Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has stated that Nigeria must fix the power sector in order to alleviate poverty. Dogara also reiterated...
The House of Representatives has launched an investigation into allegations of fictitious contract awards and mismanagement of billions of naira by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and...
The House of Representatives’ investigation into incentives/waivers granted to multi-national corporations is aimed at ensuring that Nigeria is not short-changed from benefits derivable from foreign direct...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, Tuesday said Nigeria has no viable steel sector but keeps utilising millions in tonnes of steel to...
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has said that Parliament will not continue to look on as confusion trails the recovery of looted...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has stated that only the enthronement of justice would lead to the resolution of the crisis currently...
Former vice president Atiku Abubakar has backed the National Assembly’s resolution to amend the constitution in order to include state police and community policing in the...
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to assent to the constitutional amendment Bill which provides for early submission of...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, Thursday advocated that Minister of State position should be reserved for the youth. Dogara made the call...
The lower chamber of the National Assembly has begun an investigation into allegations by electricity consumers in the country over excessive charges being levied by power...
The presidency has put out a critical response to the National Assembly’s defence of its 2018 budget alterations, accusing the lawmakers of not being content with...
The National Assembly said it made cuts to 4,700 projects amounting to N347 billion to support the generation of employment for youths by Micro, Small and...
The two chambers of the National Assembly on Wednesday reacted to concerns raised by President Muhammadu Buhari on the alterations made to the 2018 Appropriation Act....
The National Assembly has embarked on a four-week recess. The leadership of the two chambers of announced this after their respective plenaries. The lawmakers are to...
Following what appeared a great show of unity by members of the National Assembly on Tuesday as they took a unified position in a joint session...
The fragile peace between the Legislative and the Executive arms of the Nigerian government seems to have finally collapsed as members of the National Assembly rose...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has regretted that the Boko Haram terrorist group is yet to be totally defeated to allow Internally...
Members of the New Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP) bloc in the All Progressives Congress (APC) are weighing three options as they hold separate meetings today with...
Many loyalists of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki and those of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakub Dogara, are set to defect from...
The presidency has confirmed that the National Assembly has now transmitted the 2018 budget to President Muhammadu Buhari for assent. Ita Enang, Senior Special Assistant to...
All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders are to meet today with leaders of the defunct New Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP) over their grievances. A group of APC...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has given its Contact and Integration Committee a two-week extension to wrap up negotiations with Senate President Bukola Saraki, House of...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday returned from his hometown in Daura, Katsina State, to enter into a closed-door meeting with President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki,...
Two Lawyers, Monday Ubani and John Nwokwu, have dragged the Senate and House of Representative, as well as the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) before a Federal...
Strategists of President Muhammadu Buhari are leaving nothing to chance in the event that some bigwigs of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) dump the party...
President Muhammadu Buhari may soon face an impeachment notice, going by the feelings being expressed by federal lawmakers. The Senate on Thursday, fell short of activating...
A Nigerian court on Wednesday, presided over by Justice Ahmed Mohammed, voided moves by the legislative arm of government to re-order the nation’s election timetable. In...
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has demanded for retraction of a story by an online news portal Premium Times, The online portal...
Nigerian taxpayers need to know this. Their representatives at the National Assembly, led by Senate President Bukola Saraki and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu...
The quest by the National Assembly to rework the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, 2010 (otherwise referred to as Election Sequence/Reordering Bill) suffered some setback on both...
The National Assembly on Wednesday finally passed the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB) after years of failed attempts. The bill was passed by the Senate after...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has asserted that the National Assembly would not abandon Zonal Intervention Projects, criticism notwithstanding. Dogara said this...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, has said that no amount of blackmail from any quarters will force the National Assembly to...
The national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, was a major absentee on Monday as President Muhammadu Buhari hosted a meeting of the...
President Muhammadu Buhari has given ministries, department and agencies till Friday to submit details of their budget estimates to the National Assembly. This is coming five...
There was mild drama in an Abuja Division of the Federal High Court on Tuesday, with proceedings ending without the substantive matter being heard or the...
The Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), says the N13m allowances being received by senators is only a tip of...
The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and Speaker of the House of Representative, Yakubu Dogara, have pledged a common response to President Muhammadu Buhari’s veto of the...
The next steps to be followed by the senate have been revealed following President Muhammadu Buhari’s refusal to assent to the amended electoral act sent to...
Shehu Sani, the senator representing Kaduna Central, has provided reasons behind his recent disclosure of the long-concealed exact earnings of Nigerian senators. Sani had revealed in...
The Nigerian Senate has reacted to the revelation made by Shehu Sani, the senator representing Kaduna Central, that each senator received N13 million monthly as “running...
Legal practitioner and rights activist, Femi Falana has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to put an end to the payment of “illegal” salaries and allowances being paid...
The speakers of the state houses of assembly have thrown their weight behind devolution of powers, asking that it be reintroduced in the next round of...
Ten days to the meeting of members of Egmont Group, where Nigeria will be expelled, both chambers of the National Assembly are yet to transmit a...
Former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Attahiru Jega, has faulted the amendment of the election timetable by the National Assembly. Jega said the...
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, has said that unless interest rates on loans in Nigeria are reduced to make funds accessible to...
From Ajansii Mgbo Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has descended heavily on political parties in Nigeria, describing them as weak, deceitful and lacking...
A new battle line may have been drawn between the two presiding officers of the National Assembly and the Presidency over the new amendments to the...
Following the gruesome murder of several Innocent victims in Benue State, as a result of clashes between farmers and herdsmen, President Muhammadu Buhari has held meetings...
Barring any unforeseen circumstances, there are indications that the legislature is set to accede to the request by the executive for the passage of the 2018...
