Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday sought formal approval from the National Assembly to commit a $500million Eurobond for the financing of the country’s 2017 budget...
In less than a month he functioned as Nigeria’s Acting President, following the medical vacation of President Muhammadu Buhari in London, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has signed...
If the National Assembly passes President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2017budget of N7.298 trillion as proposed, the country will spend a hefty sum of N5.41 billion as cost...
Indications have emerged that some members of President Muhammadu Buhari’s kitchen cabinet, have initiated moves to lobby federal lawmakers to stay action against any possible gang...
Lawmakers from Cross River State in both chambers of the National Assembly, on Tuesday, frowned at President Muhammadu Buhari’s delay in sending Justice Samuel Walter Onnoghen...
The leadership of the National Assembly on Monday denied that it collected funds from the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) as rent for their accommodation. It...
This week, the Senate is set to begin debate on the 2017 appropriations bill submitted by President Muhammadu Buhari. Both chambers of the National Assembly had...
Senator Ken Nnamani, Nigeria’s former Senate President, stirred the polity on Sunday with his high profile defection to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) from the...
The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has revealed that the Red Chamber will commence debate on the 2017 budget document next week. Saraki who spoke on Tuesday...
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, presented the 2017 budget proposal to a joint session of the National Assembly. The President also cashed in on the presentation...
The protest over unpaid allowances by the Super Falcons at the National Assembly on Wednesday was short-lived, as Abba Kyari, the Chief of Staff to President...
The die is cast for embattled South Korean President, Park Geun-hye after the National Assembly voted unanimously to impeach her over alleged links to a corruption...
Indication emerged on Tuesday that the Federal Government had sent to the National Assembly, a bill seeking the establishment of a special anti-corruption court to try...
President of the Nigerian Senate, Bukola Saraki, after a close-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, revealed that the 2017 Appropriation Bill would be presented...
The suspended former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has aligned himself with the scathing remarks of former President Olusegun Obasanjo...
The tussle between the National Assembly and the Presidency over passage of the Medium Term Expenditure Framework necessary for the preparation and the passage of the...
The National Assembly on Thursday, transferred the power of the President in controlling the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) and Code of Conduct Tribunal Act (CCT)...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday asked Nigerians to oppose President Muhammadu Buhari’s proposed $29.960billion loan except he explains what he did with the recovered...
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the National Assembly to consent to his administration’s plan to make an external borrowing of $29.960bn. According to the President, the...
The anti-graft war, spearheaded by President Muhammadu Buhari, may have reached a crisis head. No thanks to the current face-off between the Presidency, led by the...
If things go as planned, the 2017 Federal budget will be implemented from January 1 2017, the Presidency has said. The Presidency also disclosed on Friday...
The main entrance leading to the National Assembly was on Thursday grounded by protesting Abuja indigenous inhabitants. The protesters took over the entrance and exit point...
The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, wants the commission to retain a percentage of loots recovered by it to fund its...
The premises of Nigeria’s highest law making body in the country, the National Assembly, is gradually assuming a notorious position as a den of car and...
President Muhammadu Buhari has insisted that his wife, Aisha belongs in his kitchen, his living room, and the other room. Contrary to efforts by his media...
The two lawmakers favoured by the leadership of the All Progressives Congress in last year’s National Assembly elections, Ahmed Lawan and Femi Gbajabiamila, are to join...
Policemen attached to the National Assembly, on Tuesday arrested six alleged oil thieves who specialize in siphoning diesel from the heavy duty generating sets at the...
In an attempt to stem the current economic recession in the country, the Senate has completed work on eight ammendment bills it hopes to send to...
The embattled former chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations, Adbulmumin Jibrin has promised to expose more acts of corruption in the House. Jibrin who...
Despite widespread cries in the land, state governors in the country have said they have confidence in the Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun and her...
House of Representatives Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, had told President Muhammadu Buhari that it was needful for him to tell Nigerians how he wants to pull the...
Members of the National Assembly (NASS) will today resume plenary and continue their legislative duties after a long annual recess. Expectations are high but Nigerians may...
With the National Assembly expected to resume from its annual recess on Tuesday, Senate President, Bukola Saraki says the upper legislative chamber will dedicate more of...
An investigation has revealed how Nigerian lawmakers fleece tax payers by employing no fewer than 2,570 aides. According to the report, put together by the News...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has disclosed that it is already investigating the budget padding allegations levelled against the Speaker of the House of...
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister for Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN, has declared that policemen have been barred by the Administration of Criminal...
The Senate is reportedly gearing up for a showdown with the presidency over the speculated move to secure emergency powers for President Muhammadu Buhari, aimed at...
The reported request of President Muhammadu Buhari for emergency powers over the economy has received the backing of the Organised Private Sector (OPS). The backing came...
The Muhammadu Buhari administration is obviously disturbed by the nation’s dwindling economy, and the criticisms it has attracted. The president, in efforts to tackle the situation...
The Governor of Bauchi State, Mohammed Abubakar, may have more than enough to contend with, as the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on...
There are indications that Federal Government may have started a probe of the N300bn allocated to the National Assembly in the 2014 and 2015 budgets. According...
Speaker of the House of Representative, Yakubu Dogara has stated that the police cannot meddle in the affairs of the House. According to him, he cannot...
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi has called on the National Assembly to fashion out constitutional responsibilities that are developmental for traditional rulers in...
The Presidency on Tuesday, said the budget signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari was not padded. This was stated by the Senior Special Assistant to...
House of Representative Chief Whip, Mr. Alhassan Ado-Doguwa, has reportedly said that the budget padding allegation, is an issue beyond the All Progressives Congress’ (APC), intervention....
A human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Femi Falana, has told the All Progressives Congress, APC, not to treat the current allegations of...
Senate Leader, Ali Ndume, has shot down allegations of budget padding against the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara and three principal officers of...
Peace might have finally returned to the troubled Kogi State House of Assembly, as the Speaker, Hon. Momoh Jimoh,Tuesday, threw in the towel. In his stead,...
The Federal Government, on Monday, revealed that its revenue projection in the 2016 budget fell by a whopping N1.064 trillion in the first half of the...
Femi Falana, has thrown open alleged corrupt practices the Muhammadu Buhari administration has been condoning. Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and activist, highlighted these...
