Legislators

[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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Immunity for legislators: Is the Senate taking Nigerians for a ride?

The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday voted on some bills in line with attempts to review the nation’s Constitution. The voting which was done electronically saw the red chamber vote for a 35 percent representation of women in political appointments (good stuff). In its usual manner of being self-serving, the upper legislative chamber decided it was... Read More

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February 16, 2017

Sen. Bukola Saraki slips to number 10 on the latest YNaija Effectiveness Ranking for senators

The latest YNaija Effectiveness Ranking sees Senate President Bukola Saraki slip out of the top 10. Senator Saraki occupied the number 2 spot in our last ranking but the past week has seen him take a hit in the form of the Federal Government increasing the charges being brought against him for his false asset declaration... Read More

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February 10, 2017

[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 to see a massive opposition protest against a sitting president like what the case was in South Africa’s parliament on Thursday. South African President, Jacob Zuma was to deliver a keynote speech at the Parliament... Read More

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January 28, 2017

[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 in the country’s presidential election in 2018 at age 94 and his wife who has declared herself President after her husband, are the only ones who are delusional or close to it. But the legislators... Read More

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January 26, 2017

Sen. Bukola Saraki rises to the number 2 spot on the YNaija Effectiveness Ranking for senators

The YNaija Effectiveness Ranking for senators comes up this week with a lot of movement noticed on the first half of the list. It is an upward climb for Senators, Bukola Saraki, Dino Melaye, Shehu Sani and more, while Godswill Akpabio, the former governor of Akwa Ibom suffered a seven-point slide from 11th position to... Read More

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Lagos-Calabar rail project: NASS remain divided as Southern Senators reject budget

Following the heat generated from the alleged re-padding of the 2016 budget, Senators from the Southern part of the country have urged President Muhammadu Buhari not to assent to the bill unless the Lagos-Calabar rail project is included by the Appropriation Committees of both chambers of the National Assembly. The Presidency had returned the budget... Read More

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January 27, 2016

Obasanjo blasts legislators in letter to the Senate (READ)

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has sent a letter to the leadership of the National Assembly. According to The Cable, the letter dated January 13, 2016 addressed to Senate President Bukola Saraki and House Speaker Yakubu Dogara bashed the lawmakers for being ‘insensitive’ as they planned to buy cars for themselves despite the economic crunch in... Read More

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August 25, 2015

Senators and reps want to get the SAN title too

Some federal and state lawmakers who are lawyers want to get the Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) title too. Senator Ita Enang said at a recent lawyers’ forum for lawmakers that they lawyers qualify to be SAN since they make laws. He said, “It is an insult not to make legislature lawyers SANs. They make laws... Read More

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Bayo Oluwasanmi: Nigeria is a nation of horror show

by Bayo Oluwasanmi Our legislators are not disturbed that the youth are unprepared for the technocracy of modern economy. The young ones are being taught by the example of the political leaders that the only viable economic base in the country is the multi-billion Naira corruption trade. Nigeria has become a scam. It has lost... Read More

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February 1, 2014

Hannatu Musawa: My encounter with a 2-year-old raped by a police corporal

Hannatu Musawa There is no doubt that the institutions that are meant to protect women from rape have failed in their duty. Particularly, a major way the Nigerian government is failing curbing this terrible abnormality is in the several federal, state, Sharia, and customary law definitions given to rape, which makes it rather ambiguous. Some... Read More

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January 21, 2014

‘Story story, STORY!!!’: Top 10 reactions to US threat to sanction Nigeria

by Tutu Akinlabi The recent signing into law of a bill criminalizing homosexuality by President Goodluck Jonathan has attracted criticism from all over the world. Rumours have filtered about plans by the United States of America to place sanctions on Nigeria and reduce aid due to the discriminatory law. Nigerians have reacted to news of... Read More

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January 19, 2014

Canada cancels Jonathan’s state visit over anti-gay law (Report)

by ‘Jola Sotubo The recent law against homosexuals signed by President Goodluck Jonathan has continued to generate criticisms all around the world. Gay rights activists, human rights activists and even entire nations have voiced out their concern at the harsh law. Canada, on the other hand, may have decided to do more than just talking.... Read More

January 18, 2014

WATCH: Gay rights activist, Bisi Alimi speaks to Amanpour on CNN

by ‘Jola Sotubo The controversial law criminalizing homosexuality and all its attendant acts which was recently signed in Nigeria has been generating controversy worldwide. Many Nigerians believe the law is in order, while a few disagree, however, the bulk of the international community is of the opinion that the law is unduly harsh and discriminatory.... Read More

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January 18, 2014

Gay Nigerian pastor relocates church to the UK

by ‘Jola Sotubo Amid a wave of reprisals recorded against homosexuals in the country following the presidential signing of a law criminalizing the act, it has been discovered that a popular self-acclaimed gay pastor, formerly resident in Lagos, may have fled the country. The preacher, known simply as Reverend Rowland, shot to the limelight a... Read More

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December 22, 2013

So true, so false: 40 more PDP legislators ‘set to decamp to the APC’

by ‘Jola Sotubo The exodus being witnessed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is apparently still to continue as reports have it that even more of the party’s lawmakers intend to move to rival All Progressives Congress. Only recently, 37 PDP legislators defected to the APC following the footsteps of 5 aggrieved governors who started... Read More

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November 21, 2013

Reps move to legalize foreign accounts for president, govs, others

by Adeola Balogun The Nigerian House of Representatives is preparing to pass a law which will allow the president, the vice president and state governors among others to legally run foreign bank accounts. The law will be an amendment to the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act of 2004 which prohibits the ownership of... Read More

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November 2, 2013

Court of Appeal orders 10 Katsina legislators to vacate seats

by ‘Jola Sotubo The tenures of some legislators in Katsina State have been forcefully terminated after the Court of Appeal in Abuja declared that they had held the positions wrongfully. The sack order affected two Senators and eight House of Representatives members from the state, who filled the legislative positions after the Independent National Electoral... Read More

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August 28, 2013

Opinion: Who is afraid of Dr. Ezekwesili?

by Bayo Oluwasanmi We should salute Dr. Ezekwesili for having the courage and determination and look power in the eye and ask why and how. People power! It is the most underutilized weapon in the arsenal of oppressed Nigerians. People power – ask the Egyptians and they would tell you how potent and pungent is... Read More

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Temie Giwa: 2015 – Who will bell the legislators? (Y! FrontPage)

In order to get 2015 right, a shift in perspective is required for us to slightly move away from our historical obsession with the Executive branch of government, and towards the people’s representative. Nigeria is behind. The signs and indicators that Nigeria is behind and that we have all failed each other are endless. Unfortunately,... Read More

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January 10, 2013

Opinion: Welcome to the synagogue of thieves

by Bayo Oluwasanmi Agreed, the president is known for his crass incompetence, criminal negligence, and astonishing cluelessness. What about the assembly members who are supposed to represent the interest of their various constituencies? Albert Camus yearned for a country that an honorable man could love and love justice too. Majority of Nigerians are convinced that... Read More

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November 24, 2012

Dele Momodu: Time to build a modern Nigeria (Part IV)

I have watched, and listened to, our President. He speaks like someone who really wants to succeed but lacks the courage to fight the cankerworm that made others before him to fail. Fellow Nigerians, please permit me to thank all those who have responded to this serialised analysis of what we need to do as... Read More

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November 23, 2012

Opinion: Nigerian gays: Victims of ‘scapegoatism’

by Joseph Sewedo Akoro Nigerian oil is a curse in disguise for promoter of LGBT rights. I say this because countries like the U.S. and France will not sacrifice the Nigerian oil for homosexual issues. Nigeria homosexuals are unfortunately victims of ‘scapegoatism’ in their own country. The legislators who have suffered lot of bashing on... Read More

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Nigerians protest bitterly against Olympics and more…in last week’s news with a pinch of salt

by Stanley Azuakola Nigeria Is Growing THE Nigerian government would be very pleased to hear this piece of news. Attempts by various international agencies to convince Nigerians that contrary to their experience, the Nigerian economy is actually growing, has finally worked. After the latest report by Ernst & Young claimed that Nigeria was among... Read More

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SNAPSHOT: Oyo State legislators’ wives in UK for husband support training

The above picture is indeed, curious as it sounds, a group of wives of Oyo State legislators at Custom House Hotel, London. The lovely ladies are in the United Kingdom, reportedly, for special training on how best to support their husbands. Best of luck to these wonderful women as they sacrifice themselves to undertake this... Read More

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