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November 10, 2025

Weekend Recap: Here’s What You Missed Over The Week

This week has been one of mixed emotions, from award shows, to pageantry wins and Grammy nominations, but the general public has also been unrelenting in the conversations surrounding Nollywood actress, Regina Daniels. Nollywood Actress And Creator, Real WarriPikin Welcomes New Child The actress and former mother of 3 has welcomed a new baby in... Read More

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Leaked audio involving Obi and Oyedepo a deep fake – LP campaign; Subsidy removal date to be determined by Tinubu after inauguration – APC | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

Across Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, these are the five top Nigerian news stories you shouldn’t miss: Leaked audio involving Obi and Oyedepo a deep fake – LP campaign The campaign committee for the Labour Party (LP) has stated that the All Progressives Congress (APC) is attempting to demarket Peter Obi, the LP’s presidential nominee.... Read More

October 14, 2020

‘Monkey dey work…’: Nigerians react to Senators’ N1.24m Hardship Allowance | #TheYNaijaCover

When someone says ‘hardship allowance’, you immediately think- money for someone who is going through some form of hardship. I can bet the image of Senators earning more than N29 million a month does not come to mind. Imagine how surprised Nigerians were when they received the breakdown of monthly earnings of Nigerian senators and... Read More

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The Late 5: Atiku, PDP asking us for server that we don’t have – INEC tells Tribunal; Okorocha sworn in as senator | Other stories

Here are the stories that drove conversation today: APC asks court to strike out Atiku’s suit on account of non-citizenship The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday prayed the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal to strike out Atiku Abubakar’s petition against President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election because the former vice president “is not a Nigerian by birth.”... Read More

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December 23, 2017

Borno senator thinks $1bn is too small to fight Boko Haram and we can’t argue

Lawmaker representing Borno South Senatorial district, Ali Ndume has said the $1 billion approved for the fight against Boko Haram is not enough. Background: State governors had agreed to allow the withdrawal of $1bn to fight insurgency. However, Ekiti State governor Ayodele Fayose criticised the decision, stating that the money will be used for the... Read More

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October 24, 2017

[The Legislative Blog]: Senator Shehu Sani has the perfect analogy for Maina’s reinstatement

From the Twitter fingers that brought you the animal farm analogy for Nigeria’s political situation months ago comes another thought-provoking breakdown of this administration’s latest undoing, this time using football. The referee ruled that Mainaldo's goal was offside;that was after the spectators protested.The linesmen blaming each other. — Senator Shehu Sani (@ShehuSani) October 24, 2017... Read More

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October 16, 2017

[The Legislative Blog]: If you’re Nigerian and in Russia, Dino Melaye wants to hang out with you tonight

Senator Dino Melaye is in Russia for official legislative duties. The 122 thousand people who follow him on Instagram have been treated to over 30 photos (and counting) from the trip and more importantly, the 137th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly meeting he’s attending. Melaye has had an impressive run in Russia so far. He has taken the... Read More

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October 11, 2017

Senator Misau sued for spreading ‘injurious falsehood’ after bribery allegations against IGP

The Federal Government through the office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, on Tuesday filed two separate sets of charges against the Senator representing Bauchi Central Senatorial District, Isah Misau. What happened: Senator Misau, a former police officer had accused the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris of corruption. The Senator had alleged... Read More

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October 3, 2017

Despite obstacles, we will proceed with Melaye’s recall – INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission has said it won’t stop the process of recalling Senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye. What happened: Kogi West constituents had called for the recall of Melaye from the Senate. But the Senator had approached a court to stop the recall process, stating that the signatures gathered by INEC was... Read More

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September 25, 2017

How I rejected millions of dollars to kill petroleum bill – Senator

Chairman, Senate committee on Petroleum Resources (upstream), Omotayo Alasoadura said he was offered millions of dollars as bribe to kill Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB). He disclosed this while speaking when he received a letter of commendation from the correspondents chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Akure, the Ondo state capital. He said members of... Read More

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September 18, 2017

Senator Adeleke is back with his dance moves (WATCH)

Senator representing Osun West, Ademola Adeleke has featured in another video singing and dancing in a church. Adeleke had made headline after dancing to celebrate his victory in a video. He had become popular for his dancing prowess, which he claimed to have influenced his artiste son, B-Red and cousin, Davido. The senator in the... Read More

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September 6, 2017

[The Legislative Blog]: Senator Murray-Bruce proposes a “part-time Senate” but TwitterNG won’t hear of it

Senator Ben Murray-Bruce continues to fall victim of these Twitter attacks because he just won’t learn. In his few years as Senator and common sense exponent, Murray-Bruce has become more famous for proposing policies via social media but staying remarkably silent on the House floor. Needless to say, he’s loaded with brilliant, progressive ideas but... Read More

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August 31, 2017

[The Legislative Blog]: We’re trying to understand this new, remorseful Dino Melaye

When a man admits that he needs to repent, the first question that comes to mind is, “What are your sins?”. When it’s a Nigerian politician who publicly admits that “he must repent”, then we need to converge at a town hall meeting and watch him spill. Senator Dino Melaye was invited to speak at... Read More

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August 30, 2017

INEC presents Certificate of return to Senator Uchendu

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday issued a certificate of return to the candidate of the All Progressives Candidate in the Rivers East Senatorial District in the 2015 general elections, Andrew Uchendu. This is after the Court of Appeal upheld the June 29, 2017 ruling of the Rivers State National and State Elections Petitions Tribunal,... Read More

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August 29, 2017

Just In: Former Katsina Senator, Kanti Bello is dead

A former senator from Katsina, Kanti Bello is dead, TheCable reports. According to the news medium, Mohammed Isa, one of Bello’s former aides confirmed his death. Bello reportedly died in his Abuja residence about 4 am this morning. Bello represented Katsina north senatorial between 2003 and 2011. Details later…

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August 29, 2017

I’m not a deserter…address issues I raised against the IG | Misau replies Police

Senator representing Bauchi Central Senatorial District, Senator Isah Misau has dismissed allegations by the police that he deserted the Nigeria Police Force. Misau was reacting to allegations by Police spokesperson, Jimoh Moshood that he deserted the police when he was deployed to Niger State. Moshood had also claimed that the resignation letter he tendered was fake.... Read More

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August 26, 2017

You are desperately seeking relevance | Kashamu replies Daniel

Senator representing Ogun East, Buruji Kashamu has described the allegations made against him by former governor of Ogun state, Gbenga Daniel as a ‘hoax’. The former governor in a petition to the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris and the Department of State Services had alleged that Kashamu tried to murder him at his Abuja residence.... Read More

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August 10, 2017

“Mitch, get to work and put Repeal & Replace bill on my desk” | Trump tells Senator McConnell

by Adedotun Michael It is currently crystal clear that President Trump hasn’t had enough of Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell. The duo who have been embroiled in ugly comments about each other have painted the polity with recurrent utterances – in which the President seems to be gaining the upper hand. The issue which started... Read More

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[The Legislative Blog]: Here’s how Senator Shehu Sani is solving power outage problems in his constituency

While another Senator was busy tweeting about other countries providing 24-hour electricity to their citizens, Senator Shehu Sani was taking steps towards providing solutions to power problems in his constituency. The Senator representing Kaduna Central in the upper chamber shared photos from his meeting with the Managing Director of the Transmission Company of Nigeria following... Read More

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[The Legislative Blog]: Senator Dino Melaye is all swagged up in this photo but haters won’t let him be

We’re tempted to say you Nigerians are too mean but when it comes to Dino Melaye, “mean” is not even a word. So the Senator is facing arguably the hardest time in his political career with several assassination attempts on his life and a move to recall him from the Senate, then he shares a... Read More

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Four issues we want to know Adeleke’s opinion on

by Alexander O. Onukwue It may have been the duty of the Osun West people to send Ademola Adeleke to Abuja as the Senator to represent their district, but it is now the Nigerian people that Ademola, on a broad scale, represents. He could continue to receive attacks from the Governor and might even be... Read More

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[The Legislative Blog]: These Twitter users’ replies to Sen Murray-Bruce’s common sense post give us joy

We didn’t want to be the ones to tell Senator Ben Murray-Bruce that this Twitter gra gra is not his real job. You can’t be forming sense-full, oversabi on Twitter and turning Silento on the House floor. While we consciously avoided the topic, other Nigerians stepped in, dragged Senator Bruce to the center stage and served him... Read More

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[The Legislative Blog]: This Yobe Senator caught with two women should be flogged in public

“We have enough issues on our hands to begin to discuss a Senator with illicit affairs“, Lagos-based lawyer, Liborous Oshoma said to Premium Times in an interview on the scandalous video of Senator Bukar Ibrahim that emerged on Sunday. The man is right! A Nigerian senator (grown man by the way) trying to satisfy his... Read More

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[The Legislative Blog]: According to Sen. Gbenga Ashafa, here’s everything the 8th Senate has achieved (WATCH)

Senator Gbenga Ashafa representing Lagos East Senatorial district in the upper chamber of the National Assembly is apparently still in a celebratory mood as he speaks on the milestones achieved by the Eighth Senate in the last two years. A major part of Sen Ashafa’s speech was dedicated to singing the praises of senate president... Read More

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[The Legislative Blog]: Saraki spends final days of Ramadan in Saudi Arabia (PHOTOS)

It was only last week that Senate President Bukola Saraki was acquitted by the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) in a 18-count false asset declaration charge brought against him by the Federal Government. Although the government has filed an appeal against the CCT’s decision, Saraki has been seen in Mecca in the days that lead... Read More

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[The Legislative Blog]: Here’s how Shehu Sani feels about calls for Igbos to vacate the North

A coalition of Northern youths put out a divisive statement yesterday. Spokesperson for the coalition, Abdulaziz Suleiman said the entire Northern Nigeria was done with coexisting with the Igbos and was asking that “all Igbos currently residing in any part of Northern Nigeria are hereby served notice to relocate within three months and all northerners... Read More

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[The Legislative Blog]: Did Dino Melaye just get an “Ajekun Iya” emoji?

It’s hard to believe someone made this and Senator Dino Melaye endorsed it by sharing on his Instagram page. Apparently, we’re not close to seeing the end of this madness.

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[The Legislative Blog]: Na wa! Senator Dino Melaye is binge-posting on Instagram tonight

What is oga Melaye celebrating? The trial that awaits him if the fresh bribery allegations against him are true or the fact that he’ll walk away from it because this is Nigeria. Or his court case with Sahara Reporters? Sahara reporters and awada kerikeri. Using voice over to malign me because my case with them... Read More

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Senate Republicans face in house divisions in the race to repeal and replace Obamacare

by Itunuoluwa Adebo Republican Senator Cruz (R-Tex) has convened a working group to keep alive the GOP’s pledge to repeal and replace Obamacare. The group, which presently numbers 13, is at the center of a fragile connection between hard-liners and leadership that may be the Senate’s best chance to pass its own version. According to interviews... Read More

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[The Legislative Blog]: Dino Melaye has nothing on this Ebonyi legislator (WATCH)

Dino who? Member of Ebonyi State House of Assembly representing Afikpo North constituency, Maria Ude Nwachi just caught our attention again. Last time she got massive attention, the Ebonyi lawmaker was dishing life and love lessons to blogger, Linda Ikeji. In that very worded letter, Nwachi said to Linda, “By your success alone, you have... Read More

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