So at plenary in the senate last week, Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, rushed naked out of the bathtub. He raised his hand up. In the presidency’s search for scapegoat, Akpabio suddenly became Archimedes. Last week, he came forward to shout “Eureka!” He had found the No 1 Nigerian enemy! Ancient Greek scholar, Archimedes, was the […]Continue Reading
Another budget padding scandal is quietly rocking the National Assembly following complaints by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), before signing the 2022 Appropriation Bill into law penultimate Friday. Some members across the two chambers, who were visibly angry about the development, told Sunday PUNCH on record that members were not carried along on Continue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari’s refusal to assent to the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2021 has sparked a big row between him and the National Assembly. Aggrieved senators have begun collection of signatures to override the President’s veto of the bill, it was learnt yesterday. Political differences momentarily collapsed as a good number of senators from the […]Continue Reading
The committees for the review of the constitution at the National Assembly have compiled 64 bills proposing various amendments to the 1999 Constitution, The PUNCH has learnt. This is just as both the Senate and 8th House of Representatives have received hundreds of memoranda from governors/state governments, socio-cultural, political and religious groups as well as […]Continue Reading
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