The Supreme Court today waived the Court of Appeal’s decision that ordered the removal of the Chairman Senate Committee on Gas, Senator Nkechi Nwogu, as the duly elected Senator representing Abia Central Senatorial District. Presiding Justice Francis Adebiyi while setting aside the lower court’s decision of December 13th, 2011, said the sole ground for removing Senator Nwogu from office was not on election ...

The House of Representatives says it is too hasty to conclude that President Goodluck Jonathan has breached the 1999 Constitution by not transmitting copies of the proclamation of a state of emergency to the National Assembly. The deputy chairman of the House Committee on Media, Mr. Victor Ogene, in a meeting with journalists on Thursday, says the House is yet to receive any communication from the President ...

The Vice President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Mr Issa Aremu has asked President Goodluck Jonathan to resign if he cannot call to order the Special Assistant to the President on Niger Delta, Mr Kingsley Kuku and former Niger Delta Militant, Mr Asari Dokubo as he reacted to the inciting statements made by these men. In Mr. Aremu's words “It was regrettable that people of questionable character were the o ...

Five months into the year, Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the economy Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala; has cautioned on the 2013 budget warning that it is not implementable due to deductions made by the National Assembly. Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said the budget isn’t implementable because the chunk of monies allocated to key sectors of the economy has been slashed by the lawmakers. The Minister spok ...

The Senate on Thursday passed the State Of the Nation Bill into law which compels the incumbent President to present a state of the nation address before the joint session of the National Assembly. The bill seeks to make the President accountable to Nigerians as represented by the National Assembly and to render an account of the President’s stewardship to the nation. The bill, which was a product of concur ...

The House of Representatives is set to investigate the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Security Agency (NIMASA) for its involvement in the funds meant to improve indigenous participation in the maritime sector. Leading the debate on a motion on the urgent need to investigate the Cabotage Vessel Financing Fund, House of Representative member representing Ado, Ogbadibo and Okpokwu Federal Constituency in ...

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has upheld the powers of the National Assembly to legislate on how political parties should nominate candidates for elections. The court was delivering judgment in a suit filed by the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), which was represented in court by its National Legal Adviser Dr Muiz Banire. The ACN had sued the National Assembly and the Independent National Electoral ...

The House of Representatives is set to investigate the Minister of Petroleum Resources,  Diezani Alison-Madueke over allegation of suspicious oil deals worth N59 trillion. Speaking on a matter of public importance, member Representing Ogbaru Federal Constituency in Anambra State, Representative Victor Ogene accused the minister of impropriety and abuse of due process in the transaction leading to the sale o ...

The political travails of Senator Aloysius Etok representing Akwa Ibom North West/Ikot Ekpene senatorial district appears to be growing deeper as voters in the senatorial district have passed a vote of no confidence on him. The Ikot Ekpene constituents in a unanimous voice vote, passed the vote of no confidence on the embattled Senator and promptly resolved to initiate his recall. The motion for his recall ...

President Goodluck Jonathan has revealed that the federal government is negotiating for a N62billion ($400million) special fund from the World Bank to tackle the menace of erosion in the South East. President Jonathan made this known while speaking to a delegation of the South East Council of Traditional Rulers, who paid him a visit on Monday. “We are getting $400million, a special fund from the World Bank, ...