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The Legislative Blog
August 11, 2017

[The Legislative Blog]: Kwara lawmakers just found another way of wasting taxpayers’ money

At their session on Friday, members of the Kwara state House of Assembly resolved that the best way to curb the spate of kidnappings and ritual killings in the state is to set up what they call “an anti-ritualist security outfit”. They said the outfit would carry out duties including but not limited to, “community... Read More
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August 9, 2017

[The Legislative Blog]: Kwara govt backs Saraki, says he returned pension payments

The Kwara state government has stepped in to corroborate Senate President Bukola Saraki’s claims regarding pension payment from the state after his two-term tenure as governor. In a press release by the Secretary to Kwara government, Alhaji Sola Isiaka Gold, “The said pension has been duly remitted to his account, like other former Governors’, since... Read More
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August 7, 2017

[The Legislative Blog]: Our Reps just received 200 Peugeot cars but they still claim they’re suffering

“More than two years into a four-year tenure, only 175 members have been supplied the cars. Others are still paying from their pockets to work and the suffering continues. Members are tired and they can no longer keep calm. It was learned that the hiccups were caused by what the House later discovered to be... Read More
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August 3, 2017

[The Legislative Blog]: Here’s how Saraki got the Senate to achieve its “unprecedented success”

It is no longer news that the 8th Senate under the leadership of Senate President Bukola Saraki has achieved feats that surpass its antecedents. The Senate can boast of passing 125 bills in the first half of its tenure, kickstarting the constitutional amendment process, among other things. In a recent interview, Saraki shared the secret... Read More
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July 30, 2017

[The Legislative Blog]: Senator Shehu Sani attacked by “police-led thugs” during press briefing in Kaduna

Senator Shehu Sani, representing Kaduna Central in the upper chamber, has been attacked alongside another Kaduna Senator, Suleiman Hunkuyi. The two senators and other politicians including three Reps members were said to have fled for their lives after a mob launched an attack on them while they held a press briefing in Kaduna. In a... Read More
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July 26, 2017

[The Legislative Blog]: Calm down everyone! Here’s what the Senate actually means by ‘immunity for legislators’

The Senate must have caught wind of the immediate backlash that followed the legislative immunity granted to its members at today’s constitution review. When the Senate Twitter handle shared the information below earlier, Nigerians raised dust and even we were not left out. But the Senate has provided clarification stating that “acts in course of... Read More
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July 26, 2017

[The Legislative Blog]: Who are the 10 senators that voted against the #NotTooYoungToRun bill?

The Nigerian Senate is currently in the process of making amendments to the nation’s constitution. With 97 senators in attendance and 33 bills to be considered, many Nigerians paid peculiar attention to the #NotTooYoungToRun bill that aims to reduce the age qualification for political offices. At the review session today, we found as the Senate... Read More
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July 24, 2017

[The Legislative Blog]: What we know about the National Assembly’s new approach to effective healthcare delivery

Senate President, Bukola Saraki today attended the launch of the Legislative Network for Universal Health Coverage. The event which was also attended by the Health Minister, Professor Folorunsho Adewole jumped at us as strange on first sight, so we did some digging and here’s what we found. First thing to know is that, as the name... Read More
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July 22, 2017

[The Legislative Blog]: Senate clarifies status of #NotTooYoungToRun bill

The Nigerian Senate has risen to the occasion and has followed the footsteps of the lower chamber in offering an explanation for the status of the Not too Young to Run bill that was allegedly removed from the Constitution Amendment Report. Following reports making rounds that the bill had been dropped, over 50 youth organisations... Read More
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July 19, 2017

[The Legislative Blog]: Senate passes Whistleblower Protection Bill – 5 things you should know

The Nigerian Senate has just passed a bill that seeks to protect those who expose corrupt practices in government – otherwise known as whistleblowers. Senate President, Bukola Saraki shared the information via Twitter hours ago stating that the Senate will remain committed in the fight against corruption. He had earlier promised at the event of... Read More
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July 19, 2017

[The Legislative Blog]: Here’s how Senator Shehu Sani is solving power outage problems in his constituency

While another Senator was busy tweeting about other countries providing 24-hour electricity to their citizens, Senator Shehu Sani was taking steps towards providing solutions to power problems in his constituency. The Senator representing Kaduna Central in the upper chamber shared photos from his meeting with the Managing Director of the Transmission Company of Nigeria following... Read More
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July 17, 2017

[The Legislative Blog]: Senator Dino Melaye is all swagged up in this photo but haters won’t let him be

We’re tempted to say you Nigerians are too mean but when it comes to Dino Melaye, “mean” is not even a word. So the Senator is facing arguably the hardest time in his political career with several assassination attempts on his life and a move to recall him from the Senate, then he shares a... Read More
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July 15, 2017

[The Legislative Blog]: If these three conditions are met, Senate will end its rift with the presidency

That there’s friction between the legislative and executive arms of the government is no longer news. The bulk of the disagreement between the Senate and the presidency has been over the nomination of Ibrahim Magu as Chairman of anti-graft agency, EFCC. Since Acting President Yemi Osinbajo called the Senate’s bluff on Magu stating that the... Read More
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July 14, 2017

[The Legislative Blog]: Sokoto Reps member, Abdullahi Wamakko is dead

by Tolu Omoyeni and Omoleye Omoruyi   Abdullahi Wamakko, representing Kware/Wamakko federal constituency in the lower chamber, has passed on at the age of 50. Wamakko reportedly died in Abuja on Friday after a brief illness. He was last seen at the National Assembly on Monday. The Chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Abdulrazak Namdas,... Read More
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July 14, 2017

[The Legislative Blog]: Your MCM, Bukola Saraki donated one bus to disabled people and he’s not ashamed to flaunt it

One bus! One 15-seater Toyota bus to the Foundation of People Living with Disabilities in Niger Delta. While we can think of a million other ways these people can be empowered, our dear Senate President took to all his social media pages to cheer himself and his eighth Senate for providing one bus. One f__king... Read More
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July 12, 2017

[The Legislative Blog] Senator Murray-Bruce has a word of caution for the PDP following the Supreme Court’s ruling

Senator Ben Murray-Bruce representing Bayelsa East senatorial district has urged the Peoples Democratic Party to come together in unity following the ruling of the Supreme Court declaring Senator Ahmed Makarfi as its authentic chairman. Early Wednesday, the country’s apex court sacked Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, saying Makarfi was the authentic chairman. In a statement released moments after the... Read More
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July 11, 2017

[The Legislative Blog]: “I am not fighting anybody” – Fashola clears the air on feud with National Assembly

Minister for Works, Power and Housing, Babatunde Fashola has told Nigerians not to misinterpret his recent dispute with the House of Representatives as personal . He told newsmen in Abuja today, “let me make it very clear that many of the Senators and honourable members are my personal friends; so, you don’t fight your friends.”... Read More
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July 11, 2017

[The Legislative Blog]: Before we get caught in excitement over Senator Adeleke’s dance moves…

Yes, we’re #TeamSpoilSport and unashamedly so. There’s no doubt that we’re as pumped as the rest of you about the dance video of newly-elected Osun west Senator, Ademola Adeleke. Although we can’t completely make out what song he was grooving to, one thing is for sure, Davido wasn’t lying about the claims he made about... Read More
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July 9, 2017

[The Legislative Blog]: These Twitter users’ replies to Sen Murray-Bruce’s common sense post give us joy

We didn’t want to be the ones to tell Senator Ben Murray-Bruce that this Twitter gra gra is not his real job. You can’t be forming sense-full, oversabi on Twitter and turning Silento on the House floor. While we consciously avoided the topic, other Nigerians stepped in, dragged Senator Bruce to the center stage and served him... Read More
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July 8, 2017

[The Legislative Blog]: A rare photo of Hon Dogara kneeling before the “grandfather of corruption”

Let’s take you on a quick trip down memory lane. In November 2016, members of the House of Representatives were mad at former President Olusegun Obasanjo for alleging that its leadership was corrupt so they put him on full blast: “The list of Obasanjo’s corrupt acts while in office is endless. Unquestionably, he is the... Read More
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July 7, 2017

[The Legislative Blog]: If Jibrin were Osinbajo, he would have arrested Saraki and Abaribe

There’s tension in Nigeria’s political space. The Executive is at loggerheads with the Legislature over issues that range from the Acting President calling the Senate’s bluff as regards nominee approval to Babatunde Fashola‘s verbal exchange with the House over his ministry’s 2017 budget allocation. The most intense scene of the political drama has to be... Read More
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July 6, 2017

[The Legislative Blog]: What a shame! Dino Melaye is not going home afterall

Thank You Jesus. Status quo should be maintained says Federal High Court Abuja on the fake recall case. Yahaya Bello is a loser. — Senator Dino Melaye. (SDM) (@_dinomelaye) July 6, 2017 It looks like it’s finally over and Senator Dino Melaye has the last laugh. According to a tweet he shared hours ago, the... Read More
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July 5, 2017

[The Legislative Blog]: “It’s fake news” | Saraki denies alleged attempt to “create fuel scarcity against Osinbajo”

It’s sad to admit but we are in the era of fake news. So, yesterday when online news medium, Sahara Reporters published a flash news accusing Senate President Bukola Saraki and a cabal of an attempt to sabotage the government, we almost laughed it away. Sahara Reporters said the Senate President and co had met... Read More
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July 5, 2017

[The Legislative Blog]: Saraki will step into power and yesterday was only the dress rehearsal

While Nigeria’s Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo was away in Ethiopia yesterday, the members of the upper legislative chamber had a field day. In what has been described by Nigerians as a “coup attempt”, the Senator representing Abia South, Enyinnaya Abaribe raised an order signifying a vacuum in government. “I simply want to bring to the... Read More
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July 4, 2017

[The Legislative Blog]: This Yobe Senator caught with two women should be flogged in public

“We have enough issues on our hands to begin to discuss a Senator with illicit affairs“, Lagos-based lawyer, Liborous Oshoma said to Premium Times in an interview on the scandalous video of Senator Bukar Ibrahim that emerged on Sunday. The man is right! A Nigerian senator (grown man by the way) trying to satisfy his... Read More
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June 29, 2017

[The Legislative Blog]: Someone finally confirms Dino Melaye’s theory about his fake recall

The ongoing power play between embattled Senator Dino Melaye and Kogi state governor, Yahaya Bello has seen a number of interesting twists and turn since the alleged move to recall Melaye from the Senate became a major topic. We’ve seen photo proof of his constituents setting off the recall process by queueing to append signatures... Read More
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June 24, 2017

[The Legislative Blog]: We’re rolling our eyes at Hon Jibrin’s Saturday morning ass-kissing

It was the type of moment where you’d tell your mate or acquaintance “Oga, post and go” but if you’ve followed suspended lawmaker Hon Abdulmumin Jibrin on Twitter since he became the budget padding ambassador, you’d know he’s one of the proverbial Twitter tailors who invented threads (if you know, you know). One or two... Read More
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June 23, 2017

[The Legislative Blog]: “FG’s appeal is an exercise in futility” | Five things we learned from Saraki’s rant today

Following Senate President Bukola Saraki’s acquittal at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, the Federal Government’s early reaction was one of relentlessness. “Our head is bruised but it is unbowed” were the words of the Special Assistant to the President on prosecution, Okoi Obono-Obla and they did follow through with an 11-ground notice of appeal. The... Read More
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