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Tolu 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…

Oludolapo Adelana July 26, 2017

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…

Editor 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…

Tolu 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…

Tolu 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…

Isime Esene 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,…

Mazi Emeka April 14, 2016

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…

Adebayo Emuleomo 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…

Janeth J 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…

Mallam Yero June 18, 2015

If you thought Nigerian legislators were terrible, wait till you see the South African ones

It's so rude and so hilarious at the same time.

March 17, 2014

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…

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…

January 23, 2014

Caught in the act: Native doctor arraigned for raping a man in Benue

by 'Jola Sotubo A man said to be a native doctor in Benue has been arrested on suspicion of sodomy and homosexuality. Tarvhi Nyitse, 30, was arraigned yesterday before a…

January 23, 2014

Terrible: Mob stones 2 suspected homosexuals in court

by 'Jola Sotubo A court of law was the venue of a descent into lawlessness as a mob turned on 2 suspects being tried and pelted them with stones. The…

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…

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…

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…

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…

January 15, 2014

Opinion: Is homosexuality Nigeria’s biggest problem now?

by Moyo Salvador President Goodluck Jonathan has finally signed off on a bill to criminalize homosexuality with an attendant 14 year sentence for defaulters. A large number of Nigerians have…

January 13, 2014

Perry Brimah: What is good for Sanusi is good for Jonathan

by Perry Brimah Sanusi gave me his word, Mr. President. He will resign after you and your coterie do the dutiful and let the nation be, so it can start…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

April 13, 2013

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…

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…

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…

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…

August 5, 2012

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…

July 19, 2012

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

Photo credit: Seun Kolade 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…

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