It is no longer news that one of
the brawls that characterized the 8th National Assembly was the alleged
‘stealing’ of the mace, which is deemed to be the symbol of authority of the
Senate by Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, the Senator representing Delta Central
Constituency.
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the recent Osun State governorship election, Senator Ademola Adeleke, was arraigned on Wednesday and granted bail on personal recognizance by the Abuja division of the Federal High Court.
The latest corresponding political and legal basics of Nigerian governance calls for a holistic review of the position of law as regarding the impeachment of principal members of the National Assembly.
Since independence, issues relating to the defection of the serving members of the State House of Assembly and the National Assembly from one party to the other is no longer new under Nigerian government and administration; particularly, since the advent of the Fourth Republic and the enactment of the Fourth Republican Constitution which took effect from 1999.
Igbo people are blessed. They are not just blessed but blessed as other tribes of this nation and Africa in general.
As hardworking and determined an average Igbo man is, the inability to manage this blessing had made it a curse on many of our men from the Igbo extraction of Nigeria; just as the nation's crude oil that should ordinarily be a blessing to Nigerians had turned a curse; same oil had caused us divisions along ethnic, political, economic and religious lines and sentiments.
The Federal High Court, Abuja, has given the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC), permission to proceed with its planned recall of Sen. Dino Melaye (APC-Kogi).
Akon Ikpeme, the Cross River State High Court judge involved in a scandalous bribery saga with Senator Daniel “Dino” Melaye has authenticated the audiotape of her conversation with the legislator published by SaharaReporters last week.
In it, the judge, who was adjudicating in his case following the 2015 election, is overhead asking for a bribe from Mr. Melaye in US dollar
Akon Ikpeme, the Cross River State High Court judge involved in a scandalous bribery saga with Senator Daniel “Dino” Melaye has authenticated the audiotape of her conversation with the legislator published by SaharaReporters last week. In it, the judge, who was adjudicating in his case following the 2015 election, is overhead asking for a bribe from Mr. Melaye in US dollar
A group, Civil Society Network Against Corruption , has written a petition to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission demanding the investigation of the lawmaker representing Kogi- West senatorial district , Senator Dino Melaye , and Justice Akoh Ikpeme .
ABUJA-Senator Dino Melaye (APC, Kogi West) Wednesday aimed a salvo at some of the appointments made by President Muhammadu Buhari, lamenting that such appointments have done harm than good to Nigerians.
The graduates of the National Open University of Nigeria, NOUN, will soon be able to participate in the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, and the Nigerian Law School, Abdallah Adamu, the vice chancellor of the institution has said.
The Senior legal icon and human rights activist, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has advised the Acting President Yemi Osinbajo not to sign the 2017 budget because it was illegally increased by the National Assembly.
The supporters of the former Senate Leader, Muhammed Ndume, who was recently suspended for six months by his colleagues at the upper house of the National Assembly on Saturday stormed the streets of Maiduguri to register their displeasure to the visiting Senate President, Bukola Saraki, who was in the city to attend a wedding ceremony.
The United States of America and the United Kingdom have expressed no doubt in the ability and commitment of Acting President Yemi Osinbajo to continue with the anti-corruption war and economic revival in Nigeria.