Few hours after President Bola Tinubu openly endorsed Senator Godswill Akpabio for the 10th Senate Presidency, three Senators-elect Abdul’aziz Yari, Jimoh Ibrahim and Elisha Abbo called for a counter meeting slated for June 9 at 9pm at the Fraiser Suites, Abuja.The notice of the meeting was signed by Abbo, who became famous four years ago as ‘the Sex Toy Senator’ when the news of him slapping a young girl at a sex toy shop in Abuja went viral.Abbo and Jimoh Ibrahim...

In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court has declared it illegal for governors to dissolve democratically elected local governments. The court ordered the Federal Government to withhold allocations to any local governments led by unelected officials appointed by governors.Additionally, the apex court barred the Federal Government from channelling local government allocations through state governments. This practice, the court noted, has been misused by governors wh...

The management of the National Assembly on Tuesday reacted to the controversial “enjoyment allowance” paid to Senators and members of the House of Representatives before they embarked on a long recess last Monday.In a statement made available to journalists on Tuesday, the Secretary, of Research and Information, Dr. Ali Umoru, said the said payment to the lawmakers in the upper and lower legislative chambers was mischaracterized, describing such as unfortunate, give...