There are feelers that the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Presidency are struggling to manage series of political turmoil billowing in virtually all the states regarding ministerial nominees.

The Senate President, Mr Ahmad Lawan and his deputy, Mr Ovie Omo-Agege, were on Thursday hosted to a dinner by Sen. Orji Uzor-Kalu. The event, which took place at Uzor-Kalu’s residence in Abuja, was also attended by some senators, members of the diplomatic corps, among others. Delivering his welcome remark, Uzor-Kalu (APC-Abia) said the occasion…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum, has congratulated the newly elected leadership of the ninth National Assembly, inaugurated on Tuesday. The Chairman of the Forum and Gov. Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa gave the congratulatory message in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Public Affairs, Mr Daniel Alabrah, on Wednesday in Abuja. Dickson…

Now that the coast appears clear for Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila and Hon. Ahmed Idris Wase to clinch the positions of Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the 9th House of Representatives, the next logical thing for Nigerians is to begin to set their minds to the most fundamental challenges bedeviling the nation. I deliberately chose to…

Senators-elect Abba Morro and Ifeanyi Ubah, have described as a ruse attempts to define their decision to support for Senator Ahmed Lawan as part of steps to their eventual defection to All Progressives Congress (APC), stressing that their stance was predicated by national interest. Morro, who was elected to represent Benue South senatorial district, insists…

Dr Orji Kalu, former governor of Abia, has reinforced his earlier stance that the office of the Deputy Senate President must be reserved for the South-East caucus of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the National Assembly. Orji’s position was contained in statement issued on Thursday by Mr Kunle Oyewumi, of Orji Kalu Media Office,…

The events of June 9, 2015, which began as attempts by politicians struggling to assert their will, ended up making the Red Chamber a difficult terrain for the lawmakers to be the best they wanted to be.

The Senate yesterday confirmed the payment of N11 trillion as fuel subsidy claims in the last six years. The chairman of its Committee on Petroleum Downstream, Kabir Marafa (APC, Zamfara), made the disclosure while tendering a report.

The Nigerian Senate Thursday moved against the federal government plans to downgrade the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu from its international status to a local airport following safety concerns. The Senate during its plenary resolved that the federal government should "not consider downgrading" the airport as a matter of urgency. “This airport is strategic in…

The Senate has approved the sum of 266 million dollar as contained in the 2016 to 2018 External Borrowing Plan of President Muhammadu Buhari for Niger State Development Policy Operation (DPO). This followed recommendation of the Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts. The loan among other things, is aimed at stimulating internally generated revenue.…

President Muhammadu Buhari’s second term, which is billed to commence on May 29, 2019 offers him and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) a unique opportunity to right the observed shortcomings in the outgoing 2015 to 2019 dispensation.   The incumbent president and his party came into office in 2015 riding on the lofty ideals…

The outgoing National Assembly was inaugurated on a high note of intrigues. On June 9, 2015 while the All Progressives Congress (APC) was in high spirit, waiting to crown new leaders of a national legislature dominated by its members, fate played a costly joke on the party leadership as they got enmeshed in their own…