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SERAP sue Akpabio, 9 ex-governors over severance package

Sharon EboesomiOctober 9, 20237 min
Under the Akwa-Ibom Life Pension law, former Governors are entitled to N200 million annually, two official cars, domestic staff worth N5 million monthly, state-sponsored annual medical service of N100 million, and five-bedroom mansions in Abuja and Akwa-Ibom. A lawsuit has been filed against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and nine other former Governors in the 10th Senate by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), for allegedly collecting salaries and pensions as Ex-Governors. Joined in...
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Impeachment Plot: Senate President, Akpabio and his ’10 sins’

Temidayo Taiwo-SidiqSeptember 22, 20239 min
Ahead of the resumption of full legislative business in the Tenth Senate next week, all appears not to be well around the Red Chamber with murmurings among Senators on the chances of Senate President, Akpabio remaining in office. What are the underlying issues, and what does it take to remove a President of the Nigerian Senate?         The last two weeks have seen the media awash with alleged moves by aggrieved Senators...
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18 ex-lawmakers, 4 ex-Ministers; Meet President Tinubu’s team of 45

Temidayo Taiwo-SidiqAugust 21, 202311 min
Eighty-three (83) days after his inauguration as President, Bola Tinubu formally constitutes the long-awaited Federal Executive Council (FEC). What is the composition of this cabinet, however and how are the Ministers distributed? Find out in this special piece.   READ ALSO: As Tinubu inaugurates Ministers, vacant NASS seats increase to 6      President Bola Tinubu on Monday formally inaugurated the Federal Executive Council with the swearing-in of forty-five (45) Ministers into the cabinet; arguably...
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As Tinubu inaugurates Ministers, vacant NASS seats increase to 6

Olamilekan Quadri AlimiAugust 21, 202314 min
Eighteen (40%) out of President Tinubu’s 45 Ministers are persons with either local, state or federal legislative experience. With four (4) of these sixteen (16) Ministers holding legislative seats up until their inauguration on Monday, what are the implications for the National Assembly?   READ ALSO: 10TH NASS: At first plenary, Speaker Abbas declares lawmaker’s seat vacant     After eighty-three days in office as President, President Bola Tinubu this Monday formally inaugurated forty-five (45)...
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Tinubu nominates Oyetola, Bagudu, Matawalle, 16 Others in fresh Ministerial list

Temidayo Taiwo-SidiqAugust 2, 20235 min
The Senate adjourned to Friday for the commencement of a second batch of screening for the fresh list of nineteen (19) nominees sent in by the Senate. Both lists submitted by President Tinubu brings the Ministers in the Federal Executive Council (FEC) to 47 if they are confirmed by the Senate.   READ ALSO: Ministerial Screening: 7 Things you should know about the process     With the Senate set to conclude the final round...
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President Tinubu submits fresh batch of ‘Ministerial Nominees’ to Senate

Temidayo Taiwo-SidiqAugust 2, 20233 min
Following in the footsteps of former Presidents Goodluck Jonathan and Muhammadu Buhari who had adopted the practice of submitting their cabinet nominees in batches, President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday sent what is believed to be a final Ministerial list to the National Assembly     READ ALSO: Ministerial list: Beyond mere rituals, as Nigerians await Tinubu’s ‘(wo)men’   With the Senate set to conclude the final round of screening for the first batch of Ministerial...
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10TH NASS: Senate Minority Caucus alleges plot to foist one-party dictatorship

Sharon EboesomiJune 26, 202353 min
Opposition Senators set for showdown ahead of Senate’s resumption from Eid break, cautions new Senate leadership and the Executive against aiding any group inside or outside the Senate to divide and destabilise the minority parties and the Senate institution     READ ALSO: 10TH NASS: Composition of the Nigerian Senate | Parties, Ex-Governors and Deputies         With just three weeks into the life of the Tenth National Assembly, Opposition Senators are accusing...
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10TH SENATE: 5 Things you may have missed from Parliament last week

Sharon EboesomiJune 23, 20234 min
Members of the 10th National Assembly last week elected their Presiding Officers in the Red Chamber. This was thereafter followed with one plenary session on 14th June, 2023 before the lawmakers proceeded on break.   Here are five things you might have missed from the Red Chamber last week:     1. The lawmaker representing Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District, Godswill Obot Akpabio, emerged as the President of the Ninth Senate, polling a total...
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PROFILES: Meet 10 Ex-Governors moving to the 10th National Assembly

adminMarch 15, 20239 min
 Victory it was, for ten out of the seventeen ex-governors who sought Senatorial seats in the February 25 National Assembly elections. This piece spotlights these ex-governors along the demographics of incumbent lawmakers, former National Assembly members and newbies   READ ALSO: Fact File: Performance Scorecards of Ex-Governors at the 9th Assembly       The Red Chamber of the National Assembly has for a long time been perceived as a retirement home for ex-governors in...

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