Tag: Kawu Sumaila

The lawmaker says his resignation was due to an internal crisis in the NNPP.

Like in the Senate, many opposition members of the House of Representatives have also defected to the APC.

On Thursday, the Senate passed a vote of confidence on its President, Godswill Akpabio.

The new Chairman of the Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream) bemoaned the secrecy in Nigeria’s oil industry and called ...

The Kano senator also recommended drug tests for politicians before contesting elections and assuming political positions.

The lawmaker said the development will help reinstate the autonomy of local governance and also facilitate the development of the ...

The Deputy Senate President, Barau Jibrin, who presided over most of the plenary sessions in the past week, accused the ...

The deputy senate president alleged that some of the state governors are frustrating local government autonomy because of their interests.

The lawmakers also called on the Nigerian government to collaborate with other countries to ensure that there is a ceasefire ...

The NLC has scheduled a nationwide strike on 2 August over removing the fuel subsidy regime.

After what appears to be irreconcilable differences with party leadership in the state, Mr Jibrin may have opted to join ...

The clash was between the supporters of the state commissioner for local government affairs and those of a member of ...

The new special assistant is from Kano.

''There is no permanent enemy in politics, only permanent interest. The interest is Buhari,'' says Mr Samaila on Kano politics.

PREMIUM TIMES reporters have been dispatched to the various election centres to provide live updates of situations as they occur.