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Senator Matthew Urhoghide, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), represents Edo South Senatorial District in the National Assembly. In this interview with CHUKWU DAVID, he speaks a recent ugly experience, where thugs attacked him and removed his cap at the Benin airport, for...

The Senate has said the constitution gives it power to invite the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris. The Senate insisted it acted in accordance.... Read more via Information Nigeria News – https://ift.tt/2rCCOvF Get More Nigeria Political News

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has debunked the notion that the North is against restructuring, saying a restructured Nigeria will take the country to greater heights. Addressing participants at a 3-day lecture.... Read more via Thisdaylive News – https://ift.tt/2wAV3aA Get More...

The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, on Thursday, nullified the suspension of Senator Ovie Omo-Agege by the Senate, even as it ordered his immediate.... Read more via Vanguard Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2ru0lj9 Get More Nigeria Political News

The Divisional Police Officer in the National Assembly, CSP Sulu-Gambari Abdul, has blamed the April 18th invasion of the Senate and theft of the mace by hoodlums on internal conspiracy. Abdul said this on Wednesday during an investigative hearing into the incident by a joint ad hoc committee...

Nigeria’s parliament aims to pass a long-delayed bill to overhaul the oil sector by the end of July, Senate President Bukola Saraki told Reuters. The Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), which aims to improve transparency, attract investors and stimulate growth, has been debated for more than a...

President Muhammadu Buhari and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), yesterday told a Federal High Court in Enugu that they were not opposed to the suit challenging the attempt by the National Assembly to re-order the sequence of the 2019 … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria...

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogare, has said that even if the Senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye, is pretending, he cannot pretend forever. Dogara said this while addressing State House correspondents, after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday...

The non-appearance of the of the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, the ill-treatment being meted to Senator Dino Melaye, the invasion of National Assembly by suspected thugs as well as the passage of the 2018 budget were among the issues that President … Read more via The Sun...

Three weeks after the invasion of the Nigerian Senate by hoodlums who carted away the mace, the Nigerian Police have refused to provide update on the investigation and prosecution of the perpetrators. The Police failed to respond to PREMIUM TIMES’ enquiries on the whereabouts of … Read...

The Senator representing Enugu North Senatorial Zone at the National Assembly, Sen Chukwuka Utazi has identified Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, the Governor of Enugu State, as the best man from the South East to become Nigeria’s President. Senator Utazi, who was speaking at a Civic Reception held in honour...

Kogi state governor, Yahaya Bello has finally broken his silence on the senator Dino Melaye’s arrest and recent ordeal at the hands of security operatives. Read more via INFORMATION NIGERIA – https://ift.tt/2FMw6rR -- Get More Nigeria Political News

National Assembly To guarantee food security among Nigeria’s teeming population, Emir of Argungu, Samai’la Muhammad Mera has called on the National Assembly to pass the Right to Food Bill without further hesitation. He made the call while responding to a detailed … Read more via The...

Former media aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Reuben Abati, has said that the move by the National Assembly to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari is an impossible .... Read more via Naija.ng News – https://ift.tt/2FxgHeQ Get More Nigeria Political News

Legal luminary and elder statesman, Prof. Ben Nwabueze (SAN) has written to the leadership of the National Assembly, informing them that the legislature does not have the power to summon President Muhammadu Buhari for violating the Constitution … Read more via Thisdaylive –...

The All Progressives Congress members in the National Assembly and their Peoples Democratic Party counterparts have disagreed on the possible effect of the report of the Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters looking … Read more via Punch Newspapers – https://ift.tt/2vXuxYF...

The verification exercise conducted for the purpose of recalling Mr. Dino Melaye, the senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District from the National Assembly, has been marred by discrepancies and low turnout of petitioners. The Nigerian Tribune reported that.... Read more via Sahara...

With angry members of the National Assembly allegedly collecting signatures to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari for the legislative bypass in the ongoing $496m Tucano aircrafts deal, legal practitioners insist that failure to seek approval before spending by the President … Read more via...

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday, April 25, 2018 voided Section 25 of the Electoral Act 2010 Amendment Bill 2018 by which the National Assembly sought to reorder and actually reordered the sequence of the 2019 general elections after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)...

The President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has revealed that there was ample time for President Muhammadu Buhari to seek the approval of the National Assembly for the … Read more via Thisdaylive – https://ift.tt/2r4hqPL Get More Nigeria Political News