ECOWAS Parliament reacts to brawl in Senegalese Parliament after male opposition legislator, Massata Samb, struck a female colleague, Amy Ndiaye Gniby, a member of the ruling Benno Bokk Yakaar (BBY) coalition, in the face
ECOWAS Parliament reacts to brawl in Senegalese Parliament after male opposition legislator, Massata Samb, struck a female colleague, Amy Ndiaye Gniby, a member of the ruling Benno Bokk Yakaar (BBY) coalition, in the face
With less than 83 days to the 2023 Elections, the CCD laments the non-inclusion of issues important to the disability community in the manifestos of frontline political parties, raises concern that the in-coming government may struggle to prioritise inclusion and participation of persons with disabilities in government programs and activities
With the State Governorship Elections holding barely 100 days away, we commence a Spotlight Series this week on Governorship Candidates making a switch from the legislature to the executive
After one week of tension in the State Assembly, seventeen out of the 25-member House on November 21, 2022 elected a first-term member as the first female Speaker in its history. This edition of Parliament Spotlight profiles the new head of the Ekiti legislature
On Throwback Thursday this week, we take a trip down memory lane to the controversy surrounding Presidential social media aide, Lauretta Onochie's previous nomination and rejection at the Senate
Known to be very outspoken and controversial, yet influential. Reputed to have 27 children, served as Special Adviser to not less than two past Presidents of the Senate and has been in the Green Chamber for five terms
Better quality of life not revenue generation behind auction of 5G licenses
From tnullification of the primaries that produced him as gubernatorial candidate, to the declaration of his Senatoral seat as vacant; it's been a season of travails for Taraba Senator, Bwacha. Is the lawmaker's political career falling like a pack of cards?
The quality of life of citizens get boosted through digital technology, says Nigeria’s telecom regulator Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, has said in Lagos that the quality of life is now being measured in terms of digital connectivity that promotes businesses, social and economic wellbeing of the citizens. Danbatta, who spoke through NCC’s Director of Digital Economy, Dr. Augustine Nwulunne, in a keynote at the 2022 Africa...
Following a successful term after his election to the Red Chamber on the platform of the majority All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2015, he won a re-election to the Ninth Senate and has five bills to his credit in the 9th National Assembly. Guess who the spotlight is on This week’s episode of Parliament Spotlight is on 66-year old Senator Yusuf Abubakar Yusuf; a member of the Ninth National Assembly and current Chairman of...