhaji Isma’ila Mohammed, has called for urgent constitutional reforms to grant the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) greater senatorial representation and additional area councils. He argued that, despite the FCT’s large population and vast landmass, its political repres...
•Audu Ogbeh Nigeria’s former Agriculture Minister Audu Ogbeh has faulted the voice vote that members of the National Assembly used to approve the emergency rule proclamation of President Bola Tinubu in Rivers State. “Ayes and nays do not give us a clear picture of the position and the moral authority of individual senators or members […...
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