Nigeria Senate President Ahmad Lawan on Friday announced that the Senate would review the rejected Electoral Act Amendment Bill and the 1999 Constitution immediately it resumes plenary on January 18.
Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari Friday in Abuja signed into law the 2022 Appropriation Bill and the 2021 Finance Bill. The President signed the documents in the Presidential Villa in the
The federal lawmaker representing Abia Central Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Senator Theodore Orji, has said that the sustenance and expansion of his annual scholarship programme was aimed at
In what may come off as a shock, even to the presidency, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Rev. Fr. Matthew Kukah, who has long been a thorn in the
Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai says President Muhammadu Buhari is justified in refusing to give his assent to the Electoral Act Amendment Bill. In an Exclusive Interview with
The Gambia’s Supreme Court has dismissed a plea by the country’s main opposition party to annul the outcome of the December 4 presidential election, in which incumbent Adama Barrow was
President Muhammadu Buhari has received the 2022 Appropriation Bill passed by the two chambers of the National Assembly last week. And all things being equal, Buhari is expected to sign
As Nigerians prepare to usher in the new year, many will be preoccupied with what 2022 will have in stock for them. From the critical decisions that must be taken
Uche Nwosu was arrested during a church service in honour of his late mother at Nkwerre Local Government Area of the state. [bc_video video_id=”6288974489001″ account_id=”6116119081001″ player_id=”default” embed=”in-page” padding_top=”56%” autoplay=”” min_width=”0px”
Reno Omokri, an aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, has refuted claims that the latter left behind funds that could last barely for three weeks in 2015. The claim was
For a man whose place in history is considered unquestionable by friends and foes alike, the following is a summarised background to the life and times of Archbishop Desmond Tutu…
The Imo State Police Command, confirmed on Sunday the arrest of a former governorship candidate of the Action Alliance (AA), Chief Uche Nwosu, for undisclosed reasons. Nwosu, who is son
Representative of Kwara Central in the Nigerian Youth Parliament (NYP) fifth Assembly, Hon. Ibraheem Abdullateef has called on the leadership of the major political parties in Nigeria to slash fees
Chairman, Senate Committee on Rules and Business, Senator Sadiq Umar, has said the standing down on Senate’s proposed veto of the Electoral Act Bill sent back by President Muhammadu Buhari,
Today is Christmas eve, yet, some prominent Nigerians have called on the government led President Muhammadu Buhari to, as a matter of urgency, convene a national reconciliatory conference as a
On Wednesday, several senators appeared to have backed out of their threat to override President Muhammadu Buhari’s veto of the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill. According to a news report in
Despite the resolve and threat by many senators on Tuesday to overrule President Muhammadu Buhari’s veto of the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, the senate Wednesday, backed down from its resolve.
When Gabriel Boric is sworn in as Chile’s president he’ll not only be the youngest to lead the South American country but also the first in Latin America to sport
Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) and Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, and his Benue State counterpart, Samuel Ortom, have reacted to President Muhammadu Buhari’s refusal of
Nigerians have not heard the last of President Muhammadu Buhari’s refusal to assent to the 2021 Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, as the senate, on Tuesday, showed readiness for a showdown
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