The Nigerian Senate was on Wednesday thrown into a rowdy session over a request by Senator Dino Melaye to present a motion on militarisation of the...
Manufacturers of alcoholic beverages and carbonated drinks may have a tough time trying to manage their revenue margin, following plans by the Federal Government to review...
The Rivers state police command has deployed 15,544 of its troops to various parts of the state as part of efforts to curb violence and ensure...
The Nigeria Police has claimed that 323 persons within the country fell into its net for various electoral offences during the February 23 Presidential and National...
Embattled Senator Shehu Sani is blowing hot again, this time, the People’s Redemption Party (PRP) candidate who lost out in the race to retain his Kaduna...
A former governor of Benue State has lost the third senatorial district in Benue State to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Akume who polled 115, 422...
Yakubu Kwanta, former local government chairman in Nasarawa state, escaped lynching on Saturday after being accused by angry youths for making attempts to snatch a ballot...
Presidential and National Assembly elections are held today in five units in three local government areas of Benue State. Mr. Nentawe Goshwe, Benue State Resident Electoral...
The Chartered Institute Bankers of Nigeria, CIBN, has decried the incessant delay in the passage of the national budget, saying it impacts negatively on national productivity....
The two chambers of the National Assembly have scheduled February 26th as the day for their resumption of plenary. This is coming on the heels of...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked Nigerians to “hold successive governments since the return of democracy in 1999 and the leadership of the National...
By Todimu Ogunade…. Senator of the eighth National Assembly, Dino Melaye has carved a ‘’niche’’ that rings so loudly in my subconscious mind. Ignoble and professionally...
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), has doubted that the 2019 budget proposal presented to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari. The body...
Sen. Abu Ibrahim (APC, Katsina), has said that they will make sure Senate President Bukola Saraki did not return to the Senate, adding that President Muhammadu...
The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), has expressed satisfaction over the passage of the Companies and Allied Matters Bill by the National Assembly, which it described as...
The Governor of Zamfara State, Alhaji Abubakar Yari, has warned the National Assembly not to pass a new National Minimum Wage that would be difficult for...
There are reports that the two chambers of the National Assembly would reconvene on Tuesday to further discuss the suspension of the head of the judicial...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has concluded plans to protest at the National Assembly on Monday against the N27,000 new minimum wage bill sent to the...
Following the observation of discrepancies by the National Assembly in the 2019 budget, the budget office on Thursday insisted there were none of such errors. A...
President Muhammadu Buhari has sent to the National Assembly for approval the proposed New National Minimum Wage of N27,000. A letter to the effect was read...
President Muhammadu Buhari has transmitted the new national minimum wage bill to the National Assembly following its approval by the National Council of State. Ita Enang,Senior...
The Nigeria Labour Congress said it rejects the Tuesday adoption of the N27,000 national minimum wage by the council of states. The Secretary-General of the union,...
The National Industrial Court, NIC, Abuja, has said that it has not vacated an order it gave restraining the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria, PASAN, from...
The 8th National Assembly may go down in the history of the country as the one with the highest number of rejected bills passed by it,...
The Nigeria Labour Congress has said it is awaiting the transmission of an executive bill on the new minimum wage from the Presidency to the National...
The moves by the Federal Government and the organised labour to finalise the new minimum wage issue this month face yet another crisis. Sources at the...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, has reacted to the planned arraignment of the Chief Justice of Nigeria ( CJN) Justice Walter...
Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Yusuf Buratai has responded to a request urging him to provide information on spending on military operations across the...
There are indications that there is serious security lapse at the nation’s apex legislative institution, the National Assembly, leading to a worrisome increase of cases of...
The Nigeria Labour Congress on Thursday attacked the Nigeria Governors’ Forum for saying that there would be economic crisis in Nigeria if President Muhammadu Buhari went...
The controversy surrounding the new minimum wage may soon be a thing of the past, as President Muhammadu Buhari is billed to transmit a bill to...
If President Muhammadu Buhari’s N8.83 trillion budget is passed by the National Assembly without changes, the education sector would be getting its worst allocation in terms...
Plans by the Federal government to stop threats from organised labour in the country to embark on a nationwide strike may have suffered a setback as...
The Nigeria Police has insisted it would not withdraw its siege on the Abuja residence of Senator Dino Melaye until the lawmaker surrenders The senator has...
The Senator representing Kaduna Central at the National Assembly, Shehu Sani, has called on the management of Etisalat and Keystone Bank to immediately publish the full...
Some lawmakers on Sunday said it would be impossible for the National Assembly to start and complete work on the national budget before next year’s general...
Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, says the President Muhammadu Buhari administration has been able to meet all its promises to Nigerians. Mohammed made the...
More reactions have continued to trail President Muhammadu Buhari’s booing by some members of the National Assembly with the latest coming from Nigerian students. The students...
After a ding dong affair between the Presidency, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, and the National Assembly, President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday said N305 billion...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says ;lawmakers booing President Muhammadu Buhari was a vote of no confidence. During the presentation of the 2019 budget, some lawmakers...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has blamed Senate President Bukola Saraki and Yakubu Dogara, Speaker of the House of Representatives, for the “wayward conduct” of Peoples...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has reacted to President Muhammadu Buhari’s suggestion during the 2019 budget presentation that there would be a review of the N30,000...
Reactions have continued to trail the N8.83 trillion 2019 appropriation bill presented by President Muhammadu Buhari to the National Assembly on Wednesday. The national chairman of...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday as expected presented the 2019 budget proposal to a joint session of the National Assembly. Buhari presented the budget in the...
Should the scheduled budget presentation by President Muhammadu Buhari before a joint session of the National Assembly fail tomorrow, the management of the National Assembly has...
According to a House of Representatives member who represents Ikpoba-Okha/Egor Constituency, Ehiozuwa Agbonnayima, the threat by the National Assembly to veto President Muhammadu Buhari on the...
The federal government and the National Assembly are making efforts to avert fuel scarcity during the yelutide season over threats by oil marketers to shut down...
The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) on Sunday called on members of the National Assembly, especially those from opposition parties, to boycott President Muhammadu Buhari’s...
The Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) has revealed that it will embark on a four-day warning strike beginning from Monday. Bature Mohammed, chairman of the...
The presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), Obiageli Ezekwesili, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the amended Electoral Act, promising stiff...
