The bill seeking to peg minimum educational qualification for persons seeking to occupy the office of President of Nigeria and state governors scales second reading at the senate. Also, the bill seeks to make the Ordinary National Diploma (OND) the minimum qualification for those seeking positions at the National and state Assemblies. The bill is being sponsored by Sen. Istifanus Huang, (PDP, Plateau). The bill seeks to alter the Constitution of the Federal Republic of...

A three-man panel at the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has reserved judgment in the appeal filed by Senator Ifeanyi Ubah of the Young Progressive Party (YPP), challenging his sack as the lawmaker representing Anambra South Senatorial District in the National Assembly. The panel of Justices of the appellate court, led by Justice Stephen Adah, said the date for the judgment in the appeal will be communicated to them after parties in the matter...

The Senate Committee on Finance, Tuesday, asked the Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, to provide details of lawyer paid $4m from the excess crude account (ECA) which is gradually going dry. The accountant general had been invited to brief the Senators on the revenue projection for 2020 and to explain why the funds in ECA were diminishing. Mr. Idris explained that the ECA had reduced from $2.2bn — which President Muhammadu Buhari inherited...