Politics

Senate Removes Direct Primaries, passes Electoral Act The Senate has removed the Contentious clause 84 from the Electoral Act Amendment Bill. The Clause which imposes Direct Primaries on Political Parties was expunged at Wednesday’s Plenary after the upper legislative house dissolved into the Committee of a whole to Consider President Buhari’s Observations on the Electoral Bill. The Senate made the necessary amendments in accordance with Order 87 subsection (C) of the Senate Standing orders. President of the Senate says other observations sighted by other lawmakers will be reflected at the Administrative level before it is sent to President Buhari for…

The Chief Whip of the Senate, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu met President Muhammadu Buhari behind closed doors at the State House, Abuja Announcing the visit in a facebook post sighted by THE WHISPERER, the former Abia state governor wrote; "Tonight, I paid President Muhammadu Buhari a visit to discuss major national issues and I am very satisfied with our discussion. " I left him at 10pm and in good health . We look forward to a better Nigeria," he said. Details later.