The National Assembly is in the best position to help Nigeria out of the current constitutional crisis. Tunji Abayomi, lawyer and human rights activist stated this in a letter to Ovie Omo-Agege, deputy Senate president. According to the lawyer, the legislature can set in motion a new constitutional order, having derived its powers from the…
Much Ado About “Bow and Go”
The screening of ministerial nominees by the Senate has come and gone but the dust it raised may take some time to settle. The announcement of ministerial nominations is always greeted with public excitement. And the case was not different this time round too, for obvious reasons. The President needs ministers to help him in…
Buhari’s Yes Chamber?
There are concerns that despite assurances of leaders of the ninth National Assembly the legislature may be too submissive to the executive that it may shirk its traditional role of keeping the government on its toes As soon as the leadership of the 9th Senate was inaugurated on June 11, Ahmed Lawan, the newly elected…
Victory for Erhue/Omo-Agege’s Delta APC
The Court of Appeal sitting in Benin, on Friday upturned the March 18, 2019 judgment of the Asaba Federal High Court which declared Cyril Ogodo-led faction of the Delta State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC as the authentic executives of the party. The appellate court instead affirmed the Prophet Jones Erue-led State Working…
