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Taraba Assembly fails to pass LG autonomy bill Taraba State House of Assembly, yesterday, failed to pass the bill to alter the Constitution, which seeks to abrogate the state/local government joint account and give the third tier financial…

Kwara Speaker Ahmad Ali slams EFCC, says it can never fight corruption Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Dr. Ahmad Ali, has said that, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) since its inception in the year 2000 in…

NORTHERN SENATORS, POST-OIL BATTLE The lingering issue of underdevelopment of Northern Nigeria when compared with other sections of the country was among the topics which took the centre stage at a retreat of the Northern Senators’ Forum…

Buhari seeks Senate approval of Sharia Court Grand Kadi In a letter to the Senate, President Buhari said the decision was in line with the Section 261 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended). Senate President, Bukola Saraki read the letter…

Ekiti State House of Assembly passes 2018 appropriation bill of N98.6billion The Ekiti State House of Assembly has passed the 2018 appropriation bill of N98.6billion tagged: “budget of accomplishments” into law. The budget was presented…

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY TO VETO BUHARI ON NABRO BILL – GOLU The National Assembly is set to veto President Muhammadu Buhari for failing to sign the National Assembly Budget and Research Office (NABRO) Bill into law more than 30 days after…

SENATE PASSES 5 BILLS, GOES ON RECESS The Senate has concurred and passed five bills emanating from the House of Representatives. The pieces of legislation are the Vigilante Establishment Bill, Legislative Scrutiny Bill, Courts and…

HALT CONSTITUTION REVIEW, GOVERNORS TELL SPEAKERS Governors have asked speakers of the 36 Houses of Assembly to halt their consideration of amendments to the 1999 Constitution till next month following “irreconciliable differences” in four…

FG MOVES TO BOOT FORMER SENATE PRESIDENT OUT OF OFFICIAL RESIDENCE As the EFCC digs into his alleged complicity in the $2.1 billion arms vote embezzlement in the last PDP administration, former Senate President David Mark is battling plans…

DEPUTY SPEAKER'S DAUGHTER FOUND HANGING INSIDE HER BEDROOM Family and friends have been left in serious pains after the daughter of a deputy speaker has been found hanging inside her bedroom by her own mother. Natalie Lewis-Hoyle is the…