President Muhammadu Buhari will on Tuesday, October 31, host the leadership of the National Assembly to dinner at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. At a private dinner with the Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, at the State House on Thursday, President Buhari said the dinner, earlier arranged for Thursday, October 26, will now hold on Tuesday.

The Senate Leader, Sen. Ahmad Lawan, and Mr Mike Ozekhome said on Thursday that to reflect true separation of powers in Nigeria, the immunity clause should apply to all arms of government.

They made the disclosure in Lagos at a retreat for members of the National Assembly Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions, organised by the National Institute for Legislative Studies in Lagos.

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday declared that the anti-corruption fight in the country must take a new turn for it to succeed.

Osinbajo stated this at the opening of a two-day capacity building workshop for justices and judges, organised by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in collaboration with the National Judicial Institute (NJI) in Abuja.

Head of the political party activities to general elections in the country, the National Orientation Agency has urged youths in the country to embrace peace.

The Director-General of the National orientation agency, Mr. Garba Abari made this known on Thursday in Owerri, the Imo state capital during a one-day youth workshop.

The North East Development Commission is now a reality, backed by law. President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday assented to the bill establishing it. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Sen Ita Enang, made this known in a statement on Wednesday.

The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the PDP, yesterday, approved December 9 for the party’s national convention at Eagle square, Abuja. Addressing newsmen last night at the end of the meeting in Abuja, which ‎lasted for over seven hours, the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, said the party had resolved to investigate the issues in Ekiti so as to retain the state in 2018.