[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

The Legislative Blog

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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

The Legislative Blog

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May 16, 2017

Senate shuts down Vanguard newspaper’s misleading headline; but was it necessary?

by Tolu O. There’s something the Senate probably did not know about local newspaper, The Vanguard. Quick note to @ngrsenate: the online news site has a history of running stories that hardly correlate with the click bait headlines. We understand that the competition for page clicks is stiff and news sites are struggling to make... Read More

The Legislative Blog, Thinking Through

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July 29, 2013

Enyinnaya Abaribe: The Senate did not vote on marriage age

by Enyinnaya Abaribe At no time was marriage as a section of the constitution discussed or voted for. The Senate last week voted on the report of its constitutional review committee and at the end of it all, it once again achieved a milestone in altering the 1999 constitution to bring the document in line... Read More

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