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Legislature, Nigerian Police, Senate
Sunday, September 20th, 2015
By Kingsley Omonobi & Ikechukwu Nnochiri Amid the controversy generated by the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) order for the arrest of Senate President Bukola Saraki, the police said, yesterday, they were yet to receive a bench warrant to effect it. “I am yet to see one”, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. Solomon […]
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Headlines, Legislature, Nigerian Police, Senate
Sunday, September 20th, 2015
Force CID arrests officers BY KINGSLEY OMONOBI, ABUJA The Force Criminal Investigations Department (FCID) of the Nigerian Police force has arrested and detained an Assistant Superintendent of Police, ASP, and six other Police officers over allegations of extra-judicial killings in separate incidents that occurred in Abuja and Benin, the Edo State capital. The first case […]
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Legislature, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency, Senate
Sunday, August 30th, 2015
Must Read: Magnus Abe Writes President Buhari 27th August, 2015 His Excellency The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR Presidential Villa, Aso Rock, Abuja. Your Excellency Sir, ALLEGATION OF POLITICIZATION OF SECURITY AGENCIES (NIGERIAN ARMY AND STATE SECURITY SERVICE) AGAINST THE ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS (APC) RIVERS STATE CANDIDATES […]
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Articles, Columnists, House, Legislature, NNP Columnists, Senate, Tochukwu Ezukanma
Sunday, August 30th, 2015

By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | August 30, 2015 – The governor of Ondo State, Olusegun Mimiko, once defined armed robbery as “small work with big pay.” Armed robbers, in their laziness, lounge around as others toil for a living, and then, they emanate from their shadowy hideouts and criminal dens to rob and […]
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Latest Politics, Legislature, Senate
Tuesday, August 25th, 2015
Controversy trails N36m largesse for each senator • Lawmakers deny claim Controversy is trailing claims that each Senator received N36 million allowance before going on the six-week summer recess penultimate week. National Assembly sources at the weekend said that contrary to denials by federal the lawmakers, each Senator received N36 million credit alerts from their […]
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Headlines, House, Legislature, National Politics, Senate, Top Stories
Tuesday, August 25th, 2015

By ADETUTU FOLASADE-KOYI PERHAPS, in response to the yearnings of Nigerians to reduce the allowances of National Assembly members, the Presidency has summoned the leadership of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) on the matter Daily Sun gathered yesterday that President Muhammadu Buhari would soon meet with the Fidelis Mbah-led leadership […]
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House, Latest Politics, Legislature, Sokoto, State News
Tuesday, August 11th, 2015
By Our Reporter on August 11, 2015 National From Tunde Omolehin, Sokoto Sokoto State governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has said his unflinching support for the Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, was not based on sentiment and personal relations. The former Speaker said he supported the Dogara project against the candidature of his main […]
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Articles, Columnists, House, Legislature, NNP Columnists, Olalekan Waheed Adigun, Senate
Saturday, August 1st, 2015

By Olalekan Waheed Adigun | Lagos, Nigeria | August 1, 2015 – If you have been frantically looking out for my opinion on the recent National Assembly leadership election, you are probably searching too seriously. My only conclusion is that you must be an extremely interested party for pushing so hard to know my views on […]
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Headlines, Legislature, Senate
Thursday, July 30th, 2015
Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu | credits: File copy The Senate Leader, Ali Ndume, on Thursday, caused a stir in the upper chamber when he revealed how he collected signatures of other senators to impeach the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, in the 7th Senate. Ndume stated this while raising a point of order […]
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Headlines, House, Legislature
Thursday, July 30th, 2015
Late Bola Ige The House of Representatives passed a resolution on Thursday asking the Federal Government to reopen investigations into several unresolved high-profile killings in the country. Lawmakers also called on the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase, to take decisive actions against kidnapping, which they said had assumed an “embarrassing dimension” in Nigeria lately. […]