The Clerk to the National Assembly (CNA), Alhaji Mohammed Sani-Omolori has countered a directive by the National Assembly Service Commission for him and about 151 other...
The clerk to the National Assembly, Mohammed Sani-Omolori, and more than 150 senior management staff members of the parliament are set to retire. The development followed...
The National Assembly Joint Committee on Niger Delta Affairs has adjourned its ongoing probe of alleged corruptions in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to Tuesday,...
The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Senator Pauline Tallen, has lamented the upsurge in rape cases across the country. The minister stated this when...
After several years of stomaching insolence from operatives of the Executive, Nigeria’s long-suffering National Assembly last week finally mustered the courage to bite, as it sank...
Former Acting Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the immediate past Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Barrister Joy Nunieh...
A civil society group, Voters Awareness Initiative (VAI) on Thursday asked the members of the National Assembly to adhere to the principle of separation of powers....
I came in full cognisance with the normality of influence peddling for jobs when I was covering the national assembly. It is a run-off-the-mill practice, which...
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said that the legislature is the most misunderstood arm of government. Lawan stated this in his remarks sequel to...
Guilty as charged! Poor Nigerians got a rare mention at the National Assembly recently. The Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Ali Ndume, on June 21, shared...
The National Assembly has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to suspend the plan to recruit 774,000 Nigerians for Special Public Works across the country. This followed the...
A human rights group has warned against efforts to ignore Federal Character principle and the Public Service Rules (PSR) in the appointment of a new clerk...
Senator Ali Ndume has insisted that Nigeria would not move forward under the presidential system of government. According to him, there was a need to conduct...
A civil society organization, Centre for Liberty, on Thursday urged President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Assembly to use this year’s Democracy Day celebration to recommit...
Members of the National Assembly from the North East geopolitical zone, have protested over the exclusion of the zone in the planned reopening of some airports...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an appeal to three United Nations (UN) special rapporteurs over the Federal Government’s cut in education and health...
The Senate vowed on Sunday the National Assembly would not back down on its probe of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NNDC) for alleged misappropriation of...
At least 4,000 parliamentary staff including those in the state Houses of Assembly have demanded the full implementation of the revised condition of service enacted by...
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the National Assembly to approve plan by his administration, to borrow a fresh $5.513 billion external loan to finance the revised...
Cross River State All Progressive Congress(APC) has vowed not to participate in the state’s local government elections fixed for Saturday, May 30. The Cross River State...
The National Assembly has fixed Thursday May 28 as the new date for their resumption of plenary as against the former date of June 2nd, to...
The House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation Friday cautioned Ministries, Department and Agencies (MDAs) against tampering with the 2020 Appropriation Act. The Chairman of the committee,...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has once again called on President Muhammadu Buhari to respect the rule of law and constitutionalism of the country,...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, said Tuesday the National Assembly would re-work its Legislative Agenda to reflect the current realities in the...
Scenes around the National Assembly are never short of being boisterous. Last week, evidence of a people in a hurry to get something done showed in...
The Leadership of the National Assembly on Thursday met with the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning to be briefed by the latter on the...
The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Benjamin Kalu, on Wednesday raised the alarm over the safety of the National...
The National Assembly has been charged to ensure the immediate passage of the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB) and amendment of the 2020 Appropriation Act. The...
The All Progressives Governors’ Forum (PGF) has faulted the Federal Government’s strategy of disbursing palliatives to cushion the effect of Covid-19. In a statement on Saturday,...
The leadership of the National Assembly on Thursday dismissed reports that it labelled the National Social Investment Programmes (NSIPs) a failure as misleading. The NASS leadership...
The Nigerian House of Representatives have hinted that they would consider a fresh Stimulus Bill that will ensure a two-month free electricity supply to Nigerians to...
A former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, said Sunday the Federal Government would require about N2 trillion to provide financial...
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Works, Mohammed Adamu Aliero, said on Sunday the National Assembly has commenced moves for the downward review of the...
The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday called on President Muhammadu Buhari to consider placing a travel ban on countries with high risk of coronavirus. The request was...
Senator Shehu Sani has advised South East leaders to articulate their positions ahead of National Assembly’s approval of Muhammadu Buhari’s request for a foreign loan of...
The fear of the spread of Coronavirus to the National Assembly has forced the House of Representatives to adjourn for two weeks. The green chambers took...
While Nigerians continue to endure the pains of economic quagmire, security breakdown, subversion of majority will on the ground of technicality at the alter of the...
A group of protesters on Friday stormed the National Headquarters of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in solidarity with the National Chairman of the party,...
The House of Representatives on Tuesday reacted to the public outcry that trailed the planned purchase of exotic cars for members of the National Assembly, saying...
The quiet rumblings in President Muhammadu Buhari’s kitchen cabinet fully exploded last week. The National Security Adviser, Major-General Babagana Monguno, in a leaked memo, published by...
The President of the Nigerian Senate, Ahmad Lawan has informed that he has received reports of security threat to the assembly complex urging security agencies to...
A fierce critic of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, Aisha Yesufu, on Monday accused the President of being the number culprit of hate speech in the country....
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, D. Ibrahim Oloriegbe, said on Wednesday the National Assembly (NASS) is committed to achieving Universal Health Coverage (UCH)...
The issue of Amotekun, the local security outfit recently set up by South-West governors, has landed at the National Assembly. This followed the directive by the...
The President of the Nigerian Senate, Ahmad Lawan has debunked claims held in some quarters that the ninth National Assembly is a rubber stamp legislature to...
An FCT High Court, in Jabi, Abuja, has fixed February 25 to hear a suit challenging the qualification of the Speaker of the House of Representatives,...
An election observer group, Centre for Transparency Advocacy (CTA) on Friday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to leave a legacy of credible election for the country. The...
The year 2019 was one that shaped the politics of Nigeria in many ways, both positively and negatively, depending on which side one belongs, except the...
The Senate Monday faulted the decision of the Socio-Economic Right And Accountability Project (SERAP) to file a lawsuit over the N37 billion earmarked for the renovation...
Former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Obong Victor Attah, on Tuesday urged the National Assembly (NASS) to reject the $29.9 billion loan request presented by President...
