The National Assembly on Saturday postponed its resumption of plenary till February 9 over the All Progressives Congress (APC) registration exercise. The lawmakers were earlier scheduled...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) on Sunday urged the National Assembly to urgently review the 2021 Appropriation Act to stop President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration...
To say Nigeria’s National Assembly is expensive is no news, but the disparity to the harsh reality of over 200 million Nigerians is quite baffling. In...
The National Assembly on Monday transmitted the 2021 budget of N13.5trillion to President Muhammadu Buhari. The National Assembly passed the 2021 budget on December 21. The Federal...
There was rage in the National Assembly (NASS) past week as Senators boiled in anger over perceived disregard, by President Muhammadu Buhari, of their resolutions on...
The Nigerian government has sent a written request to the National Assembly, seeking a new review of the 2020 budget. Zainab Ahmed, the minister of finance,...
Trouble looms in the National Assembly as legislative aides have written a petition to the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan and the Speaker of the...
A former Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Farouk Aliyu, believes that the Service Chiefs are in a better position to address the National Assembly...
Human Rights activist and constitutional lawyer, Mike Ozekhome (SAN), has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to appear before the National Assembly and address Nigerians on his...
The Nigerian Senate, dumping all forms of affiliations and sentiments, is unyielding in its call on President Muhammadu Buhari to sack his underperforming security chiefs. The...
The Deputy Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Toby Okechukwu, said on Wednesday the National Assembly has the power to summon President Muhammadu Buhari on...
The National Assembly may compel the country’s next president to constitute his cabinet at least 30 days after inauguration or risk impeachment by the parliament. The...
The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, has insisted that the National Assembly does not have the power to invite President Muhammadu Buhari to address...
President Muhammadu Buhari will address a joint session of the National Assembly on his government’s efforts at addressing the country’s security challenges on Thursday. The president’s...
The Coalition of Public Interest Lawyers and Advocates (COPA) has urged the National Assembly to organize a public debate for the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) as...
Just when it appeared that the dust had settled on claims that former President Goodluck Jonathan left an empty treasury in 2015, top lawmaker in the...
President Muhammadu Buhari has dispatched the Finance Bill 2020 to the National Assembly for review and legislative assent. Senate President Ahmad Lawan and Femi Gbajabiamila, speaker...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Thursday presented its budget to the House of Representatives, marking the first time the state-owned firm would do so in...
Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State has given reasons why a draft bill on restructuring was dropped in 2018. El-Rufai, who was the Chairman of the...
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, said on Friday the National Assembly is doing everything within its power to ensure the passage of the 2021 Budget by...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ebonyi State has suspended former governor of the state, Sam Egwu, and 23 others for alleged anti-party activities. Also suspended...
Probe. This is another word for political manoeuvring, horse-trading, chicanery and blackmail – in the Nigerian milieu. Probes are launched here not for righteous ends but...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday presented a budget of N29,861,694,947 billion to the National Assembly for its operations in 2021. A breakdown...
Nigeria will borrow $1.2 billion from Brazil to fund various agricultural schemes next year, Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning Zainab Ahmed told the House...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has threatened to sue the Northern Governors and the National Assembly if the social media bill is passed and...
EndSARS protesters have taken their protest against police brutality in Nigeria to the National Assembly complex in Abuja. The EndSARS protesters, majorly youths, barricaded the entrance...
#EndSARS realities On October 7, the President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, argued that banning the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) would not bring a solution to...
The National Assembly has promised that the 2021 Appropriation Bill would be passed before the end of this year. The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan...
President Muhammadu Juhari on Thursday presented the 2021 budget estimates of the federal government to a joint sitting of both chambers of the National Assembly. Buhari...
The National Assembly has said that it would limit the number of people to accompany President Muhammadu Buhari to its chamber during the 2021 budget presentation...
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Thursday present the 2021 budget estimates to a joint sitting of the two chambers of the National Assembly on Thursday. Buhari...
Senate President Ahmad Lawan has said that the National Assembly would not mind if the price to pay for having a cordial relationship with the executive...
Suspicious signals On September 11, the Acting Clerk to the National Assembly, Arc. Olatunde Ojo, dished an unexpected announcement. In a statement, released on behalf of...
The National Assembly management on Friday extended the annual vacation of the federal lawmakers by two weeks. The Senators and members of the House of Representatives...
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has described the Water Resources Bill as an “obnoxious, draconian and imperialistic anti-people’s legislation. HURIWA in a statement...
A former Governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam, on Friday said the controversial Water Bill was still a rumour at the National Assembly. Suswam, who represents...
The National Assembly has been advised to listen to the voice of reason and rest the Water Resources Bill. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) gave the...
The President of the Nigerian Senate, Ahmad Lawan has said that disrespect by President Muhammadu Buhari’s appointees would no longer be tolerated by the National Assembly....
Prof Pat Utomi Sunday claimed he had evidence of budget padding by the National Assembly. Speaking at a Channels TV programme Sunday night, he said members...
Senator Ike Ekweremadu has called for the scrapping of the Executive Order from the constitution. The former deputy Senate president stated this in a paper on...
That hurried vacation On August 19, the Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Alhassan Ado-Doguwa, made public the suspension of all investigative and committee hearings...
The Minister of Aviation Hadi Sirika on Monday enjoined the National Assembly not to slash the budgetary allocation for the ministry. Sirika made the appeal when...
The House of Representatives on Wednesday suspended public hearings and other activities by its various committees till September 15 when the National Assembly resumes from annual...
Go! Please, go!! Senators, on July 21, bared their minds on the continued stay of Nigeria’s service chiefs in the face of the deteriorating security situation...
The National Assembly has been urged not to approve any further loan request from President Muhammadu Buhari. The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CSLAC) made the...
Transparency International, Nigeria, on Tuesday charged the National Assembly to reject future loan requests from President Muhammadu Buhari. The Executive Director of Transparency International, Nigeria, Auwal...
Two groups of protesters have clashed at the National Assembly Complex, Abuja, over the ongoing probe of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) being undertaken by...
The former National Assembly clerk, Mohammed Sani-Omolori, has responded to the query issued to him by the National Assembly Service Commission. He said his refusal to...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday warned ministers and heads of departments and agencies against undermining the National Assembly as an institution, its leadership and members. President...
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has been asphyxiated. It is out of oxygen. It now runs on the noxious gas of corruption; its usefulness outlived...
