The Uncommon Legislative Engine: A Record of Reform from Nigeria’s 10th Senate
By Eseme Eyiboh It is a peculiar feature of Nigerian political commentary that verifiable evidence is often sacrificed on the altar of sentiment. A recent Editorial of Leadership Sunday questioning the relevance of the 10th Senate and portraying it as a mere appendage of the executive, though expressing the legitimate anguish of citizens battling hunger and […]
We will not shirk our responsibilities, Akpabio tells nation on resumption of the senate
THE President of the Senate, Senator Godswaill Akpabio has said that the the senate will remain open, Accountable and responsive to its law making responsibilities adding that the senate will not shirk its responsibility of holding the executive accountable to the people to Nigerians as Nigerians do not look to the lawmakers for lamentations, but […]
Recall Senator Natasha Akpoti Now, Court Tells Senate
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday ruled that the Nigerian Senate acted beyond its powers by suspending Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan for six months, ordering her immediate recall to the Red Chamber. Justice Binta Nyako, who delivered the judgment, described the duration of the suspension as “excessive” and without a clear legal foundation. According […]