Tag: National Assembly
Provide timelines for community policing, Lawan tells I-GP
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Tuesday charged the Inspector-General of Police to provide timelines for the implementation of…
Senate considers N10.51trn revised budget for 2020
The Senate on Thursday reconvened to consider President Muhammadu Buhari’s request for approval of the revised 2020-2022 Medium Term Expenditure…
National Assembly members return tomorrow for 2020 budget
The National Assembly members will tomorrow resume from their Eid-el-Fitri break to consider President Muhammadu Buhari’s Appropriation (Amendment) Bill 2020..
Senate begins amendment of Nigeria’s local content law to strengthen economy
The Senate has commenced amendment of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development Act 2010, following the consideration of…
The facts about Senate’s approval of Buhari’s N850bn loan request
My brother, Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, once observed that those who believe…
NASS backs down on allegations that NSIP was a failure
The leadership of the National Assembly has dismissed reports that it labelled the National Social Investment Programmes a failure, stressing…
COVID-19: FG seeks National Assembly’s approval for N500bn Intervention Fund
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed on Saturday met with the leadership of the National Assembly…
Nigerians blast National Assembly over generators bill
Nigerians have begun to call out their representatives at the National Assembly following the introduction of a bill to ban…
$100m loan: National Assembly approves Kogi’s request
The Kogi State government says it has received the approval of the National Assembly to obtain a foreign loan of…
Electoral Offences Bill: INEC wants NASS to hasten passage
Prof Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has called on the National Assembly to hasten the passage of…
Immunity for lawmakers will leave Buhari’s anti-corruption agenda in tatters
When Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari was named by the African Union as its first “anti-corruption champion in Africa” in 2018,…
Don advocates passage of Disability Education Bill
Prof. Florence Banku-Obi, Prof. of Special Needs Education, Faculty of Education, University of Calabar, has called on the National Assembly…
TUC supports immunity bill for National Assembly
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, on Wednesday, disclosed that it supports the bill seeking to provide immunity to…
JUST IN: Lawan raises security threat alarm at National Assembly
President of the Senate Ahmad Lawan on Tuesday tasked top security officials to beef up security measures at the National…
CSO calls for speedy passage of Electoral Reforms Bill
The Conscience for Human Rights and Conflict Resolution (CHRCR) has called on the National Assembly to hasten the passage of…