The Federal Government has said it is committed to the passage of the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB) to enable the country reap full benefits from...
The indicted Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, Mustapha Maihaja, may have become desperate in his bid to cover up the rot at...
The Debt Management Office (DMO) has blamed the National Assembly for its inability to issue bonds to clear the debts owed oil marketers in the country....
President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to the National Assemby to expedite action on the 2019-2021 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper to aid the...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will today publish personal particulars of presidential and National Assembly candidates submitted to it by 89 political parties participating in...
PEOPLES Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday accused President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress, APC, of frustrating genuine efforts by the National Assembly to deepen democracy...
There is palpable anxiety in the polity as the National Assembly joint Committee on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) meets today, to continue deliberation on...
The controversy surrounding the supplementary budget for the 2019 general elections took a new dimension yesterday when the Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee against Corruption (PACAC), Prof....
An APC senator representing Nasarawa state, Senator Abdullahi Adamu has called for a forensic audit of budgetary allocations to the National Assembly. Adamu told newsmen on...
The suspended work on the budget of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the 2019 general elections will resume on the 27th of August. The...
Adams Oshiomhole, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has again called on Senate President Bukola Saraki to resign if he does not want to...
Senate President Bukola Saraki and his Deputy, Ike Ekweremadu have raised the alarm that the Federal Government hatching another plot against them. They alleged that the...
For the umpteenth time, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) demonstrated some level of incompetence and inability to successfully manage an issue it deemed critical to...
The National Assembly has called off its recess and fixed a date for resumption of plenary. It is to reconvene on Tuesday, August 14. This was...
The Senate President Bukola Saraki In Wednesday, state’s that the leadership of the National Assembly is ready to vacate their seats. He explained that if due...
By Farouk Martins Aresa… Nigeria is an African country that is too big to fail. If it fails, it is not only going to overwhelm the...
The All Progressive Party, APC, has said it was unaware before hand of the happenings that played out at the National Assembly on Tuesday. According to...
The Clerk of the National Assembly (CNA)Sani Omolori, Tuesday morning refused entering into the National Assembly complex, insisting he cannot go in without his staff. The...
Honourable Boma Goodhead from Rivers State, on Tuesday dared operatives of the Department of State Security (DSS) to shoot her. She confronted the masked gun-wielding DSS...
The immediate past Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Timi Frank has said that attempts to forcefully reconvene the upper chamber of the National Assembly...
The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, buoyed by the influx of bigwig politicians into its ranks, this week, were...
The President and Chairman of Council, Association of National Accountants of Nigeria, Alhaji Shehu Ladan, has urged the Federal Government and the National Assembly to develop...
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Prince Uche Secondus, has summoned a meeting of the top hierarchy of the party to discuss demands by...
Shehu Sani, who represents Kaduna Central Senatorial District, has made a proposal on how the executive and the legislature can repair their current strained relations. He...
Federal lawmakers resumed duties on Tuesday to meet a motley crowd of protesters who had blocked the entrance to the National Assembly protesting alleged insertions into...
The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) weekend, expressed displeasure over cutting of allocations worth N11.5 billion to critical infrastructure like roads in...
The National Assembly said it made cuts to 4,700 projects amounting to N347 billion to support the generation of employment for youths by Micro, Small and...
There were indications, last night, that President Muhammadu Buhari was unhappy with 2018 budget finally passed by National Assembly and transmitted to him to append his...
Concerned by the threats posed by the renewed executive/legislature face-off, Second Republic lawmaker, Dr. Junaid Mohammed x-rayed the situation and cautioned that if the points of...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is yet to receive the resolution of the National Assembly asking it to release the result of the June 12,...
“Finally, the National Assembly will not hesitate to invoke its constitutional powers (against President Muhammadu Buhari led executive) if nothing is done to address the above...
The Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) has praised the National Assembly for Tuesday’s joint resolution to sanction the President. The group stated that the move was an...
The fragile peace between the Legislative and the Executive arms of the Nigerian government seems to have finally collapsed as members of the National Assembly rose...
The Senate and the House of Representatives on Tuesday held a joint session at the National Assembly. The session was presided over by the Senate President...
President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has said that the three new Petroleum Industry Bills (PIB) being considered by the Senate will boost economic...
A third term member of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Tajudeen Yusuf (PDP, Kogi) has faulted former Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala who accused federal legislators of...
The Divisional Police Officer stationed in the National Assembly, Sulu-Gambari Abdul, Wednesday blamed internal conspiracy for the April 18 invasion of the Senate and theft of...
THESE are not the best of times for real sector operators, particularly manufacturers. For a sector struggling to bounce back after a debilitating recession forced it...
Leaders of the South and Middle belt on Thursday condemned the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Executive for what they said is a flagrant disregard for the...
Nigeria’s National Assembly led by Senate President Bukola Saraki and House Speaker Yakubu Dogara paid out N5, 638, 664, 700 to 44 unqualified contractors, PREMIUM TIMES...
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has warned that there will be chaos in the power sector if the National Assembly criminalises the issuance of estimated bills...
By Farouk Martins Aresa… When we were growing up it was a common wish that our children would do better and become more prosperous that we...
Contrary to reports that Senator Ovie Omo-Agege was arrested after allegedly leading thugs into the Senate chambers to snatch the mace, the Police said the lawmaker...
The quest by the National Assembly to rework the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, 2010 (otherwise referred to as Election Sequence/Reordering Bill) suffered some setback on both...
Federal legislators are in a fresh push to ensure the completion of the multi-billion dollar Ajaokuta Steel Complex, ASC, as a public company. Sources at the...
As preparations by the leadership and some members of the National Assembly to override President Muhammadu Buhari’s veto of the amendments to the Electoral Act engage...
The Senate president, Bukola Saraki, has mandated chairmen of all standing committees to submit reports of their various committees on the 2018 budget to the Senate...
By Achilleus-Chud Uchegbu The expression of leadership in the current dispensation, from local government levels up to the federal government level, simply say one thing –that...
Fresh indications emerged last night, on why the Presidency might not rush to give assent to the new Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit Bill, when it is...
