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The Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on National Assembly Matters, Senator Ita Enang, says the presidency is not contemplating and will not be a party to anything that will destabilise the National Assembly. The presidential aide said this on Monday, in reaction to...

State legislators to get N50m each against Ortom, Tambuwal, others The immediate past Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progresives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has accused the presidency and the leadership of the APC of a plot to induce its Senators, House of...

A source in the Peoples Democratic Party has confirmed that the Minority Leader of the Senate , Senator Godswill Akpabio , is considering leaving the party . Some media organisations (not PUNCH) had reported on Friday that Akpabio met with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in Aso Rock for two hours...

Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu fell ill on Tuesday during interrogation by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), it was learnt yesterday. He was being grilled over his numerous assets in Nigeria, United Kingdom, United States and United Arab Emirates (UAE)...

A Court of Appeal in Abuja has upheld the powers of the National Assembly to make laws including the Bill amending election sequence. The appellate court also dismissed the judgement of a Federal High Court in Abuja, which on April 25 stopped the National Assembly from overiding the assent of...

Senate President Bukola Saraki hurriedly announced his defection from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday evening because he was about to be expelled from the party, it has been revealed. SaharaReporters was gathered that an emergency meeting of...

A presidency source told Daily Independent that the move was being considered in view of the suspicion that Senate President Bukola Saraki may have taken the decision for a long adjournment for “selfish reasons”. Daily Independent gathered that the plot to have the Senate summarily reconvened...

The Senator representing Kwara South in the National Assembly, Rafiu Ibrahim, has said that the security agents who besieged the residences of Senate President Bukola Saraki and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu were capable of killing them. Senator Ibrahim, who spoke with Punch, was among the...

Interesting details emerged at the weekend on how the rapprochement between President Muhammadu Buhari and Senate President Bukola Saraki penultimate Thursday collapsed, just a few days after. The truce meeting at Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja, had in the attendance Vice-President Yemi...

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his total commitment to the values of democracy, freedom of choice as well as willingness to work with all members of the National Assembly, irrespective of their political party. READ MORE HERE

The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday relayed his experience in the hands of security operatives, who laid siege to his house, to his colleagues. Security agencies early Tuesday morning laid siege on the homes of Mr Saraki and Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu in Abuja. READ...

36 members of the House of Representatives have defected from APC. 32 of the lawmakers defected to PDP while four defected to the African Democratic Congress (ADC). Announcing their defection on during plenary this afternoon, the lawmakers cited division at all levels of the APC as the reason...

It was a mild drama this morning at the entrance of the House of Representatives as members of the green chamber were seen chanting the names of Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, alongside that of the Deputy Minority Leader, Chukwuka Onyema (PDP, Anambra). READ MORE HERE

The Senate has adjourned it’s plenary for two months. The adjournment follows recent attacks on the leadership of the Senate. Senate President Bukola Saraki made the announcement on Tuesday. The adjournment is part of the prayers of a motion on the siege on Mr Saraki and his deputy, Ike...

Senator Dino Melaye, former Governor of Kano, Rabiu Kwankwaso and 13 other Senators from the All Progressives Congress (APC) have defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The Senate President, Bukola Saraki made the announcement on Tuesday during plenary. READ MORE HERE