Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, the Ooni of Ife, has urged the National Assembly to give traditional rulers constitutional duties in order to address the nation’s security issues....
The National Assembly has passed the Federal Audit Service Bill, which prescribes a five-year jail term to any government accounting officer who prevents the Office of...
The Chairman of the House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Hon. Benjamin Kalu, last week, expressed delight at being re-elected to represent Bende Federal Constituency...
The Nigerian federal legislature has charged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to extend the deadline for the expiration of old N200, N500 and N1,000 notes...
The National Assembly will this week deliberate on President Muhammadu Buhari’s request to swap the loan obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to bond....
The Niger Delta Committees of the Senate and House of Representatives on Thursday screened Lauretta Onochie for the position of Board Chairman of the Niger Delta...
The House of Representatives, last week, resolved to investigate the spate of attacks on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) offices across the country. We tracked...
Last week, the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, harped on the need for effective, and productive political mentorship targeted at breeding...
The House of Representatives will soon decide whether to approve the House Committee on National Security and Intelligence’s proposal to create a center in Nigeria to...
The former Senate Leader, Senator Ali Ndume, last week, admonished the Federal Government to slash the salaries of National Assembly (NASS) members by 50 per cent,...
These top 10 stories across the nation’s newspapers might interest you. 1. Wike dares Ayu to approach court over corruption allegations as PDP crisis festers The...
115 Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of the federal government are being investigated by the House of Representatives’ Public Accounts Committee (PAC), which is looking into...
The National Assembly will approve the N20.5 trillion 2023 Appropriations Bill before the end of December, according to the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan. He...
Budget of Fiscal Consolidation and Transition Delivered By: His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, President, Federal Republic of Nigeria At the Joint Session of the National Assembly,...
President Muhammadu Buhari is scheduled to present the 2023 budget worth N19.76 trillion before the National Assembly in Abuja, on Friday. The presentation will take place...
The need to ensure holistic sanity within the polity — especially in the National Assembly and the public sector — has led to the creation of...
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has cautioned the National Assembly to disregard the request by the President Muhammadu Buhari for a passage of National Water...
Workers of the National Assembly, led by the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) called off their strike on Tuesday. The workers began their walkout last...
The Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration as insensitive over the 15 percent National Automotive Council (NAC) levy placed...
The National Assembly enacted revisions to the 2022 Appropriation Act and the 2022 Fiscal Framework on Thursday, bringing the federal government’s budget deficit to N7.35 trillion....
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has encouraged women to make use of the 2022 International Women’s Day celebration coming up next week Tuesday to protest the...
A bill seeking to provide pension for presiding officers of the National Assembly and State Houses of Assembly after their tenures on Tuesday failed to scale...
The Presidency said on Sunday the National Assembly and the Executive would reach a consensus on the contentious Section 84 of the newly signed Electoral Act....
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has warned the National Assembly against devolving labour issues to the states amidst plans to remove it from the Exclusive Legislative...
The National Assembly on Tuesday passed the Electoral Amendment Bill following reconsideration by the lawmakers due to the opposing stance of President Muhammadu Buhari. The passage...
A worker with the National Assembly, Abdul Olajide Abayomi, fell down from the stairs at the Assembly complex and died on Monday. Abayomi, 34, worked with...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has instituted a lawsuit against the Senate President, Dr Ahmad Lawan and Speaker, House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila...
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) on Thursday, criticised the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari not to assent to the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill 2021, calling it...
A civic group, the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has called on the National Assembly to use their veto power to sign the Electoral Bill...
A former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has revealed that there is a possibility the National Assembly might override the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari...
The Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room, a coalition of over 70 organizations has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to assent to the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2021...
Dino Melaye a former senator in the 8th National Assembly on Wednesday supported the new mandate on direct primaries while criticising some governors who were in...
The National Assembly on Tuesday pledged to wade into the diplomatic crisis between Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) following disagreements between both countries. The...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday presented the 2022 Appropriation Bill to a joint session of the National Assembly. More details later…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has written to the leadership of the National Assembly imploring it to reject the request of President Muhammadu Buhari...
Chief Whip of the Senate, Orji Kalu, has slammed reports by stakeholders and Nigerians that the National Assembly is a rubber stamp to the decisions taken...
Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) who was also a presidential candidate in the 2019 elections, Professor Kingsley Moghalu, has said the...
The National Assembly was plunged into a rowdy session on Thursday as plenary turned riotous over deliberations on the Electoral Act Amendment Bill. The bill seeks...
Some activists led by co-convener of the #BringBackOurGirls movement, Aisha Yesufu, and Deji Adeyanju, have stormed the National Assembly complex in Abuja to protest proposed plans...
Two Biafran secessionist groups, ‘The Biafra Think Tank’ and ‘The Biafra Watchdogs’, have threatened to bomb the Presidential Villa in Abuja, the National Assembly complex, the...
The National Assembly (NASS) has approved the appointment of Abimbola Ayo-Yusuf as the Chief Public Complaint Commissioner of the Federation following the provisions of the law...
An Ogun State monarch, Eselu of Iseluland in the Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun State, Oba Ebenezer Akinyemi, has called on the National Assembly...
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has commended the National Assembly (NASS) for passing a bill for the constitutional amendment of 111 special additional seats for...
The two chambers of the National Assembly was besieged by protesting legislative aides of lawmakers on Wednesday, who staged a peaceful protest in order to reiterate...
The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has beseeched the National Assembly to ensure the amendment of the provisions of the newly amended Banks and Other...
Omojuwa, Oby Ezekwesili The duo made a return appearance to Twitter’s trends list on Wednesday, after Nigerian blogger, Japhet Omojuwa responded to claims he listed former...
Senate President Ahmad Lawan has clarified that the current legislative arm of government is not a rubber stamp National Assembly. This was in response to claims...
The Director-General, Defence Research and Development Bureau, AVM Ubrufih Uzezi, on Tuesday, March 30, appealed to the National Assembly to increase its annual budgetary allocation for...
Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, former Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has urged the National Assembly to fast track legislation that would allow Nigerians in Diaspora...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has pledged to partner with the National Assembly to ensure speedy passage of the Electoral Act amendment bill. Prof. Mahmood...
