politics

Nigeria’s economy has lost N499.32bn to the shutdown of Twitter since it came into effect on June 4, 2021. On June 4, the Federal Government announced the suspension of Twitter after the social media platform deleted a tweet by the President, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). Telecommunication companies had on June …

SENATORS have dissolved into a closed-door session to deliberate on the letter of President Muhammadu Buhari and take a position on the withholding of assent to the 2021 Electoral Act Amendment bill. Soon after the Senate resumed plenary Wednesday, the President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan at 10.36 called …

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 …

Following the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari to decline assent to the 2021 Amended Electoral Bill, 81 out of 109 Senators on Tuesday indicated interest to veto the President. ABN TV had brought you a report that the Senate dissolved into a closed session at 1:57 pm on Tuesday to …

Governors have commended President Muhammadu Buhari for withholding assent to the Electoral Act Amendment Bill. The Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) and Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, who spoke on behalf of his counterparts, said governors are not fixated on any mode of primary election to …

Amid pregnancy rumours, the wife of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), Aisha, has ordered all members of her staff to proceed on indefinite leave. This was announced in a terse statement on Tuesday by the Senior Special Adviser to the President on Health and Development Partners in the …

A brawl broke out on the floor of Ghana’s parliament late on Monday as lawmakers debated a proposed tax on electronic transactions that has divided the house for weeks. The 1.75% e-levy, which would include taxes on mobile money payments, has been fiercely challenged by the opposition since it was …

When Muhammad Nami was appointed to take over the helm of affairs at the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), many were of the view that the appointment is to sate the demands of some influential persons as his antecedents doesn’t show him as one that can lead the revenue collection …

An ally of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), Senator Mohammed Saleh, and some supporters of former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, under the aegis of The Disciples of Jagaban, on Saturday began mobilising support for Tinubu’s rumoured presidential ambition. They also sensitised voters in the north to …

Olubukola Abubakar Saraki, MBBS, CON (born in 19 December 1962) is a Nigerian politician. He was the 13th President of the Senate of Nigeria from 2015 to 2019 and Chair of the 8th Nigeria National Assembly. He was previously the Governor of Kwara State from 2003 to 2011; and was …