Tag: 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
[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]: 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. Mallam Yero
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
‘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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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