Category: The Legislative Blog
[The Legislative Blog]: Did Senator Murray-Bruce and Minister Amaechi bury the hatchet?
Well, that’s what it looks like. Last we heard of both of them as an item, they were in a ...
[The Legislative Blog]: Saraki and Utazi are now trying to confuse us over this anti-corruption speech, abi?
So these people must think we’re babies. Chairman of the Senate Committee on Anti-corruption, Senator Chukwuka Utazi has just come ...
[The Legislative Blog]: Hon Dogara spoke at the Wives of Reps members retreat and these responses sum up our thoughts
After our rant earlier today, the House of Reps Members Wives Association retreat held in Abuja as scheduled. It’s not ...
[The Legislative Blog]: There’s a House of Reps’ Members Wives Association and they’re holding a retreat today? Wawuu
We’ve come to the realisation that there is plenty of nonsense going on at the top of the political ladder ...
[The Legislative Blog]: Senator Dino Melaye has absolutely no chill for Kogi’s Gov. Bello
It is no longer news that there is no love lost between the Kogi state governor, Yahaya Bello and the ...
[The Legislative Blog]: Is Senator Shehu Sani throwing shade?
It’s this tweet that has us asking questions. Some are fervently praying;Some are ferociously preying. — Senator Shehu Sani (@ShehuSani) ...
[The Legislative Blog]: Like PINE, like PCNI…presidency budgets N60m for grass clearing in North East
While we’re still very much on the matter of the N200million grass-clearing contract awarded by the Presidential Initiative for the ...
[The Legislative Blog]: Guess who’s back? Hon Jibrin rallies support for Acting President Osinbajo
Did anyone miss Hon Abdulmumin Jibrin’s numbered tweets? Sure did! After his Twitter hiatus that was followed by a few ...
[The Legislative Blog]: Senator Murray-Bruce reacts to Sheriff’s emergence as PDP Chairman
Unlike the PDP governors who have vowed not to cooperate with the party’s newly-restored Chairman, Ali Modu Sheriff, Senator Ben ...
[The Legislative Blog]: Apostle Dino Melaye wants us to call a crusade on the 2017 budget
A gathering of saints filled with the Spirit, loaded with their bottles of anointing oil, power-filled handkerchiefs, blemish-free white garments, ...
[The Legislative Blog]: Nothing but joy and Twinings as President Buhari receives Saraki, Dogara in London
The leaders of the Nigerian Natioanl Assembly flew out to London on Wednesday morning to visit President Muhammadu Buhari. Senate ...
[The Legislative Blog]: Did the Senate just uncover padding in the 2017 budget?
First of all, it comes as no surprise that this irregularity was found in the budget proposal of the Ministry ...
[The Legislative Blog]: Is the Senate trying to lie to us or is it the presidency that is confused?
There seems to be some sort of confusion with the information provided by the Nigerian Senate’s Twitter account over the ...
[The Legislative Blog]: Who got paid to print this National Assembly budget hearing banner?
While many of you may have all your attention on the speeches and deliberations at today’s public hearing of the ...
[The Legislative Blog]: ‘We hope to increase the efficiency of the government’ – Senator Bukola Saraki
The 3-day joint hearing of the Nigerian Senate and the House of Representatives on the 2017 National Budget kicked off ...
[The Legislative Blog]: Hon Dogara’s full speech at the public hearing of the 2017 National Budget
The National Assembly is holding a public hearing on the 2017 National Budget today and it has invited ministries and ...
[The Legislative Blog]: How South African lawmakers denounced President Zuma as “rotten to the core” (WATCH)
We’ve had more than a fair share of brawls in Nigeria’s National Assembly in the past but we are yet ...
[The Legislative Blog]: So, who’s next in line for this presidential phone call?
We’ve been watching with passive amusement as some of the top government officials fall over themselves to inform us of ...
[The Legislative Blog]: The day power failed the powerful
Some news sites had the prefix “Breaking”, others had “Just In” while a few others just simply reported it without ...
[The Legislative Blog]: Has Senator Murray-Bruce seen his Twitter timeline recently?
We’re completely appalled by how low Senator Ben Murray-Bruce has gone with his Twitter account. When did it become okay ...
[The Legislative Blog]: The president will be away for a while, so what now National Assembly?
The National Assembly received a statement from the Presidency today informing them of President Buhari’s desire to extend his 10-day ...
[The Legislative Blog]: Saraki meets road transport workers
Senate President Bukola Saraki received the National Executive Committee of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) in Abuja on ...
[The Legislative Blog]: 5 things Osinbajo, Saraki and Dogara may have discussed at today’s meeting
Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo has received Senate President, Bukola Saraki and House of Representatives speaker, Yakubu Dogara at the Presidential ...
[The Legislative Blog]: Extra N5 on all fuel prices? Reps determined to frustrate Nigerians?
“If the House of Representatives signs the current National Roads Fund bill into law, Nigerians may pay additional N5 for petroleum ...
[The Legislative Blog]: Zimbabwean legislators want a refund from the football team for failing at AFCON
When you read about Zimbabwe on the news, you’d think the President, Robert Mugabe who recently announced he will run ...
[The Legislative Blog]: Has Senator Ali Ndume gotten his groove back?
Senate President Bukola Saraki today announced the reshuffling of the leadership of some of the Senate committees and Senator Ali ...
[The Legislative Blog]: Reps debate on bill for media coverage of court proceedings
The House of Representatives today considered a bill that will allow for the media to cover court proceedings as they ...
[The Legislative Blog]: It’s the fake photos of Southern Kaduna killings that concern Senator Dino Melaye
Yesterday at plenary session, Senator Dino Melaye raised a point of order on what he calls a “cyber space attack ...
[The Legislative Blog]: Where did Magu’s renomination letter come from?
News making rounds this morning have it that the Senate President, Bukola Saraki will be reading a renomination letter for ...
[The Legislative Blog]: Has Hon Jibrin given up on this fight against corruption?
Anyone noticed Hon Abdulmumin Jibrin, Nigeria’s top whistleblower, has been silent for a over a week now? Well, we did ...
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