Tag: National Assembly
Ndume: NASS, Buhari will soon resolve issues on budget
Senate Leader, Alhaji Muhammad Ndume, on Monday assured that the impasse between the presidency and the National Assembly on the…
No rift between Buhari and national assembly – Lai Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said that there is no rift between President Muhammadu Buhari…
2016 Budget: Presidency commends National Assembly
The Presidency on Wednesday commended the National Assembly for passing the 2016 Appropriation Bill. The Special Adviser to the President…
Why National Assembly refused to pass 2016 budget
Nigerian lawmakers announced on Tuesday that with the gross distortions and bogus allocations being discovered in many areas of the…
Airtel commissions retail outlet in National Assembly complex
As part of its commercial strategy to deepen its retail presence as well as deliver telecoms services to the doorsteps…
Obasanjo’s regime exposed national assembly to corruption – Dino Melaye
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Otunba Dino Melaye, on Thursday reacted to the letter written by…
National assembly members are insensitive, corrupt, says Obasanjo
Nigeria’s former president Olusegun Obasanjo has criticized the national assembly for not opening its N115bn ($583.8m) budget to public scrutiny,…
Obasanjo says national assembly members are ‘insensitive’
Nigeria’s former president Olusegun Obasanjo has criticized the national assembly for not opening its N115bn ($583.8m) budget to public scrutiny,…
Report of missing budget ‘April Fool stunt’ – Dogara
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja For Yakubu Dogara, the Speaker of Nigeria House of Representatives, the belief that the hard and soft copies…
Hard, soft copies of 2016 budget stolen from National Assembly
The hard and soft copies of the 2016 budget documents handed to a joint session of the national assembly by…
Lagarde to National Assembly: I do not support forex restriction
International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde told Nigerian lawmakers on Wednesday the IMF does not support foreign exchange restrictions, a…
Gov. Yari, national assembly members shun LG election
Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara did not participate in the local government election conducted in the 14 Local Government Areas…
National Assembly set to take over Rivers Assembly
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt There is an interesting twist in the outcome of the Rivers House of Assembly election Appeal judgements,…
Saraki promises quick passage of 2016 budget
Eromosele Ebhomele President of the Nigerian Senate and chairman of the National Assembly, Dr. Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday promised a…
Buhari to present 2016 budget to National Assembly today
All is set for presentation of the 2016 national budget to the National Assembly on Tuesday, Lai Mohammed, Nigeria minister…
Subsidy gets 88 per cent of N465bn supplementary budget
The Senate on Wednesday received request from President Muhammadu Buhari for the approval of N465.64 billion Supplementary Budget for government…
NLC tasks National Assembly on responsible governance
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has charged members of the National Assembly to discharge their functions with a high sense…
Enugu Tribunal Dismisses 3 Petitions Against PDP
The State and National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal in Enugu on Monday dismissed two petitions by the All Progressives Congress…
Appeal Court Sends Adeyemi’s Petition Back To Tribunal For Re-trial
The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday set aside the decision of the National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal in…
Tribunal Adjourns Petition Against David Mark
The National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal in Makurdi has adjourned the petition challenging the election of Sen. David Mark (PDP-Benue…
NLC To Saraki: Nigerians Want Explanations About N600b NASS Budget
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, on Thursday asked the leadership of the National Assembly to account for how…
‘APC Govt Must Stop Intimidating Ekweremadu’
Chairmen of state chapters of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have warned the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government of All Progressives Congress (APC) to…
National Assembly Crisis And The Real Issues
By Joe Igbokwe Since President Buhari took the oath of office on 29 May, 2015, I have been following the…
House Of Commotion? Never Again!
By Ayo Oyoze Baje When Amoke, the wife of a newly elected member of the House of Representatives made the…
NASS leadership crisis: Group urges APC to avoid mistakes made by PDP
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Against the backdrop of the leadership crisis rocking the National Assembly and the call by some governors of…
National Assembly crisis, a major lesson for us – Agunbiade
The Majority Leader of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Sanai Agunbiade, like most Nigerians, is not happy with the…
Nigerians must focus on National Assembly, cleric says
Eromosele Ebhomele The change which President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria preaches would not be complete if Nigerians do not force…
Buhari And The Lessons Of June 9th
By SKC Ogbonnia The events since the inauguration of Nigeria’s 8th National Assembly are not trending exactly like the making…
Dogara Adjourns Till 21 July After Rowdy Session
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The crisis over who occupied the position of principal officers in the National Assembly among members of the…
Buhari and the Lessons of June 9th
By SKC Ogbonnia/Texas The events since the inauguration of Nigeria’s 8th National Assembly are not trending exactly like the making…