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Senate passes Electoral Act Amendment Bill

  By Samson Elijah The Senate, on Tuesday, passed the Electoral Act, 2022 (Repeal and Re-Enactment) Bill, 2026, following a tense and rowdy session marked by heated debates and a division over key provisions of the new legislation. Proceedings in the upper chamber were momentarily stalled as lawmakers commenced clause-by-clause consideration of the bill. The […]

Video: House of Rep member from Abia allegedly assaults Uber driver, threatens to make him disappear – suggesting murder

Ex-Rep member, Farouk Lawan, released from prison after 5-year jail term

  By Rachel Okporu Fadoju A former member of the House of Representatives, Farouk Lawan, has regained freedom from the Kuje prison after the completion of his five-year jail term. Naija News reports the Supreme Court had in January affirmed the five-year jail term handed to Lawan by the Court of Appeal. Lawan was convicted […]

‘Most people don’t know’, Shehu Sani reveals how Nigerian lawmakers pad budget

‘Most people don’t know’, Shehu Sani reveals how lawmakers pad budget Shehu Sani Former Kaduna lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani, has provided an insight into how members of the National Assembly manipulate Nigeria’s budgets. Recall that the Senate has been enmeshed in a padding scandal following allegations by now-suspended Bauchi Central lawmaker Abdul Ningi that the […]

Ex-Speaker, Ghali Na’Abba is dead

Ex-Speaker, Ghali Na’Abba is dead Late Umar Ghali Na’Abba   By Bashir Bello, KANO Former Speaker, House of Representatives, Ghali Na’abba, is dead. He died in Abuja. Na’abba represented Kano Municipal Federal Constituency of Kano State in 1999. A brother to the deceased, Ahmed Umar Na’abba who spoke to Vanguard via telephone, said Na’abba died […]

Surprises as new faces set to dominate National Assembly

Senate By Muyiwa Adeyemi (Lagos), Lawrence Njoku (Enugu), Seye Olumide (Ibadan), Gbenga Akinfenwa (Abeokuta), Ayodele Afolabi (Ado-Ekiti), Rauf Oyewole (Bauchi) Timothy Agbor (Osun), Saxone Akhaine (Kaduna) and Adamu Abuh (Kano) With the results of Presidential and National Assembly elections conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) out, it is becoming clear that new faces […]

2023 Polls: House of Reps member, Chinyere Igwe, PDP, caught in Rivers State with $500,000 in dollar notes, and distribution list, on election eve

By Chukwuani Victoria Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command, on the eve of the 2023 general elections, have arrested a member of the House of Representatives, Chinyere Igwe, allegedly in possession of $500,000 US Dollars reportedly given to him by the presidential candidate of the People Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar. Igwe, who is […]

How a Bill Becomes Law in Nigerian National Assembly (Legislature) | The Alalibo Academy

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Boko Haram: You turned NASS to rubber stamp assembly – Aisha Yesufu slams Lawan

Boko Haram: You turned NASS to rubber stamp assembly – Aisha Yesufu slams Lawan   By Francis Ugwu Popular Nigerian activist and social critic, Aisha Yesufu has attacked the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, for saying the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, allowed the Boko Haram insurgency to fester during its 16 years in power. […]

Video: Former House of Rep Speaker, Hon. Ghali Umar Na’Abba, reduced to a babysitter in cold Europe?

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