To further buttress his claim of budget padding allegation, Mr Abdulmunin Jibrin has released step-by-step, details of how it happened. The former chairman, House of Representatives...
Mr. Adewale Oluwatayo, a member of the House of Representatives, from Ifako-Ijaiye Federal Constituency of Lagos state, has died in Abuja. According to reports, he slumped and...
The Archbishop of the Anglican Communion, Enugu Province, His Grace, Most Rev. Dr. Emmanuel Chukwuma, has warned that President Muhammadu Buhari’s style of governance may lead...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said he would not let Nigerians down on the key promises he made ahead of the 2015 presidential elections. The Senior...
In order to get more evidence to nail a former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, the EFCC, has summoned his former Aide-de-Camp, ADC,...
A former Deputy Governor of Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore may be in for more troubles in the hands of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,...
Senate Minority leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio, on Monday night held secret talks with Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu, acclaimed national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC),...
The Senate President, Bukola Saraki has said that the federal government is getting its priority wrong by chasing him over an alleged forgery case, which he...
The House of Representatives, Wednesday, reminded the Federal Government that it cannot utilise monies that has accrued in the Treasury Single Account, TSA, without the approval...
The House of Representatives has warned the Federal Government against acts capable of crippling the National Assembly, adding that it must desist from its planned prosecution...
The National Assembly (nass) has come under serious attack over Saturday’s proposal for immunity and life pension for the Senate President and Speaker of the House...
The House of Representatives, at the weekend, accused the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, AGF, Abubakar Malami, of misleading the federal government...
The House of Representatives, at the weekend, accused the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, AGF, Abubakar Malami, of misleading the federal government...
Peeved by the continued disobedience of its resolution and order on the crisis plaguing the Kogi State House of Assembly, the House of Representatives, Tuesday, summoned...
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Wednesday, said it was putting finishing touches to a comprehensive proposal for constitutional and legal amendments to the Electoral Act....
President Muhammadu Buhari, Monday night, appealed to the National Assembly to speedily pass the bills before it. The bills, according to the President, included the money...
By Abubakar D. Sani… For the following reasons, I believe that no attempt at ending the costly, unsustainable fuel subsidy programme in Nigeria will succeed unless...
Forces in the presidency are engaged in a battle of wits with Senate President, Bukola Saraki over the appointment of an Acting Clerk to the National...
The Treasury Single Account of the Federal Government, TSA, has again come under attack, as the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission, RMAFC, has opposed the...
Despite the motion by the National Assembly taking over the functions of the Kogi State House of Assembly and directing the state Governor Yahaya Bello to...
The President of the Nigerian Senate, Bukola Saraki, has been taken to task by a group, Campaign for Democracy, CD, over his promise that the National...
Great expectations, that was the feeling of many Nigerians as they watched with rapt attention last Friday when President Muhammadu Buhari signed the 2016 Appropriation Bill...
Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has commended Nigerians for their patience while awaiting presidential assent to the 2016 Appropriation Act and promised that the National...
The imbroglio occasioned by the 2016 budget has finally come to an end, as President Muhammadu Buhari, Friday afternoon, signed the appropriation document into law. With...
The National Assembly on Thursday quietly handed over what they said was a clean copy of the 2016 Budget to the presidency for assent. The document...
The House of Representatives, Thursday, ordered the immediate re-seal of the Kogi State House of Assembly until the resolution of the crisis rocking the assembly. The...
The Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has denied the existence of any bill for the creation of grazing reserves before the National Assembly. Ekrem also vowed...
The Kogi State Government has approached the Supreme Court asking it to nullify the resolution of the House of Representatives taking over the function of the...
Senate President, Bukola Saraki, finally met with President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday evening at the Presidential Villa, Abuja over the lingering 2016 budget impasse The Senate...
The controversies surrounding that appointment of an Acting Clerk to the National Assembly may take time to settle, as the National Assembly Service Commission, Tuesday, rejected...
President Muhammadu Buhari may have begun moves to resolve the 2016 budget impasse, as he met, on Monday, behind closed doors with a former Senate President,...
The Nigeria Employers Consultative Association, NECA, has decried the delay in signing and implementing the 2016 budget, lamenting that the situation is already presenting the country...
President Muhammadu Buhari has finally written the National Assembly over the 2016 budget, pointing out the discrepancies in the Appropriation Bill passed by the federal lawmakers....
President Muhamadu Buhari is said to be furious, and has vowed to deal with those involved in with more infractions to the 2016 budget that have...
By Dele Momodu…Your Excellency, I’m convinced the time has come to write you this letter despite the fact that I have some measure of access to...
The House of Representatives on Tuesday ordered the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr. Abubakar Malami, to appear before it to explain his...
The crisis rocking the Kogi State House of Assembly continued on Tuesday, as nine members of the House loyal to factional speaker, Hon. Umar Imam, suspended...
Chairman, Senate Committee on Land Transport, Senator Gbenga Ashafa (Lagos East) has stated that the Executive did not tell Nigerians the whole truth on the issue...
The Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, has called on the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase, to unseal the Kogi State House...
The controversies surrounding the 2016 budget seem not in a hurry to abate, as the Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Hon Abdulmumin...
There are strong indications that President Muhammadu Buhari is still not ready to sign the 2016 budget into law even as he leaves for China today....
Ijaw youths, under the umbrella of the Ijaw Youth Council Worldwide, IYC, has kicked against the removal of the 10 per cent Host Community Fund in...
Members of the National Assembly, like President Muhammadu Buhari are asking questions why the details of the 2016 budget, were not made known, but seemingly being...
President Muhammadu Buhari said Thursday in Washington DC that he will critically review the 2016 Appropriation Bill passed by the National Assembly before assenting to it....
The National Assembly, on Wednesday, said the 2016 budget was the most difficult for them to deal with, insisting that the Federal Government cannot begun to...
The order of the National Assembly for the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Solomon Arase, to seal the Kogi State House of Assembly, Lokoja, was today...
Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has indicated that a new version of the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, is set to be re-presented in the National Assembly, next...
The inaugural National Assembly Business Environment Roundtable (NASSBER) will hold today (Monday) in Abuja with key stakeholders drawn from the executive, legislature and the private sector...
In a sharp reaction, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Wednesday said it did not fail to remit N3.325tn to the Federation Account. It however admitted...
Contrary to expectations, the 2016 budget was not be passed on Wednesday as scheduled as members of the National Assembly said there was need for the...
