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Yesterday, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the push by parents to remove sexually explicit books from public school libraries and the counterargument that these requests target minority groups, specifically the LGBTQ community, and are akin to book banning. Making the point for parents across this country, Senator …

Jibrin Isah, the lawmaker representing Kogi East on the platform of the All Progressives Congress was on Tuesday, September 5, sacked by Kogi State Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Lokoja.    The tribunal Chairman, Justice K.A. Orjiako, who delivered the judgment on the petition brought before it by the candidate …

Senator Elisha Ishaku Abbo has lost a bid to void the N50m damages awarded against him by a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) for allegedly assaulting a woman, Ms. Osimibibra Warmate, in a sex toy shop in Abuja in 2019.   A three-member panel of an appellate …

Senator Abdul Ningi has said that some lawmakers have gotten N2m as holiday allowance even though he is yet to see his own.    Recall that during plenary on Tuesday, August 8, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, was caught on tape telling the Senators to expect a “token” to enable them …

Sanni’s wife was called by passersby through the next-of-Kin phone number on his driver’s licence that the body of her husband was dumped in Oshodi. The Police Command in Lagos State says it is investigating the death of Adeniyi Sanni, a senior aide to the Chairman of the Senate Committee …

The conviction and sentencing of Peter Nwaoboshi, a former senator who represented Delta north, to seven years imprisonment over money laundering charges, has been quashed by the Supreme Court in a split decision of four-to-one.   The EFCC had dragged the former lawmaker to court after claiming that Nwaoboshi and …

  Senator representing Anambra South, Ifeanyi Ubah, has told a Biafran agitator, Simon Ekpa, to take his sit-at-home campaign to his home state of Ebonyi and leave Anambra State out of it.   Ubah had urged residents of the state to open their businesses on the first weekday and shun …

It appears Senator Shehu Sani disapproves of the renaming of the Maiduguri airport after former Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari.    On Monday, June 26, President Tinubu approved the renaming of some airports after prominent Nigerians. In the statement released, it was revealedthat the Maiduguri Airport was renamed after President Buhari. …

Senator Orji Uzor Kalu broke down in tears while speaking at the 9th Senate valedictory session held at the National Assembly today June 10.   Kalu who served as the Senate Chief Whip and represented Abia North in the house, recounted how he was treated badly, especially by those he …

A New York Times report is expanding on the current breadth of confusion engulfing Democrat Senator Dianne Feinstein, even recalling one incident in which she failed to grasp why Vice President Kamala Harris had shown up to cast a tiebreaking vote in the Senate. The report was published over the …