Ndume, Onyejeocha on Saraki’s familiar part to shock APC’s NASS leadership plan?
…As Orji Uzo Kanu blows hot on Deputy Senate President’s slot for S’East It is still about two months to the resumption of the 9th National Assembly and both day and night scheming have continued to criss-cross both the party…
‘Senate still stands against data price floor review planned by NCC’
Contrary to speculations that National Assembly may have given approval for the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to effect upward review of data price floor (DPF), a strong indication emerged at the floor of the Upper Legislative Chamber that senators are…
Just in: Saraki addresses PDP’s NEC as CUPP unveils secretariat, committees
Ahead of the needed strategic galvanization of all angles to the effective functionality of the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP), all the aligning 39 political parties, including the Peoples Democratic Party, Social Democratic Party, Labour Party and others on…
Can nPDP get what they are looking for before 2019 electioneering hots up?
Though the official position of aggrieved members of the new Peoples Democratic party (nPDP), after their first closed-door meeting with Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo, sounds salutary, there are indications that time may not be on the side of the ongoing negotiations…
Cracks in APC signal emerging realignments as nPDP stalwarts give fresh terms
Rising from the recent series of inconclusive nationwide Ward Congresses by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), an old wound seems to have been brushed badly, thus giving rise to set of fresh demand by a strategic block in the…
Saraki, Tambuwal, others not decamping from APC to PDP, says Jigawa Gov
The governor of Jigawa State, Badaru Abubakar, on Monday cleared the air on rising speculation that President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki; and the Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, were considering leaving the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for the…
Releasing $1bn from ECA without deducting the 13% derivation actionable—Dickson
…As confusion trials non- listing of debate in Senate on Thursday A new twist is emerging from the recent announcement by the federal government that it the National Economic Council has approved the release of $1bn to deepen the fight…
2018 budget started on faulty consultations with relevant bodies—Dogara
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara has fingered faulty channels of consultations during the period of the preparation of the 2018 national budget as a possible stumbling block in the expected smooth consideration of the document…
Senate says N1.45tn worth of goods smuggled from Cotonou into Nigeria yearly
A serious indictment has been hammered on the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) by the Senate President Bukola Saraki as he decried that unabated smuggling of goods from Cotonou, Benin Republic into Nigeria has risen to over N1.4tn Relying on World…
Why Senate halted surreptitious sale of Port Harcourt Refinery to ENI by Minister
More revelations have emerged barely 24 hours after the Nigerian Senate halted unilateral moves by the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to concession the Port Harcourt Refinery to AGIP and OANDO. One of…
