LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday nullified the National Assembly Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, 2018, which ought to provide the order in which Independent National Electoral Commission must conduct the 2019 general elections. Delivering judgment in a suit filed by Accord Party to challenge the bill, Justice Ahmed Mohammed held…
LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The festering crisis of confidence between the Presidency and the National Assembly may have deepened. There were signs yesterday that the Senate may have resolved to dump all Executive communications sent to it for action. The resolution to “keep all Executive communications in view” was one of the high points of about…
LAGOS APRIL 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The invasion of the Senate Chamber on Wednesday by hired thugs, who also forcibly took away the Mace, has been strongly condemned by former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi. “I received the news of this abominable act with utmost shock. Not even in my wildest dreams did I imagine that…
LAGOS APRIL 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate yesterday declared that its mace that was carted away by suspected political thugs on Wednesday during plenary had been recovered.The mace was brought back about 11:45 a.m. by the Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG) in charge of operations, Habila Joshak. He was accompanied by the FCT Commissioner of Police, Sadiq…
LAGOS APRIL 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate on Wednesday gave up its position on the amendment of the sequence of elections in the country. The decision was reached at plenary on Wednesday. President Muhammadu Buhari had refused to append his signature to the amended Electoral Act Bill as sent to him by the National Assembly. While the…
LAGOS APRIL 18TH (NEWSANGERS)-The National Assembly has given the police and the Department of State Services 24 hours to restore the maze stolen by hoodlums allegedly led by suspended Senator Ovie Omo-Agege. The Deputy Senate President, Dr. Ike Ekweremadu, who presided over a joint sitting of the members of the House of Representatives and the…
LAGOS APRIL 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Protesters demanding the sack of the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki; his deputy, Dr. Ike Ekweremadu, and other members of the Senate stormed the National Assembly on Wednesday. After the placard bearing group had access into the National Assembly, they stormed the Senate where they took the mace away….
LAGOS APRIL 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As politicians start announcing their candidacies and parties begin devising their platforms ahead of Nigeria’s 2019 general elections, a few crucial details remain in the air. Due to a political tug of war in Abuja, it is still unclear when exactly voters will go to the ballot and in what order they…