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October 24, 2017
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[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
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[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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August 31, 2017
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[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 23, 2017
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[The Legislative Blog]: Senator Murray-Bruce’s constituents are threatening to recall him and we’re wondering why

While we’re still grappling with the lengthy and tiring recall process that is set to see Kogi West representative, Senator Dino Melaye out of the upper chamber and mark a milestone for Nigeria’s democracy, another Senator may soon be facing the same fate in the hands of his constituents. So, constituents of Bayelsa East senatorial... Read More
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August 7, 2017
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[The Legislative Blog]: Our Reps just received 200 Peugeot cars but they still claim they’re suffering

“More than two years into a four-year tenure, only 175 members have been supplied the cars. Others are still paying from their pockets to work and the suffering continues. Members are tired and they can no longer keep calm. It was learned that the hiccups were caused by what the House later discovered to be... Read More
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July 12, 2017
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[The Legislative Blog] Senator Murray-Bruce has a word of caution for the PDP following the Supreme Court’s ruling

Senator Ben Murray-Bruce representing Bayelsa East senatorial district has urged the Peoples Democratic Party to come together in unity following the ruling of the Supreme Court declaring Senator Ahmed Makarfi as its authentic chairman. Early Wednesday, the country’s apex court sacked Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, saying Makarfi was the authentic chairman. In a statement released moments after the... Read More
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June 21, 2017
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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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Jibrin
June 15, 2017
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[The Legislative Blog]: Give Hon Jibrin some time, he’ll soon come to terms with his expulsion

Honourable Abdulmumin Jibrin has been expelled from the APC. That’s the news in summary but the lawmaker has immediately responded by describing the reports as false. “My attention has been drawn to a false claim attributed to some mischievous impersonators that I’ve been expelled from my party, the APC. This report, I’ve gathered, came from a... Read More
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June 11, 2017
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[The Legislative Blog]: We’d like to see Dino Melaye come to terms with his troubles

Just so all of this can be easy on him and the rest of us. It’s okay to try to come across as unfazed by it all but Senator Dino Melaye reeks of low self-esteem and desperation at this point. It hasn’t been two months since he was at the heart of a major certificate... Read More
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June 8, 2017
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[The Legislative Blog]: Saraki’s response to the Kaduna Declaration drama is intriguing

A faceless group of Northerners have managed to cause outrage with the three-month ultimatum it issued to Igbo people in the North to vacate the region. The group dubbed their document “The Kaduna Declaration” and its content – with every word, assertions and claims therein – has proven itself a product of folly and sheer... Read More
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June 1, 2017
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[The Legislative Blog]: House of Reps members are constantly shaming themselves and we’re just tired

Another day, another drama in the National Assembly! Remember that time in 2015 when the lawmakers had just been elected into office and the “honourables” in the lower house brought their hooliganism on the floor of the house throwing blows, exchanging insults and disrupting peace. Well, they got to it again today, only that they... Read More
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June 1, 2017
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[The Legislative Blog]: Senate confirms the appointment of 15 Resident Electoral Commissioners

The nomination of 15 INEC officials as Resident Electoral Commissioners has been confirmed by the Nigerian Senate. The report of the Committee on Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was presented before the House by Senator Suleiman M. Nazif. He said these 15 nominees are those who have been cleared by the Code of Conduct Bureau... Read More
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May 30, 2017
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[The Legislative Blog]: This bribery allegation is fun and games for Dino Melaye until jail calls

Earlier today, online investigative news medium, Sahara Reporters published a leaked audio tape where Senator Dino Melaye was allegedly in a conversation with the tribunal judge, Justice Akoh Ikpeme who presided over his election case in 2015. What did we learn from the convo? Senator Melaye bribed the judge and she requested her payment be... Read More
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May 20, 2017
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[The Legislative Blog]: Ebonyi lawmaker, Maria Ude Nwachi needs to get herself together and stop being a joke

What in the world is going on with this Ebonyi legislator, Maria Ude Nwachi? And worse off, why do most people think she’s hilarious? How is it anywhere near funny that an elected lawmaker goes on Facebook to write an ode to a mobile phone brand and like that’s not silly enough, she films herself... Read More
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Jibrin
May 10, 2017
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[The Legislative Blog]: Hon Jibrin briefly schools “mischievous” senators and Nigerians on Buhari’s letter

Get in here, o ye sons and daughters of mischief! Just yesterday, we were here trying to correct the spreading notion that President Muhammadu Buhari did not transfer powers to run his office to the Vice President according to constitutional provisions, before going on his medical trip. The matter caused a bit of confusion on... Read More
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April 26, 2017
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[The Legislative Blog]: Senate invites Babachir Lawal for the third time but will he show up?

Here’s the letter inviting suspended Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal to appear before the ad hoc committee on the mounting humanitarian crisis in the North East, for the third time. We question the possibilities of him showing up before the senate because the SGF as we already know, has mastered... Read More
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April 18, 2017
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[The Legislative Blog]: Even Bukola Saraki thinks the EFCC has messed up this $50m loot case

The $50 million cash discovered by the EFCC in a four-bedroom apartment at Osborne Towers in Ikoyi has turned out to be everybody’s money and nobody’s money. It’s shocking how nobody has come forward to claim such outrageous amount of loot  (like since when did Nigerians start disowning money) and the discovery agency, EFCC has... Read More
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April 7, 2017
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[The Legislative Blog]: A classic rendition of Senator Dino Melaye’s “Ajekun Iya” (WATCH)

For very many days, Senator Dino Melaye was under fire for a video he made after he was cleared by the current Vice Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University as a legitimate graduate of the university. The video made for the best memes and that song “Ajeku Iya” has been remixed and reproduced by a number... Read More
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April 4, 2017
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[The Legislative Blog] The Senate’s meningitis “intervention” is too reactionary for us to be impressed

The outbreak of meningitis in Nigeria became a viral topic last week, a time when the 8th Assembly was too busy with verifying Senator Dino Melaye’s certificates, suspending Ali Ndume, trying to teach the President how democracies work and generally just doing everything else but the more pressing issues directly related to legislation. But they... Read More
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April 3, 2017
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[The Legislative Blog]: Help! We can’t find Sen Murray-Bruce’s fake news

Senator Ben Murray-Bruce has come again o! The Senator has now joined the likes of US President Donald Trump in fake news gang. He took to Twitter on Monday to debunk an article circulating on Whatsapp he is reported to have written. According to his tweet, the article is about oil wells. Beware of fake... Read More
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March 31, 2017
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[The Legislative Blog]: Sen Dino Melaye just gave another reason (not) to believe he’s an ABU alumnus

Senator Dino Melaye is not done publishing proofs. He has gone from posting a photo of his NYSC discharge certificate to wearing a ridiculous academic gown he could have hired from any shop to showing off a statement of result that says he has a Bachelor of Arts in Geography, then he had the Vice... Read More
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March 28, 2017
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[The Legislative Blog]: Did Dino Melaye just show up at plenary in an academic gown?

Senator Petty is back again. After doing that disgraceful victory dance that sealed Nigeria’s status as a ‘fucked up’ country, Senator Dino Melaye hit his newest level of low by attending plenary session on Tuesday at the National Assembly in his academic garb. His intention is clear. Everyone who still questions his university education and... Read More
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March 27, 2017
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[The Legislative Blog]: Dance of victory or shame? We’re not sure what Dino Melaye is doing (WATCH)

Senator Dino Melaye was vindicated at a Senate committee hearing earlier on Monday. The Vice Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University, Ibrahim Garba appeared before the Senate Ethics Committee and declared that the senator graduated as Daniel Jonah Melaye, BA Geography Third Class in 2000. To celebrate his victory, Senator Dino Melaye shared the video below on... Read More
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Jibrin
March 22, 2017
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[The Legislative Blog]: “National Assembly must open its budget” | Hon Jibrin recommends 10 way NASS can fix its battered image

Suspended lawmaker, Hon Abdulmumin Jibrin is still in the business of proffering workable solutions to the problems of the National Assembly, only that the latter isn’t listening. Hon Jibrin who has being less vocal since the budget padding scandal he helped to unfurl got swept under the carpet took to his same old platform of... Read More
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March 17, 2017
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[The Legislative Blog]: That moment when a Nigerian senator entered one-chance on Twitter

Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola, representing Lagos West in the Upper Chamber is hardly one of those Senators who are vibrant on social media, especially Twitter. Today though, in the absence of a plenary session and just because TGIF, Senator YAYI Adeola took to his Twitter to share his thoughts on the Customs boss, Hameed Ali’s... Read More
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March 17, 2017
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[The Legislative Blog]: What on earth are Senator Bukola Saraki and others doing in Morocco?

We do not know what the mission is but what we do know is that Senate President Bukola Saraki has led a delegation of senators to Morocco and they have met with the Moroccan Senate President and parliament. Details of the meetings they’ve held are not known but what we know again is they are... Read More
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March 15, 2017
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[The Legislative Blog]: On Magu’s rejection | Did the Senate just lie to Nigerians?

Acting EFCC Chairman, Ibrahim Magu has just completed his screening before the Senate and after a brief deliberation and majority vote, the Eighth Assembly has again rejected his nomination as Chairman of the anti-graft agency. What we find questionable in all of these is the abrupt appearance of a fresh DSS report cited by Kogi... Read More
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March 8, 2017
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[The Legislative Blog]: “It is time for Nigerian women to do things differently” | Sen Oluremi Tinubu charges women

In commemoration of International Women’s Day, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, representing Lagos Central Senatorial District, took to Twitter to share a series of tweets where she calls on Nigerian women to embrace boldness and inspire the change they desire. See her tweets: I'd like to wish all Nigerian women a happy International Women's Day. — Oluremi... Read More
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